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Alicia Keys hosted Keep a Child Alive’s Black Ball Redux at the Apollo Theater in New York. The fundraising gala, which assists those affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India, was rescheduled from last month due to Hurricane Sandy. Keys was joined by her mother Terri Augello, husband Swizz Beatz, brother Cole Cook, and Swizz’ Read More

Taylor Swift will headlining “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC on Dec. 31. The Ryan Seacrest-hosted year-end celebration will also include Carly Rae Jepsen and Neon Trees performing in Times Square, with Pitbull, Brandy, Fergie, Flo Rida, Karmin and OneRepublic joining the broadcast from the West Coast. This year’s show will include a tribute to Read More

50 Cent wants to feed the world, but this afternoon he has partnered with Feeding America, Food Network and SMS to hand out turkeys for victims of Hurricane Sandy at Manhattan’s Cipriani Restaurant. Get More: Music News “I’m able to provide meals for victims of Sandy or other people in New York City that don’t Read More

After opening the new Barclays Center with a series of performances, Jay-Z will play a special concert with Coldplay on New Year’s Eve. Two years ago, Jay-Z celebrated the new year with his friend Chris Martin and Coldplay at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The show featured surprise appearances from Beyoncé, Kanye West, and John Read More

Jay-Z is letting everyone watch his Barclays finale on his Life and Times YouTube channel. For everyone who couldn’t make it out to Barclays Center to catch one of the eight Jay-Z shows, he will be live-streaming the final Brooklyn show on Saturday. It will all go down on his Life and Times YouTube channel Read More

Swizz Beatz, was formally introduced as the new Global Ambassador for New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). In a special event held at Harlem Hospital Center, supporters celebrated this next phase of HHC’s development with a fundraising dinner and charity auction hosted by Hot 97’s Angie Martinez. HHC treats about 1.4 million Read More

Brookyn-born rapper, Jay-Z kicked off the grand-opening of the new Barclays Center with a live concert. Hov stood before 18,000 people and delivered his performance. “I want to thank you, Brooklyn, New York City, for making me the man I am today,” said Jay. “Like I said, everybody’s from Brooklyn tonight.” Jay-Z will play seven Read More

Fabolous hits the road and heads to the islands to perform live in Jamaica. Watch.Read More

50 Cent has already released one single featuring substantial star power (‘New Day’ featuring Alicia Keys & Dr. Dre), now he reveales a new list of other artists that will be featuring in his “Street King Immortal” LP. 50 Cent has confirmed that Chris Brown, Trey Songz and Eminem will be featuring in his latest Read More

Big K.R.I.T is currently on the second leg of his Live From The Underground tour. Last night, it pulled into NYC’s Irving Plaza gave the fans a show.Read More