Atlanta emcee and vocalist Lyric Jones releases her highly anticipated, first full-length album, Jones St. Featuring the likes of the Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding and other established artists such as Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest), J-Live, Playboy Tre, Young Scolla and more, this project is packed with good music! Jones St. is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon but you can preview the album in the widget below.

Nas stopped by the Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen to present medals to the top 3 winners of the snowboard competition. Here’s the footage from his performance after the medals were presented.

It is easy to tell in recent times that hip-hop has transcended through virtually every culture in the world and been translated into whatever each region chooses.

A few years ago the idea of hip-hop being so alive and vibrant all the way in Nairobi, Kenya seemed like something one should and would have probably laughed at.

Determined to show the world just how far advanced the hip-hop culture is in Kenya, cats like , Camp Mullah, Octopizzo and many more have continued to grace our pages and it is finally clear that maybe hip-hop found a vacation home. Enjoy!

The upcoming New Line Cinema movie “Burt Wonderstone” is now casting major roles for filming in January! This comedy film will star Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. Six roles are being cast for filming in January 2012.

For more info on auditions, please email along with attached information to: JimCarreyFilmAudition@gmail.com

Michael Antoniou, photographer, launches his first solo exhibition at “Open the Gate” in London, UK based on a series of photographs from Kenya, East Africa. Four brilliant live acts, musicians and friends he has worked with over the years are seen here supporting Michael’s work on this launch night which took place on Thursday the 24th of November and the exhibition will run until the 4th of January 2012. An online version of the exhibition went live on the day of the launch, available to view here: www.michaelantoniou.co.uk/Blog

ITS THE END OF THE YEAR! AND TIME FOR THE SESAC CHRISTMAS PARTY/ STRIP SHOWCASE.

SESAC is clearly going out with a bang this year! Me, Tiffany Evans, Aaron Reid, Sam Collier, Vashawn Mitchell, Scotty and Unknown Lyric.

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Come catch me rock with my band:

Leon Kittrell – Drums
Jeremy Taylor – Bass
Kenny Banks – Keys

Me and the fellas finna shut it down!

and guess what….IT’s FREE!!!!!!

595 North Ave NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Door @ 7pm
Show @ 8pm

See you there

Jones

An admiral respect is steadily growing for hip hop recording artist, Noggz, of Circle Group Entertainment. Recently, the musician/entrepreneur attended the Kenya International Film Festival in Nairobi, Kenya. The primary focus of this collective gathering is to encourage filmmakers (local) to produce films which may appeal to audiences globally all while embracing Africa. During the course of the festival, over 500 countries contributed films to the event. Noggz, who also is a native of Nairobi, Kenya, took pride in being a part of this grand festival which also attracted the likes of Wole Soyinka, numerous award winning filmmakers and a slew of entertainment lawyers. To read more about Noggz and the Kenya International Film Festival, please visit www.kifftrust.org

Even though it’s a scheduled one-time event, this will be a must see. Yo! MTV Raps is returning to television to take a look back at how hip hop came to be what is today. The show will be airing after MTV’s first annual ‘Sucker Free Awards’ on December 4. The feature will be hosted by Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, and Fab 5 Freddy, who all were former hosts. To read full story, visit: eurweb.com.

Here’s a look at some familiar faces before they became who they are today…

Congratulations to Miss Venezuela as she has just been crowned with the title of Miss World. The competition was held in London at Earls Court and it featured some of the world’s most beautiful ladies as they flaunted their inner and physical attributes. For more on the competition, visit missworld.com.

The new CBS series “Unforgettable” is now casting major roles for its first season! This crime/drama show from the producers of “Justified” stars Poppy Montgomery. Nine roles are being cast for an episode filming in November.

To respond, please contact : cbstelevision@fsc-nnm-mail.com (remember to use ‘UNFORGETTABLE’ in the subject line.