Yesterday, R. Kelly released “Rise Up,” a moving track about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. A troubled student killed 32 people and himself on the university’s campus in Blacksburg, VA.

The lyrics feature …

Here’s some exclusive video footage of hip-hop legend Rob Swift cutting up for New York audiences at Guitar Center’s Annual “GC Sessions.

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Prince and Andre 3000 are just a couple of high-powered artists set to appear on the upcoming album from Dr. Cornel West. The famed professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University has long been an outspoken social …