Sean Combs as ‘Puff Daddy’ Launches Revolt TV

Sean Combs’ new Revolt channel launched with a nod to big dreams and its founder’s musical past, bringing a new outlet for music to television. Despite some technical glitches in its opening Monday, Combs aspires to nothing less than making Revolt the ESPN of music, with well-curated playlists and a strong focus on industry news. […]

Remembering Chris Lighty, Hip-Hop Leader And My Friend from NPR Music

Chris Lighty, who managed and guided the careers of hip-hop and pop stars like A Tribe Called Quest, LL Cool J, Diddy, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott and Mariah Carey — was found dead Thursday of what authorities said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the New York Daily News, the 44-year-old founder of Violator […]

Comcast Launches New Channels with Backing from Magic Johnson and P. Diddy

Aspire and Revolt are the names of the two new African American oriented channels  Comcast Corp. announced Tuesday that it will start carrying four new minority-owned networks – in partial fulfillment of a deal with regulators and minority groups that paved the way for the Philadelphia company to take over NBCUniversal last year. The channels, backed by […]

>The Worst Red Carpet Interview at the 53rd Grammy Awards 2011: Swizz Beatz

>The two hosts were definitely the most annoying hosts ever to hold a microphone in their hands on anyone’s red carpet. Who were they? Who knows? Who cares? We are sure Swizz Beatz was so appalled. (It’s like that sometimes, man, ridiculous.) The female interviewer was yelling out “There’s Justin Bieber” right in the middle […]