You may wonder why local MC and producer Kardinal Offishall appears for a split second in Estelle’s “American Boy” video (the one featuring Kanye West), but the two go way back. Kardi originally appeared on the British singer’s 2004 remix single, “Don’t Talk,” and Estelle—née Fanta Swaray—became part of Kardi’s Black Jays collective in 2006. [...]

Well, there have been a lot of films made about the ongoing conflict in Iraq and its effect on soldiers, and here’s another one! Stop-Loss is probably the glossiest, most-Hollywood looking attempt so far (no mean feat, considering Paul Haggis has had a shot already) and it remains to be seen if anyone in America [...]