Two Members of R&B’s Legendary Manhattans Pass Within Days We are very sorry to inform The Urban Buzz family of the death of Winfred "Blue" Lovett, founding member and bass singer extraordinaire of the legendary vocal group The Manhattans. He was 74. For a half cen... Read More...
Rapper Beanie Sigel Shot… Again Rapper Beanie Sigel (born Dwight Grant), formerly of Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records, was shot in the stomach this past Friday morning in front of his Pleasantville, New Jersey home. Upon returning from taking his ... Read More...
Raheem DeVaughn to Tour with Ledisi & Leela James Three-time Grammy nominated 368 Music Group/Entertainment One Music (eOne Music) recording artist Raheem DeVaughn is proud to announce that he will be joining the The Intimate Truth Tour alongside fellow R&... Read More...
2015 Grammy Nominations List Grammy Nominations Album of the Year Morning Phase, Beck Beyoncé, Beyoncé x, Ed Sheeran In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith G I R L, Pharrell Williams Record of the Year Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XC... Read More...
Uncle Charlie’s “Forever Charlie” National Tour Grammy nominated artist Charlie Wilson announced his new national tour Forever Charlie will kick off on February 12, 2015 in Cleveland, OH and will wrap on March 27 in Oakland, CA. The tour is named after Wilso... Read More...
Special Salute to Bill Shearer Friends and colleagues of iconic AM radio station KGFJ came together to pay a living tribute to the man who was responsible for much of the stations' success, William E. Shearer. Colonel Shearer was VP/GM and o... Read More...
Kenard Karter Out as PD of WGCI-Chicago WGCI-Chicago PD Kenard Karter exits the station after just nine months on the job, along with morning show personalities Tony Scufield and Nina Chantele. Leon Rogers will stay on with soon-to-be-named new hosts... Read More...
3 Winans Brothers “I Really Miss You” 3 Winans Brothers "I Really Miss You" With 17 Grammy's among them, BeBe, Marvin and Karvin come together for the first time. From their Top 10 debut album Foreign Land, "I Really Miss You" "I Really Mi... Read More...
Format Throwback Wars iHeart Media (aka Clear Channel) snuck from the left last Thursday at 3pm (est.) when KSOL in Jacksonville abruptly flipped format to Throwback Hip Hop and R&B serving up a steady menu of Outk... Read More...
Lifetime’s “Black Christmas” It appears Lifetime is on a campaign to cash- in off of some highly regarded R&B artists and reel in audience from Bounce, BET, Aspire and perhaps even Revolt to boost ratings and grab minority viewers.... Read More...