Fantasia stopped by American Idol last night sporting a red dress and new blonde hairdo to perform her song “Collard Greens & Cornbread.”

Sex tapes are like rap albums. You never know when they’ll actually come out. Everyday it seems there is a new rumor about a sex tape popping up, but how many of them turn out to be true?  Even when the “snippets” or screen stills “leak” the final product is rarely ever released. So in […]

Aretha Franklin is finally speaking out about Fantasia boycotting this year’s Grammy Awards. We received an exclusive statement from Aretha’s publicist stating that she was “sorry” the American Idol winner didn’t make the show and she also offered some advice to Fantasia: “I was sorry to hear that Fantasia was upset because she did not […]

Kanye West will headline the 2011 Essence Music Festival in July. Kanye will hit the stage during the three-day festival, which will also feature performances by Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Irma Thomas, MC Lyte, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, Boyz II Men, Rebirth Brass Band, TBC Brass Band others. The President of Essence Communications […]

2011 is shaping up to be a big year for black music on the festival circuit in the United States.  The lineup for the 17th annual Essence Music Festival was announced and features such heavyweights as Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott amongst others.

With all due r-e-s-p-e-c-t to Aretha Franklin, we have to agree with Halle Berry that she probably isn’t the ideal person to play her in a movie on her life. Given her place in history as one of the greatest voices in music, you can’t have just anyone lip-sync their way through her biopic. At […]

Fantasia is closing up her “Back To Me” Tour and recently performed in Cleveland. Z1079 had the exclusive on her performance as well as a special guest backstage, Antwaun Cook.

A trio of R&B stars will be hitting the road together this fall

Fantasia was on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” today and talked about her new album, Back To Me, and talked more about her recent suicide attempt.

Fantasia’s soaking up all the free publicity she can get right now after the little O.D. situation. She took a moment to sit down with VIBE to tell them that she feels the only reason she is getting so much negative press is because of the color of her skin… It had nothing to do with her trying to kill herself!!!

Fantasia finally lets us know why or if she really did try to commit suicide! Check it out here!

People Magazine is reporting that Fantasia has admitted that her recent overdose was a suicide attempt. “I didn’t have any fight in me. I didn’t care about anything. I just wanted out,” the American Idol winner, 26, tells VH1 in a new Behind the Music interview, airing 9 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday, the same day her […]