Rapper 21 Savage has donated $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center, AJC reports. The SPLC is the civil rights group that helped him when he was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this year. The Grammy-nominated artist, born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was taken into custody in Georgia’s DeKalb County Feb. 3 on […]
The decade of cinema dominated by black films and film stars such as Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Richard Roundtree and Pam Grier came to be known as “Blaxploitation.” Good or bad, the films were known for their action, their style and in some ways, even their stereotypes of certain characters. Join Our Text Club To […]
Just because Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s popularity got a slight jolt from his performance as O.J. Simpson on FX’s The People v. OJ Simpson a few years back, that doesn’t mean his celebrity was big enough to let him act like a jerk. Earlier this week, the Oscar-winning actor was arrested on a misdemeanor forcible touching […]
Canada has locked in their first NBA Championship and Drake is beyond hype. As expected, more chunes for your headtop. Pitchfork is reporting that Champagne Papi already has new work ready in honor of the Toronto Raptor’s defeating the Golden State Warriors. Shortly after the victory, he took to Instagram to boast about his team’s win. […]
The years-long ordeal suffered by the citizens of Flint, Mich. related to their tainted water supply will continue on as prosecutors move to dismiss all criminal charges related to the water crisis. Officials promise to keep investigating the matter based on new evidence and to restart a deeper examination of the findings. NBC25news.com writes: Councilman […]
Missy Elliot just made history. The Virginia native is the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Wendy Williams is a woman intent on living life on her terms and to hell with anyone else’s opinion. Since meeting up with her boy toy Marc Tomblin and allegedly getting her spine realigned nightly, Williams was supposed to end her connection with Tomblin after he was scheduled to return to the West Coast, but […]
Well, that was fast! After getting released from prison earlier this month and released to a halfway house, Apollo is reportedly back in prison. According to PageSix.com, Nida was picked up by the US Marshals Service just days after he was released from prison. A representative of the US Marshals Service said, “He was taken […]
Cuba Gooding, Jr. turned himself into authorities this afternoon for allegedly groping a woman.
A Maryland 10-year-old after he brought play money on the school bus. Now, his mother is looking for answers. The Montgomery County school has admitted that mistakes were made, Fox 5 reports. Tiffany Kelly bought fake money on Amazon to help her son, Sadiq, learn to count, she told Fox 5. The play money is […]
The Bonfyre is currently heating up the airwaves. Currently signed to L.A. Reid's Hitco label, she made her debut in August 2018 with the release of her EP, 'Ready to Love.'
A young father was on his way to his son’s graduation when he was shot and killed in Northeast D.C. Wednesday morning, NBC4 reports. Darryl Johnson, 27, left his apartment and was headed to his car when he was shot and killed. Johnson was going to his son’s elementary school graduation. “He was just going […]