Elle Varner made quite the impression over the summer with her single featuring J.Cole titled, “Only Wanna Give It To You”.   With the anticipation of her debut album, Perfectly Imperfect, Elle Varner creates Conversational Lush a 14 track collection of Hip Hop meets Jazz and Soul.  Collaborating with the likes of J.U.S.T.I.C.E League, Bei Major and Pop & Oak including MBK’s own super producer Arcelious (Fame, Livre’, Gabi Wilson, Daisha), Elle Varner excites her fans with this eclectic mix.

Conversational Lush is available for download at www.mbkentertainmentblog.com

To Listen:  http://bit.ly/wwvrWH

BET announced plans for the upcoming BET Music Matters ‘The All of Me Tour’, headlined by Estelle. Kicking off February 2nd at Ohio’s House of Blues in Cleveland, Elle Varner joins Soul Songstress Estelle on February 3rd in Chicago.  Elle will be rockin’ with Estelle on the following dates:

Feb 3 – Chicago, IL                    Double Door

Feb 4 – Cincinnati, OH              Mixx Lounge

Feb 6 – Kansas City, MO           The Riot Room

Feb 8 – San Diego, CA               Anthology (2 shows)

Feb 9 – Los Angeles, CA           Key Club

Feb 10 – Oakland, CA               New Parish

Feb 13 – Dallas, TX                  Cambridge Room (House of Blues)

Feb 14 – New Orleans, LA      The Howlin’ Wolf

Feb 15 – Houston, TX              Peacock Room (House of Blues)

Feb 20 – Atlanta, GA               Centerstage

Feb 22 – Washington, DC       The Birthmere

Feb 23 – Boston, MA               Regatta Bar (2 shows)

Pariah, the coming-of-age story of a 17-year old girl by the name of Alike (Adepero Oduye) who struggles to mend her conflicting sexual identity as a lesbian living in Brooklyn, New York has recently received 7 NAACP nominations!

Having premiered at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival and the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It has since won the Sundance Excellence in Cinematography Award and has received two Best Independent Film awards from the African-American Film Critics Association and the Black Film Critics Circle.  Pariah has also received 13 nominations thus far NOT INCLUDING Pariah‘s NAACP Nominations in:

• Outstanding Motion Picture
• Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

and MORE.

Check your local listings to watch Pariah in a theatre near you!

MBK’s own Daisha put on a hot set over this last weekend for the Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival… check it out below! This is just the beginning too, get ready for more content from Daisha real soon!

As covered by True Exclusives HERE, Performing an incendiary set last night at the Samsung Experience in the Time-Warner building on the corner of Central Park South and West, Allen Stone was unveiled to the music industry in top form fashion… check out what some of the buzz is all about: “MBK Entertainment held an [...]

MBK’s CEO Jeff Robinson recently lent his voice regarding the state of the music industry to Black Enterprise Magazine. “Contrary to belief, Jeff Robinson is not some new jack in the biz. Back in the day, Robinson got his feet wet on the front lines of MCA’s legendary Uptown Records helping to usher in an [...]

Going strong for the 10 year anniversary of ‘Songs In A Minor: Collector’s Edition‘ Alicia performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall last night. Billed as ’Piano & I: A One Night Only Event With Alicia Keys’, she revisited songs lifted from her first J Records release. With the help of her trusty Yamaha, she brought [...]

MBK’s own Alicia Keys has a surprise for fans real soon Check out the preview for THE documentary on ‘Song in A Minor’s’ tenth year anniversary.

Tyrese is starring in the upcoming movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon, out July 4th weekend. And his book How To Get Out Of Your Own Way is killing the charts. And Taraji is in the upcoming Larry Crowne movie and also was just announced for the cast of the new Think Like A man [...]