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No matter how many jokes we may have made about Amy Winehouse’s whirlwind of a life, we were all hoping that she might get it together one day and live to her full potential. Sadly, that’s a day we will never see.

We’ve been bumping Amy in the office for most of the day, but rather than give you a trite compilation of songs you already know and possibly love, we figured we’d remember her by spotlighting a few other dope young female vocalists to watch.

But before we get to these young ladies, a warning we wish Amy Winehouse would have headed from herself…

Flip the page for the rest of the BoomBox, including a look at Amy Winehouse’s goddaughter/protege Dionne Bromfield

Soul singer Taylor McFerrin, whose dad made us all pick happy over worry, is the latest artist to be featured in the “That’s Rocawear” campaign. Continue »

One of our favorite New Black Kids On The Block — Kat Graham teamed up with “Couples Retreat” actress Kali Hawk to pay homage to their roots. Continue »

We featured the lovely Ms.Jean earlier this week and loved her sound. But as soon as we found out that she was going to be taking over Lupe Fiasco’s Twitter page after his departure from the social networking site, we decided to introduce you to more songs from the lovely songbird.

Sex, Lies and Sunshine
A beautiful track from Nikki’s latest album, Pennies In A Jar

My Love
A Motown inspired joint from her newest album

Exit Sign
An older gem from DJ Deckstream’s album “Soundtrack 2″

Little Weapon feat. Bishop Jean
Featured on Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool

Hip Hop Saved My Life
Another favorite from The Cool

What do you think of Nikki Jean? You think she deserved the Lupe cosign?

Tami Roman’s 15-year-old daughter “Lady Jazz” Anderson is going hard with her rap career. Continue »

We thought we’d roll into the weekend with one of our new favorite singers out, Frank Ocean Continue »

Everything is purple…everything is purple!

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Recent years have seen the rise of successful songwriters evolving into full-fledged solo stars, like Ne-Yo and Ryan Leslie for example, so we’re very excited to introduce you to Crystal Nicole Continue »

Previous New Black Kid On The Block Nic Paper just dropped a brand new video for his song “Upset” featuring Big Juvy. Continue »

Handsome is probably not the first word you would think of to describe this young man’s dad. Producer, rapper, DJ, savvy businessman, reality TV star? Yes. But handsome, not so much. Can you guess who’s youngin’ this is? Continue »

Bravo’s newest housewife isn’t too happy that the first thing we’ve all found out about her is that she’s a convicted felon. Continue »

Whoever handles the casting for Bravo’s “Real Housewives Of Atlanta” is a ratings genius. Continue »

Butches and femmes oh my! Continue »

Remember this guy? Continue »

Well… that’s one way to do it. Continue »