Urban Newz

Video: Wax Goes Bananas at the Crib

profit — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:20:37 +0000

I would have to say, waking up to hear this got my day started right!

Video: Alicia Keys Tumbles At Essence

Cassie — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:22:20 +0000

During Day 2 of the Essence Music Festival in NOLA, Alicia Keys takes a spill on stage. The singer, who earlier this year confirmed that she is indeed pregnant by and engaged to Swizz Beatz, lost her footing and fell backwards during her performance.

Alicia, being the dynamite performer she is, gets back up and keeps performing “Love is Blind” as if the fall never happened.

Video: T.I. on Chelsea Lately

profit — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:53:41 +0000

Independent Artist Feature: Greenspan

profit — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:00:02 +0000

As an independent artist putting the final touches on your debut project, you are aware that the odds are against you. You don’t have any major label push behind your album. You have fought to have your music played on local stations, and your marketing and promotions team consists of you and your close friends.

The success of that project solely depends on the talent you possess with headphones on and a mic in front of you. Baltimore, Maryland native, Greenspan possesses the talent required to see the success of a debut album.

Greenspan’s debut project, Got Green?, not only received excellent reviews from the Baltimore City Paper and URB Magazine, but his work has landed him performances on tour with WALE, Wiz Khalifa and The Cool Kids.

Greenspan has been sponsored by Scion and The Gap, and has received placement on blogs and major radio stations.

His most recent project, When the Sky Turns Green was released in 2009 and more quality music is on the way.

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Dive further into the world of Greenspan on his website, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.

Video: Chris Brown Performs at BET Awards

profit — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:25:05 +0000

Chris FINALLY gets a chance to pay a proper tribute to MJ.

Video: Drake @ BET Awards

profit — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:20:52 +0000

Drake starts with “Fireworks”, “Over” and has Young Jeezy join him on stage for the remix to Jeezy’s “Lose My Mind“.

Independent Artist Feature: Zewdy

profit — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:00:51 +0000

YouTube is packed with aspiring artists covering songs, posting their original music and promoting their albums. It’s rare that you come across someone with talent that will impress your eardrums.

Enter 17-year-old NYC born, Jersey raised, Ethiopian beauty Zewdy.

In addition to organically building a fan base stretching from New York to Germany, the talented songstress has amassed more than 10,000 YouTube subscribers and has received more than 6,000,000 views with only 118 videos posted!

Her hit single, “Into the Night”, is available to purchase on iTunes.

You can find out more about Zewdy by following her on Twitter, subscribing to her YouTube channel and becoming her fan on Facebook.

It’s evident that Zewdy has talent, she’s going to be the next blow!

Listen to Zewdy’s I Don’t Wanna Wait:

Drake Performs “Bedrock” w/Nicki Minaj on Jimmy Kimmel Live

profit — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:41:24 +0000

Drake continues his late night television appearance tour making a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

He performed “Over” and “Bedrock”, with Nicki Minaj.

Check out Drake performing “Over”, and his new song “Tweet Tweet” featuring Jimmy Kimmel after the jump.