Swizz Beatz inks groundbreaking deal to bring K-Pop to America

Well, this is interesting. Swizz Beatz‘s production company has entered into a partnership with South Korean entertainment company O&Media in a new deal to break K-Pop artists in America, and American artists in Asia.

New Alicia Keys album due this year.

After taking some time out to have a child and get married, Alicia Keys has gotten back to work, and is ready to drop her fifth studio album later this year. Keys’ frequent collaborator and business partner Kerry ‘Krucial’ Brothers broke the news to Rap-Up, revealing that the pair have been in the studio together, [...]

BET tribute Prince.

The trashtastic BET Awards finally did something right tonight when they bowed down and paid homage to the savior of all music; Prince. In addition to giving the legend a long overdue BET Lifetime Achievement award, they also organised a tribute concert which featured a range of artists, both young and old, performing covers of some [...]

Alicia Keys and Monica perform at the BET Awards.

While a lot of the headline grabbing performances from tonight’s BET Awards were done by the fellas, the ladies were still doing their part to. Monica delivered a wonderful performance of her #1 single “Everything to Me”, with a little help from R&B icon Deniece Williams, who sung her 80′s hit “Silly”. Alicia Keys also performed, busting out another [...]

Alicia Keys performs ‘Unthinkable’ live on GMA.

A noticeably pregnant Alicia Keys was on Good Morning America yesterday to promote her hit album ‘The Element of Freedom’. The singer performed her hits “Empire State of Mind” and “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart”, both of which we’ve seen and heard about a million times before, as well as her current chart topper [...]

Alicia Keys explores interracial love in the “Un-thinkable” music video.

After the desperate “Put It In a Love Song” flopped and was thrown back into the basement where it belongs, the music video for the best song off Alicia Keys new album has finally arrived in “Unthinkable (I’m Ready)”. With a little help from the hunky Chad Michael Murray, Alicia explores the interracial side of [...]