Is he or isn’t he? Jussie Smollet’s sexuality continues to prick ears

Unless you’ve been living under a rock capable of blocking out every imaginable light source known to man, you’ve probably already heard of Fox’s latest television smash, Empire. Part drama, part musical, Empire tells the story of Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) and his Hip Hop empire co-founded with his on-again off-again love interest and co-founder…

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For Fox Television’s hit ‘Empire,’ the hate that dares to speak its name

http://youtu.be/iKU0DwR1H7M Back in the 1970s, another ‘Golden Age’ of television, the three major networks – ABC, NBC and CBS – routinely depicted characters of color, feminists, gays and other non-white-heterosexual men.  But that diversity came at a price. Blacks were usually seen as drug dealers or poverty-stricken while Latinos were low-riding thugs or the hired…

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Empire

dvr this Fox, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. Lee Daniels has called his hip-hop soap opera “the black Dynasty” and that’s all I needed to want to record it, but having Terrence Howard as a music mogul, Taraji P. Henson as his criminal wife and Courtney Love wandering around being insane has made me desperate to watch….

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Grammy Award-winning rapper Eve to headline ‘The Dinah’

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,  – Female rap titan Eve will be heading to Palm Springs this April to headline Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend’s Saturday signature party at the Palm Springs Convention Center Saturday, April 5. The Grammy Award-winning rapper who recently released her first new album in 11 years titled Lip Lock will take center stage at the…

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Australian rapper Iggy Azalea to headline ‘The Dinah’

PALM SPRINGS – Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend – the largest lesbian event of its kind in the world – has confirmed Iggy Azalea as one of the 2014 main headliners. Iggy Azalea, one of the most hyped MCs/female rapper in American hip-hop, is set to headline The Dinah’s Friday night “White Party” at the Palm Springs Convention…

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Culture Shock Dance Center celebrates its 10th anniversary with 20 free classes

SAN DIEGO — Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 Culture Shock Dance Center (CSDC) will mark its 10th anniversary with 20 free classes as well as discounts on class packages. CSDC, 2110 Hancock Street #200 in San Diego, opened its doors in September 2003 and has taught a variety of styles of dance to…

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Gay rapper LastO announces album ‘Where’s Vivian?’

NEW YORK – Out rapper and lyricist LastO is set to release his debut album, Where’s Vivian? Oct. 22  worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and other major online retailers via SolRay Records. With an indisputible underground buzz generated by five years worth of acclaimed mixtapes and EP’s,LastO is excited to finally deliver his strongest musical effort yet. Gracing headlines…

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Popular ex-DJ sends suicidal Tweet after prostitution scandal goes public

Mister Cee, the popular New York City-based HOT 97 DJ who was forced to resign after his solicitation of a male prostitute was leaked to the public, Tweeted later that day that he may be “better off dead.” The scandal began on Wednesday, according to reports in RolliingOut.com, AllHipHop.com and other Web sites devoted to hip-hop…

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Out pop singer Wilson Knight releases ‘Stable Ground (The Supreme Remix)’ featuring gay rappers

NEW YORK – Today TheFabFemme.com offers an exclusive remix of Wilson Knight’s single, “Stable Ground.” Sampling Diana Ross and The Supremes, Wilson teamed up with out rappers LastO, DDM, FLYKINGi and Solomon to create a hard hitting hip-hop remix sure to entice both pop and urban music lovers. As an ode to the early 2000s Jennifer Lopez/Mariah Carey remix, Wilson came up with the idea…

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