Popular Baltimore DJ and “Club Queen” Khia “K-Swift” Edgerton passed away suddenly on July 21, 2008 at the age of 29.

K-Swift had a distinctive voice and mixing style. She ruled the Baltimore club scene and her club tapes were famous across the globe. I’ve come across several of her mix tapes online and they were always posted by club lovers who had gotten their hands on her tapes overseas. K-Swift was a very driven woman and she accomplished a lot in her short years. She was true role model for the children of Baltimore.

This is a tremendous loss for the 92Q and Radio Once family, the Baltimore Club scene, and radio lovers everywhere. Public viewing and funeral information can be found on the 92Q website.

Our prayers and condolences go out to her family, friends, fans, and the 92Q family.

THIS SATURDAY, Come to an EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!!!!

SHYNE - Party/Fundraiser for New Youth T.V. Show and Initiative

Come party with the cast of the WIRE and other celebrities…

The Ultimate Grown and Classy After Party

When: Saturday, June 28, 2008 Time: 9pm -1am Price: $25 in advance, more at the door

Where: Enoch Pratt Main Library (Soul Ballroom)

400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

See ya there…

Sean Jean Spokes models Lauren London and Cassie

Here’s part 2 of the 2008 BET Awards Show Red Carpet. I’ll keep my commentary to a minimum.

Nelly

Little JJ

MC Lyte

Rick Ross

Sean Garrett

Shanice Wilson

Solange Knowles

The Christie’s

Toccarra

Tom Joyner

Trin-i-tee 5:7

Lil Kim

LisaRaye McCoy

LL Cool J

Mario

Musiq

Ne-Yo

Niecy Nash

Omorosa

Rhianna

Sean Kingston

Soulja Boy

Terrance Howard

Why do I feel like I am looking at Michael Evans from Good Times…with a cane?

Trina

And to end it all off we have Young Berg who appeared on the red carpet with a custom made Transformer mask. I. HAVE. SEEN. IT. ALL

Do these little rappers not have anything else better to do with their money? Image all the college tuition that could have been paid with that piece crap.

The 2008 Much Music Video Awards went down this month at the Chum City Building in Toronto, Canada and several American stars were there to pose on the red carpet, perform and take home a few awards. Here are a few photos from the event…

“It Girl” of the moment, little miss Rhianna performed and also took home a couple of awards…

Here she is on the red carpet showing off her tattoos…

Here are more red carpet shots…

Akon and Kardinall Offishall

Girlicious

Jabbawockeez

Sean Kingston and Elan “The Day”

Flo Rida

And a blast from the past showed up on the red carpet. If you know what Friday Night Videos is then you know these guys…

New Kids on The Block has gotten back together (I know like you care, right?)! This is the original white “boy band”.

If you are apart of the 30 and over crew you know you used to jam to to their music back in the day, “You got the right stuff BABY, love the way you turn me on…THE RIGHT STUFF! You know you did…so don’t even act like you didn’t!

Funny seeing these guys together. They look exactly the same as they did back in the day. Here they are in the press room…

More pictures from the press room:

The B 96 Summer Bash was held at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL. The line-up included: Flo Rida, Danity Kane, Ptibull, Ray J and T-Pain. Here are some performance shots of the event:

Flo Rida with clothes on…

Flo Rida with clothes off…

Lord have mercy! Whew! I need a church fan for this picture, anyway let’s move on. Shall we?

Here he is greeting his fans…

Isn’t she cute?

Pitbull

Danity Kane

Ray J with clothes on…

Hmm… I wonder what that is sticking out of his pants? I am so bad, let’s move on…

Here he is on the keyboard…

T-Pain

In case you’ve been living under a rock and hadn’t heard:

Barack Obama has won the most delegates and has thus won the race to become the Democratic Party’s Nominee for President of the United States of America. Here’s the video of his historic speech in St. Paul, Minnesota last night.

How do you feel about this historic event? Do you think he will ultimately win the Presidency?

On Monday, June 2 both Smokey Robinson and Denzel Washington were honored at the 4th Annual Apollo Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Many celebrities came out to support them including Wanda Sykes, India.Arie, Rev. Al. Sharpton and Earth Wind and Fire. Here are photos of celebrities on the red carpet as well as video footage of the event:

Denzel & Pauletta Washington

Smokey Robinson & Wife

Ashford & Simpson

India.Arie

Earth Wind & Fire

Ruby Dee

Gayle King & her son Will

Rev. Al Sharpton and his daughter along with Radio One Founder Kathy Hughes

Here’s NYPost.com video footage of the event:

Spice Girl Mel B. a.k.a Melanie Brown brought her hubby Stephen Belafonte along to attend Glamour Magazine’s 2008 Woman of the Year Awards held in London, England. The Spice Girls were among the winners at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

Pretty.

While she was across the pond she also attended a promotional event for “Ultimo” Lingerie for which she is a celebrity spokesmodel

As you can see…she had her lingerie on full display.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan attended the Hollywood premiere of Kung Fu Panda. He voices the character “Commander Vachir” in the movie.

Here he is with a lady friend

Wayne Brady brought along his daughter to the premiere.

Here’s video footage of the premiere:

Ashanti has been on a publicity blitz for her most recent album “The Declaration”. Here she is being photographed while getting her hand prints immortalized at Planet Hollywood in Times Square:

And she also was caught arriving at MTV studios that same day making the usual TRL stop…

Then she performed and signed autographs of her CD at the Virgin Megastore

I would have loved to been a fly on the wall for whatever was being said when she was snapped in this photo. Intense.

Here’s the Associated Press coverage of her cd release:

West Wing actor Dule Hill and actress Dania Ramirez both attended the Anti-Defamation League dinner honoring NBCU Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios President Bonnie Hammer:

(l-r) James Roday, Bonnie Hamme, Dule Hill and Tony Shaloub

(l-r) Christine Rose, James Kyson Lee, Bonnie Hammer, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Dania Ramirez

Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams received a great gift this Mother’s Day weekend: She received her bachelor of fine arts degree 25 years after she attended Syracuse University.

The actress/singer, 45, was a drama student at Syracuse but dropped out when she became the first black Miss America in 1983. University officials have decided Williams has more than earned the remaining credit for her degree through her career achievements.

Here is video footage of Ms. Williams at her graduation ceremony:

Beyonce & Solange’s dad Matthew Knowles also received a degree this year:

Mr. Knowles has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from his old university. Mathew was made a Doctor of Humane Letters at a ceremony at his alma mater Fisk University in Tennessee. Mr. Knowles was picked out for his work steering the careers of his daughter and her band Destiny’s Child, and his work as head of label imprint Music World Entertainment.

Congratulations goes out to both of them.

R. KELLY DENIED POSTPONEMENT IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL
R & B star R. KELLY has had a last-minute bid to postpone his child pornography trial denied.
Earlier this week Kelly’s lawyers submitted a new motion appealing to have the case temporarily delayed due to a recent “torrent of publicity” surrounding the case, which they feel could have a negative effect on the trial’s outcome.

But a Chicago, Illinois judge dismissed Kelly’s attorneys’ request on Friday (09May08), when jury selection was due to start, and ruled trial proceedings will continue as planned - six years (02) after he was charged with having sex with a minor.
The 41-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 14 charges of child pornography, after a videotape emerged allegedly showing him having sex with an underage girl.

However, the trial looks to be a messy one - both Kelly and his now-23-year-old alleged sexual partner both insist it isn’t them on the videotape.
Kelly faces up to 15 years in prison if he’s convicted. Here’s video coverage of the trial:

In other news…
O.J. BOOK CLAIMS THE STAR CONFESSED TO EX-WIFE’S MURDER

O.J. SIMPSON’s former sports agent claims the sports star confessed to killing his ex-wife, and he helped him cheat justice, in a new tell-all book.
In How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert alleges he counselled Simpson during his murder trial by advising him to take arthritis medicine that would bloat his hands so they wouldn’t fit the infamous leather gloves linked to Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman’s 1994 slayings.
Gilbert claims Simpson then confessed to the killing while high on marijuana, after he was acquitted.
His book quotes the ex-American footballer revealing Brown Simpson was killed with a knife she opened the door to him carrying: “If she hadn’t opened that door with a knife in her hand … she’d still be alive.”

Simpson has dismissed the book’s claims; his lawyer Yale Galanter describing the author as:

A delusional drug addict who needs money. He’s fallen on very hard times. He is in trouble with the IRS.

He adds, “I’ve talked to O.J. about it. This stuff not only didn’t occur but it’s not factually supported by the evidence.”

I have one word for this situation: D-R-A-M-A.

Here’s the latest entertainment news videos:

He also performed at Radio 1’s Big Weekend held in Mote Park. It is said he called out the wrong name when greeting the crowd. He shouted, “Hello Manchester” when he was really in Maidstone. I guess the baby must keeping him up all night. Here are a few more shots of him in England:

Also in London: Sex and The City: The Movie held is world premiere in London and a few black stars came out to the event:

Kelly Rowland looked like a “stunner” on the red carpet. She is a very beautiful woman. She’s also been on a promotional blitz of sorts in England to support her latest CD Diva Deluxe.

British Pop Group “Sugababes” also showed their stuff on the red carpet:

In the U.S. black celebrities were also out and about. Here are a few shots I found of black celebrities at various events over the weekend:

“Baywatch” beauty Traci Bingham was also in attendance:

And she struck her best prom pose for the cameras.

Actress Tatyana Ali attended the Step Up Women’s Network 2008 Inspiration Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire:

Cute.

Actress Amber Stevens was also in attendance:

Tennis star James Blake played in the ATP Master’s Series in Rome:

Former 106 and Park Host A.J. Calloway attended the World Premiere of the Babysitter which stars Actor John Leguizamo:

The Cast of A&E’s “The Andromeda Strain” posed together on the red carpet. The movie stars Andre Braugher (l), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Viola Davis (The Fantasia Barrino Story), Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller and Ted Whittall. The Andromeda Strain is about a team of scientist investigating a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin which causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood.

Last week we posted pictures of the “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here a few more pictures along with video footage of the event:

John Legend

Stevie Wonder moment?

Morris Day & The Time

Looks like they gave a really good show.

Here are few photos of other events that I haven’t gotten around to posting…

ESPN The Magazine Pre-Draft Party

We posted pictures of black celebrities attending the Washington Correspondents Dinner a few days ago. Here are a few more:

It’s spring again and concerts are in full bloom.

Ms. Alicia Keys is on tour with Ne-Yo and American Idol Alum Jordan Sparks in her “As I Am” Tour. Her latest concert stop was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, May 5th. Here’s a few shots of her performance:

Looks like she was “airlifted” in to her performance.

Looks like she did a little bit of dancing

And she performed in heels…

And you know she took time out to perform on the piano (shown in the 1st picture) and on the keyboard…

On Sunday May 4th, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle & Diana Ross all performed in a benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall. Proceeds from the concert dubbed “Divas With A Heart” will go to support work in the fields of cardiovascular research, SIDS and autism.

The ladies all looked beautiful. More proof that “black don’t crack! Check it out:

It looks like Gladys was “really” into her performance.

You know Patti was dressed to kill. Ms. Thing looked fierce. Look at the legs on her. I think she may be able to give Ms. Tina Turner a run for her money. Go ahead “Patti, Patti”.

Ms. Ross wore her usual attire…ruffles.

She looks good though.

Actress Lynn Whitfield turned 55 yrs. old.