Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton were wearing baseball jerseys long before they were a hip hop cornerstone. The outcasts rocked plaid shorts, duck boots and Girbaud jeans before you, too. So, it kinda makes sense then that Dre would take this love of fashion to the next level.

Benjamin Bixby is the clothing line birthed from Andre 3000’s colorful mind. Look at the pics. You know the guy’s style. We’ll call it a funky semblance of 30s era sensibilities with a flair for the dramatic. But rather than speculate on the labels the talented rapper/actor uses in his own description, we’d rather go to the man himself and get his thoughts on his new higher-end brand (items at Neiman Marcus and Barney’s range from $75 bowties to $1,595 leather jackets), his own style evolution and hip hop’s relevance to fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

Can’t be nice being in a high-speed pursuit with the cops. But sadly, that’s exactly where hood-approved crooner Lyfe Jennings found himself over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Love him or loathe him, it’s hard to front on Diddy’s hustle. It doesn’t matter if he’s hawking jeans, vodka, cologne or moderately-talented singing groups, Sean Combs stays on his grind. In fact, Diddy and his business partners just signed the dotted line on the $20 million acquisition of another clothing brand. Read the rest of this entry »

Ah, if it isn’t Ms. Monica striking a BET Hip Hop Awards red carpet pose in this Neo-meets-Louis Vuitton number.

Is she “The One” in this outfit? Read the rest of this entry »

Over the past few months, Askmen.com, one of the web’s most-visited sites for guys, has asked its readers to name the fellas who’ve influenced the things they saw, bought and thought the most over the past year. The list of 49 entertainers, politicians, designers and athletes was announced this morning. Guess who was No. 1? Read the rest of this entry »

If Red Foxx was the voice of raunchy straight talk in the 50s and 60s, Rudy Ray Moore was the same in the 70s. Part comedian and part rapper, Moore could make bellies split and cheeks blush all at the same time with his X-rated routines. Still, the role Moore, who passed away today in Ohio, is most famous for is that on the big screen as Dolemite, a well-spoken pimp in the movie of the same name. According to Eurweb.com, the late entertainer leaves behind his 98-year-old mother and a daughter.

Another instrumental voice to soul music’s foundation has passed away. Dee Dee Warwick (at right), an accomplished solo artist and session singer, died Saturday at a New Jersey rest home. Read the rest of this entry »

As you can imagine, on the evening of the BET Hip Hop Awards, there were all kinds of parties to get into. Unlike most of the action at Atlanta-area clubs though, Ne-Yo’s birthday celebration at Mason Murer art gallery had a theme that went beyond bottle-popping.

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There are all kinds of surprises in store for you when you peep the BET Hip Hop Awards on Thursday, but there’s one announcement surrounding Lil Wayne that we won’t keep from you any longer… Read the rest of this entry »

Remember these cats? Well, Method Man and Redman certainly recall the good times they had with you in the late 90s. As a show of just how badly they wanna reacquaint with fans Read the rest of this entry »