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New York Jets football player, Braylon Edwards, knows the importance of receiving a good college education and  is using his money to help our youth. Go Braylon! Edwards tweeted, “As the 2nd most hated man in Clev & a man of my word, today I will honor a promise made to 100 students in Cleveland […]

Plaxico Burress, the best wide receiver the New York Giants had in over a decade and the last person to touch the football for the Giants in their classic Super Bowl win over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in 2008, is being released from prison on Monday (June 6th). Burress has been in jail since […]

14-year-old Sukanya Roy popularized the word “cymotrichous” (which means “to have wavy hair”) when she won the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest Thursday. While children across the country groan about this word that is sure to be included in their teachers’ Vocabulary List when the summer break is over, Metro strongly suggests that you […]

While many TV audiences know William Drayton, aka Flavor Flav, as a colorful (and sometimes polarizing) figure on his reality TV shows,  the multi-talent came to prominence for many as a member of the rap group Public Enemy. Public Enemy’s messages of Black power and social consciousness run contrary to some of the images we’ve […]

The Roots will kick off Philadelphia’s annual celebration of Black Music Month with their fourth-annual Roots Picnic on June 4th. The event will take place at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA.  Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots spoke to TheUrbandaily.com about one of the Summers best shows.  […]

Several weeks ago Consequence dropped an M-80 in the toilet of  his former associates announcing that he was no longer a part of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label. His interview with MTV’s Sway outlined a lot of grievances he had but it left his fans wondering, “Why now?”  So TheUrbandaily.com sat down with the MC […]

SpringFest 2011 took place this year in Bicentennial Park during Miami’s famous Memorial Weekend! Chris Brown, Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Miguel, Lloyd, Travis Porter, Jeremih, Big Sean and Rick Ross with special guests YC, Bow Wow, Ace Hood and Drake performed in 90 degree weather in front a sold out audience. The anxious crowd was […]

Shaquille O’ Neal announced via Twitter that he will be retiring from basketball after 19 seasons in the NBA. The 7 ft. 1, Celtics center became the oldest active player in the NBA on March 5, 2010 after Lindsey Hunter retired! Shaq, 39 was a first overall draft pick in the 92′ draft; he was […]

What do women really want?  “Single Ladies”, a new romantic comedy series on VH1 addresses the age old question from the perspective of Val, Keisha, and April—three best friends with different philosophies on sex and relationships.  Actress Charity Shea plays April, who seems to have it all with the perfect husband and the ideal marriage, […]

This year, Radio One sponsored the annual mega-concert SpringFest in Miami, FL featuring artists Big Sean, Travis Porter, Miguel, Marsha Ambrosius, Jeremih,Keri Hilson, Lloyd, Trey Songz, Chris Brown and Rick Ross. My major intentions, being a huge Chris Brown fan was to talk to the sexy superstar. My plans were foiled when Chris skipped anything press related […]

Chris Brown sent the 2011 SpringFest Miami crowd into a whirlwind of inexplicable sexual emotions as he performed “Take You Down.” The shirtless superstar gyrated on a lucky female fan taking a page from the Nicki Minaj and Trey Songz “school of performing” book. Chris seductively bit his bottom lip after humping the floor and […]

A 30-year-old model died at a birthday party in her honour and another woman was seriously injured after falling from a 10th-storey hotel window. Lashawna Threatt and the second woman were ‘play wrestling’ in a room in an Atlanta, Georgia, hotel at 3:15 am on Saturday, witnesses told police. The women crashed into a window […]