R&B singer Solange Knowles missed out on presenting at the 2009 BET Awards to take to the stage at San Francisco’s LGBT Pride Parade over the weekend to perform songs off of her sophomore album Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams. Peep the performances and more pics (via: Toya’s World) after the cut!
CONTINUE READING

Usher: “This loss has deeply saddened me, with a heavy heart I composed this statement. May God cover you Michael. We all lift your name up in prayer. I pray for the entire Jackson family particularly Michael’s mother and all his fans that loved him so much. I would not be the artist, performer, and philanthropist I am today without the influence of Michael. I have great admiration and respect for Him and I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to meet and perform with such a great entertainer In so many ways he transcended culture. He broke barriers, he changed radio formats! With music, he made it possible for people like Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama to impact the mainstream world. His legacy is unparalleled Michael Jackson will never be forgotten.”

Diddy: “Michael Jackson showed me that you can actually see the beat. He made the music come to life!! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him!”

Ludacris: “If it were not for Michael Jackson I would not be where or who I am today. His Music and Legacy will live on Forever. Prayers to the fam. R.I.P.”

CONTINUE READING

Rapper Snoop Dogg took the stage, shower cap and all, Sunday (Jun 14) afternoon during Day 4 of the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Continue reading for tons of photos from the festival!

CONTINUE READING

BET Networks recently announced via press release that rappers Jay-Z, Fabolous and Young Jeezy and gospel duo Mary Mary have all been added to the official line-up of performers for the 2009 BET Awards. The annual ceremony’s star-studded line-up of performers already includes platinum-selling artists like Beyonce, Kanye West, The Dream, Soulja Boy, Ne-Yo and Maxwell so the new additions to the roster will no doubt be in good company.

CONTINUE READING

Beyonce introduced her sister Solange to the stage at her “I Am… Tour” after party Monday (May 25) night at Indig02 at O2 Arena in London, England.

When Solange hit the stage, she performed a few tracks from her latest album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. More pics when you continue reading.
CONTINUE READING

Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted as they went club hopping with Bey’s sis (and Jay’s sis-in-law) Solange. The three of them were spotted outside of Bungalow 8 nightclub.

CONTINUE READING

R&B singer/songwriter Solange Knowles performed live in concert Friday night at the Puro club in Berlin, Germany. Her big sis Beyonce rolled through showing her support and also stepped up on stage to introduce Solange before the show. Continue reading to check out the rest of the pics!

CONTINUE READING

Hot on the heels of rumors (that were later denounced) of Solange being dropped from her record label comes news that the Geffen Records singer is set to begin working on her follow up to Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. And word on the sidewalk is that we will finally hear a duet between her and her superstar sister Beyonce!

“I definitely think that they’ll be a time and a place for me and my sister to collaborate,” Solange told MTV News. “It’s just all about the time and the place and letting it evolve naturally — and whenever that day happens well embrace it well come up with something good. I’ve actually started the early groundwork for the third record,” she explained. “More so in finding out and experimenting on who I want to be on board with … just more so experimenting with the ideas of finding one or two solid musicians and building from there.”

SOURCE

It was reported earlier this week that singer Solange was nixed from her Geffen imprint but now reports are saying that her father and manager Mathew Knowles is denying that claim.

“Our joint venture with Music World and Interscope/Geffen/A&M is very much in place with Solange. Her remarkable achievements speak for themselves.”

Shortly after that statement released, s spokesperson for Interscope released this statement:

“Contrary to rumors floating through the internet over the last few days, Solange remains a part of the Interscope Geffen A&M family.”

Just one week after Kelly’s “amicable departure” from Columbia comes news of Solange being dropped from her imprint, Geffen, due to poor sales of her latest album, Sol-Angel and the Hadly Street Dreams. They say she was released after the label decided not to renew her contract after a 1-year deal with them. Damn!

The disc, which was her sophomore album, was released last summer (August 2008), and after over 6 months of circulation has only sold 138,000 copies to date. Black Voices says the poor performance of the disc has prompted label execs to bring their working relationship to an end.

“Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn’t interested in doing a new contract with her. People at the label really liked working with her because other than her infamous news outburst in Las Vegas, she was a constant professional. There were challenges dealing with her camp, but Solange was great to work with. In the end, the CD didn’t sell despite Solange’s countless high profile appearances,” the record label source told AOL BV’s Jawn Murray.