Kanye, Cee-Lo top Village Voice critics' poll
Remember 2010? It seems so long ago now, but the year in music is never completely over until the Village Voice releases its annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll...
Reggae artist Vybz Kartel lightens skin, shocks fans
CLUTCH - "Love the skin you're in". One musician has taken those words to the next level...
Hip-hop could give voice to gun control cause
OPINION - Hip-hop didn't cause the shooting in California, or any of the school shootings we have witnessed, but the power of the music can help prevent future violence...
Why doesn't anyone get Kanye West's jokes?
He's not a stand-up comic and he doesn't star in a sitcom, but does that mean our collective device for humor detector is permanently switched to OFF when Kanye speaks, tweets or raps?...
Judge: Etta James' husband may use $60K for care
RIVERSIDE, California (AP) - Court documents show the 72-year-old singer of "At Last" and other standards lives in the Woodcrest area of Riverside County, has been diagnosed with dementia...
Earth to Aretha: Halle Berry hasn't got the chops to play you
OPINION - Aretha very clearly wants star power and glamour to drive her film, but casting the wrong actress in the lead role could lead to damaging effects on her reputation...
Aretha Franklin says Halle Berry is her 'pick' for biopic
Aretha Franklin has been vocal about which leading lady she would like to portray her on the big screen, and it appears that the Queen of Soul got what she wanted...
New box set to showcase Aretha's Columbia years
NEW YORK (AP) - Franklin, 68, arrived at Columbia in 1960, at 18. There, she recorded jazz and pop standards, and music historians have often dismissed her work at the label...
Usher walks off stage during Berlin concert
"I deeply regret having to reschedule the shows," he said in a statement released Friday...
Aretha Franklin: I never had cancer
Aretha Franklin spent December living through a severe health crisis, surgeries and rumors of incurable diseases...
