Video: Swizz Beatz On Collecting Art + Ernie Barnes

Sugar Shack [above] by the late Ernie Barnes (15 July 1938 – 27 April 2009) has to be one of my favourite paintings ever.
Barnes comes up in conversation with Swizz Beatz, who describes Barnes as a “super super mentor”. “I’m a part of Ernie Barnes’ estate… We just connected,” he reveals in this interview [...]

Video: Jill Scott on Conveying True Emotion / Regina King on voicing Boondocks

Catching up on TV on a Sunday…
Mo’Nique thanks Jill from Philly for music that has ‘changed and saved’ lives and relationships – and made a whole lotta babies. “I allow myself to feel everything that I’m feeling, so that when it’s time to write I know what I’m talking about,” Jill says. “All in the [...]

Lenny Kravitz Fondly Recalls Working With MJ, on Lopez Tonight (Video)

Lenny Kravitz talks about the song he made with Michael Jackson among other anecdotes in this interview on Lopez Tonight.

Reflection Eternal – “In This World” (Video)

The down-to-earth intergalactic video from Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek), sampling a cut from Jay-Z’s oft-quoted compliment to Kweli.

Raheem DeVaughn is “Bulletproof” On The Mo’Nique Show

Grammy nominated R&B-soul-hippie Raheem Devaughn swung by the Mo’Nique show on BET a while back to talk about the extensive guest features on his new album, The Love & War MasterPeace (including Jill Scott, Wale, Dr. Cornel West and Damian Marley), followed by a performance of ‘Bulletproof’ – which he also performed at this year’s [...]

J*Davey – “Get Together” (New Video)

A warm, dreamy and delirious video for “Get Together” by J*Davey.

Bridget Kelly interview w/ the.LIFE files (Video)

By now you should be aware of Bridget Kelly, a fresh Roc Nation artist recognisable from several Jay-Z performances of  ‘Empire State of Mind’ in place of Alicia Keys.

“Direct from the Roc Pop traveling store, Roc Nation artist Bridget Kelly talked to the.LIFE Files hours before she hit the Madison Square Garden stage with Jay-Z!! [...]

The Many Sides of 1Xtra’s Flyest B-Girl DJ Sarah Love (Video)

Just before her set for soulful London club night, Pause at Market Place, AfriPOP! catches up with BBC 1Xtra’s flyest b-girl, MOBO-nominated Hip Hop DJ Sarah Love. A multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and MTV presenter, here the lovely Sarah talks about her relationship with Miriam Makeba, her South African heritage, her DJ influences and what constitutes [...]

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