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Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys & Jay-Z Join Lauryn Hill Onstage @RockTheBells [Video]

August 29, 2010 by M. Gosho Oakes  
Filed under Live Music

Performing a string of substantially altered versions of her hits at speed [to the annoyance of some], Lauryn Hill’s Rock The Bells set yesterday at NY’s Governor’s Island ended with a star-studded roll call as Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Chris Rock, Jay-Z and John Legend joined the Miseducation icon onstage.

Robyn Covers Alicia Keys’ “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” (Video)

August 19, 2010 by Verse  
Filed under Live Music

Swedish Electropop starRobyn gives iheartradio her take on Alicia Keys‘ soaring anthem, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” (from Keys’ current album, The Element Of Freedom).

Adaggio The Violinist Covers Alicia Keys “Unthinkable” | Video

August 5, 2010 by Tahirah Edwards Byfield  
Filed under Blogs

East London violinist Adaggio covers Alicia Keys – “Unthinkable”, Chris Brown – “Deuces” and Gyptian – “Hold Yuh” on his latest video blog. The musician, who has worked with a plethora of artists including Estelle, Ms Dynamite, N-Dubz and Macy Gray is currently working on solo material. Follow Adaggio on twitter.

Prince Lifetime Achievement Tribute | BET Awards Highlight

June 28, 2010 by M. Gosho Oakes  
Filed under Blogs, TV

Photo source Vince Bucci/PictureGroup Prince was the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards. Another stand-out moment in the night, with a VT introduced by Stevie Wonder, an electrifying tribute performance by Janelle Monae who sung “Let’s Go Crazy”, Esperanza Spalding with “If I Was Your Girlfriend” , a pregnant Alicia [...]

BET Awards 2010: Live Coverage Tonight @SoulCulture

June 27, 2010 by M. Gosho Oakes  
Filed under Music, TV

With anticipation levels reaching fever pitch the BET Awards 2010 kick off at 7pm Central Time (1am GMT) tonight. Queen Latifah hosts tonight’s ceremonies whilst Kanye West is due to open the show with a performance of “Power”. We also have an MJ tribute performed by Chris Brown to look forward to, plus more live [...]

The Making Of Drake’s “Fireworks” ft Alicia Keys | Deleted Scene From Better Than Good Enough

June 24, 2010 by Verse  
Filed under TV

MTV definitely came up trumps with this Better Than Good Enough documentary on Drake that aired last night (Watch It Here)… I’m guessing they are sitting on a mountain of classic footage like this one that shows Noah “40″ Shebib and Drake creating the opening track from Thank Me Later “Fireworks” which features Alicia Keys. [...]

Weekly Wrap Up: Chris Brown, Mortal Kombat, Luther & Terri Walker

June 14, 2010 by Tahirah Edwards Byfield  
Filed under Blogs

Here are the Soul Culture blog highlights from the last 7 days – a mix of the most popular and entertaining posts. News you were checking: Chris Brown European tour cancelled • Chris Brown announced on twitter (before swiftly deleting the post) that his European leg of his Fan Appreciation tour had been cancelled due [...]

Alicia Keys x K’naan World Cup Opening Concert Performances | Video

June 11, 2010 by Tahirah Edwards Byfield  
Filed under Blogs

Today World Cup fever is getting underway as the first game between Mexico and host country South Africa kicks off in Johannesburg. Amongst the dazzling opening ceremonies was a huge opening concert that was multi-cast on web and worldwide last night. Check out footage of Alicia Keys and K’Naan rocking the South African crowd in [...]