One of the hottest black couples in the game makes their first cover appearance together on ESSENCE’s February 2012 Love issue. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade have been dating for a few years now, but are in no rush to tie the knot. They’ve both been married before, and want… Read More →

The promo train for The Dreamer / The Believer made a stop at E! Network‘s show Chelsea Lately last night. Common sat down with Chelsea Handler to discuss his upcoming album, his role on “Hell On Wheels”, getting his ankles broken by Justin Bieber, and why his 14 year-old-daughter doesn’t… Read More →

One of my favorite sayings is “know your strengths”. It’s self explanatory. You should know what you’re good at, play that up, and keep quiet about the things you aren’t so good at. Tyrese hasn’t taken my advice, but he definitely should, and he should do it ASAP. He recently sat… Read More →

Nothing like a good old love story, right? TMZ was on hand to capture a tender moment between Cali rapper Jayceon “The Game” Taylor and his girlfriend of 7 years Tiffeny Cambridge. He surprised her at the school where she teaches, and asked her to marry him. Who doesn’t love… Read More →

There are a lot of things that I don’t understand, but I have learned that you should never question God and His plan.  That knowledge however, does not always ease the immediate pain that an unexpected and untimely death brings, especially one in a senseless manner. I met Jonathan “shoota… Read More →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCoI-B9AYjs] …well i hope not. by now i’m sure that many of you have seen the clip above from ABC’s nightline. the first couple of times i watched it, i couldn’t help but feel a little sad. there are so many black women that have worked so hard to get… Read More →

I’ve always been a Disney fan. In saying that, you can imagine how excited I was to hear that the Disney company would be releasing a new “Princess” movie, and that the story would be set in America (New Orleans), and would feature a black protagonist. I was excited. Some… Read More →

Much love to CHRIS BROWN. As I’ve said many times before in the Uptown Lounge, I don’t agree with hitting anyone…male or female, but I’m glad to see Chris back in action. Below is the video for his new single “Crawl” which he premiered on the Wendy Williams show this… Read More →

Its that time of the year! You know, when people start looking for that significant other to keep them warm during those long…cold fall/winter nights… But what happens if you’re single? Whether you just got out of a relationship, or you’ve been single FOREVER (like me…lol) it’s important to use this… Read More →

“There would be no black or white/the world would just treat my wife right/(DREAM)/we could walk down in Mississippi/and no one would look at us twice…/” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TX7S3Rs9wg] Please check out this new video by singer/songwriter Robin Thicke. The song is called Dreamworld. The video is beautiful, and the lyrics match. The… Read More →