After a suffering year long battle with colon cancer, R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass passed away yesterday at 59 years old.

Friends and family members told the Associated Press that the five time grammy nominated singer struggled to recover since his initial diagnosis.  He died at Bryn Mawr Hospital outside his native Philadelphia.

Pendergrass’ inherent ability to fight through his circumstances somewhat defined his career, in that he wouldn’t let anything prevent him from international stardom.

In 1982, with a brilliant career ahead of him, he was involved in a near fatal car accident.

The former lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes was hospitalized for six months and paralyzed from the waist down.

That, however, did not stop him from topping the charts for years. He had ten platinum albums in a row and scored memorable ditties such as “Joy,” “Love TKO,” “It Should Have Been You” and a plethora of others.

Will and Jada Smith caught up with Barack Obama during his trip to Oslow, where he picked up his Nobel Peace Prize. In this clip the three of them talk about Michelle Obama’s good looks and her effect on Barack’s mindstate when it comes to dealing with issues of peace among Americans.

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Have you lost all control in your relationship? After all the roses, chocolate and diamond accessories you purchased, does your girl still mistreat you? Do you pay her cell phone only for her to reject your incoming calls?

Does your girl want to “Party All The Time?”

If so, you got it bad like Eddie did. No telling who he was referencing in this song, but if he ran around with Rick James like legend says he did, he probably didn’t care as much as he lets on below.

Outside of being one of the most historic musical flops in R&B history, this track is memorable because of Ed’s ability to make you believe he believed in his ability.

With Mr. Mary Jane in his corner you can hardly blame him. However, a good friend would have told Murphy to keep his position on the couch instead of stepping into the booth with the pros.

But uh,  enjoy if you dare stroll down memory lane with “singer” Eddie Murphy!

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Black Or White, It’s The Same Ole’ Song
Words: Mario 2Tyme Hankton

Let me lay some light conversation on you.

In June of 1954 during a bleak audition, a fella named Elvis was free styling a song by a black musician named Arthur Drudup, which eventually earned Elvis a place in music history forever. Twenty years ago a punk rock band called The Young Aborigines who later signed with Rick Rubin (white Original Def Jam founder and original rock and rap fusion prophet), formed The Beastie Boys who released Paul’s Boutique to international critical acclaim. Everyone knows about the Missouri born white thrash rapper named Eminem who sold 75 million records worldwide and to the day, begs the question “Is he the best rapper alive?” Even among his well schooled, certainly established urban peers (and “pahtnas”), Marshall Mathers, a “white boy,” is readily considered the best lyricist in the industry.

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It’s Throwback Thursday and we found another Old Skool Jewel for you! If you’ve never heard this song, you should have, so scroll down and press play. If you’re already up on it, go head and get a little nostalgic with us!

Arguably their most politically sound track as a group, The Click – comprised of family members E-40, B-Legit, D-Shot and Suga T – came raw with this one.

“Tired Of Being Stepped On” represents the struggle candidly and appropriately for the man who just can’t seem to get things right. The battle tested soldier from the streets who no one will hire, his choices are limited and as a result, misery finds him in the form of prison, the block or death.

The ex-cons, the D- Boys, the unemployed, this track embodies the reality of overcoming the trials and tribulations that life serves up every so often.

Stay strong Black Man!

Man, my mother is disabled/ ain’t got no food on the table/ all I can afford is noodles with the generic label…

This goes on for about a week and a half/ I need to think fast/ I need some cash/ lemme water my grass and make it greener…