Blues singer Etta James has died at 73 after a battle with leukaemia.

James, who also suffered from dementia and hepatitis C, died at a hospital in Riverside, California, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon.

Uganda and Africa's celebrated Ragga/dance hall artiste Peter Kanyike famously known as Peter Miles has released a surprise music video which features Jamaica's "Energy God" Elephant Man.

2011 PAMA Hip hop Artiste Navio a.k.a Daniel Lubwama Arthur Kigozi who is also a member of Klear Kut and the CEO of NavCorp and Kenya's Genge artiste Madtraxx who is also a ROCKSTAR 4000 artist have decided to Swap remixes with Each other.

On Monday, Jay-Z released “Glory,” a song for his newborn baby, Blue Ivy Carter.

In the song he reveals that he and Beyoncé had previously had a miscarriage, and he expresses how scared they were waiting for Blue Ivy to be born. She's apparently “a pinch of Hov, a whole glass of B.” Try not to cry.

Ever since Bebe Cool confirmed to his fans about Zuena's pregnancy news, People have been wondering: Is it a boy or a girl? Maybe even multiples?

Michael Kiwanuka: "I feel very honoured and humble to have won"

Soul singer Michael Kiwanuka has come top of the BBC Sound of 2012 list, which aims to showcase the best rising music stars for the year ahead.

Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul musician of Ugandan heritage who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Bill Withers and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. His parents are from Uganda. On 6 January 2012, the BBC announced that he had won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll.