Culture

“The Hippest Trip In America” debuts during African American Heritage Month

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From President Barack Obama’s place as the 44th American President to Beyonce’s recent record-breaking six Grammy Award wins, African Americans confidently, and consistently take their place in the record books. Among them of course, is Don Cornelius as the first African American to have ownership of a television show

This is Soul Train

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Soul Train is a movement
From the days of Tina Turner and James Brown, through the rise of T-Pain and Trey Songz, Soul Train set the standard in music, style, and dance in our culture. And for more than 35 years, that legendary, grooving gold locomotive set bodies in motion and brought in the funk—whatever brand

Lifestyle

TheGrio’s 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars

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“Deep Space Engineer” is no movie role for Mary Spio; it’s the title the Syracuse and Georgia Tech alumna held at Ultra Corp before moving on to PanAmSat Corporation as a Senior Satellite Applications Engineer.

Will Google Bring High Speed Internet to the Hood? Probably Not.

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Google repeatedly mentions that they want to make internet access available for everyone and even urges anyone (the general public and local officials) to submit their city or town for consideration. My bet is that these test location won’t be in any inner cities where the probability of budding minority entrepreneurs can take advantage of such high speeds to build “killer apps.” And if this is the case, how can Google report findings on usage or deployments in a truly comprehensive way

Celeb 2.0: Ad Supported Mixtapes – A New Media Model for Music

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There was a great write up on venture capitalist Fred Wilson’s AVC.com about the release of Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape, Enemy of the State. You’re probably asking, why would a VC blog about a mixtape? Well unlike most mixtapes, Lupe’s new album included a brief 31-second Hewlett Packard commercial entitled “HP skit”.
 
The commercial, which is

Celeb 2.0: I Am T-Pain Version 1.1: The Holiday Edition

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Maybe Jay-Z got it wrong. Perhaps there’s no such thing as T-Painin’ too much. The king of Auto-Tune continues to make some serious change of the voice distortion gimmick. His “I Am T-Pain” app for iPhone has been a huge success since it became available back in September. To date, there have been approximately 10.2

GRAMMY Nominees Use Social Web to Increase Audience

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The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards’ nominees were recently announced in 20 different categories. Among some of them were urban music powerhouses Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Maxwell, Eric Roberson, and Foreign Exchange. What’s special about these nominees though, is how each has used popular social networking sites, online video, blogging, and podcasting to both increase and interact with their respective fan bases

Views

Viewpoints: Is Sex All We Have to Offer?

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Soul Train Nation, how many of you, as parents, have been driving your children to school, listening to the morning talk show only for their conversation to gravitate towards the topic of sex?

2009 Soul Train Awards Recap

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The highly-anticipated return of the Soul Train Awards was not an event taken lightly. From the very vein that Soul Train finds its lifeblood, the past and the present were bridged in perfect harmony. The tribute performances were the highlight of the evening. However, the show’s two uber-animated hosts, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard,

The Bold Brought the Soul: Style at the 2009 Soul Train Awards

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Following the comeback of the Soul Train Awards, we want to quickly pat Soul Train on the back for the contributions the show made to black culture. Many people can easily recall the show’s role in making black artists and new dances a part of everyday life. But, we can also wink and blush

Soul Train Awards 2009: Top 10 Reasons to Tune In

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The 2009 Soul Train Awards airs November 29, on Centric and BET at 8 p.m. CST/9 p.m. EST.  Don’t forget to tune in—otherwise you may wake up on Monday morning and realize you’ve missed out on the Twitter commentary.  Here are a few other reasons why the show can’t be missed:

1. Trey and Toni:  The duo