Uber has issued an apology after a Twitter user pretending to be a customer of the ride-sharing service tripped the company into using a racist slur by changing their display name. In short, the company’s support team on Twitter replied back to the user who had the n-word as their display name. Mashable reports: Uber […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text MAGIC to 23845 to join! Sad news for the Braxton family. Toni Braxton niece, Lauren Braxton, died Monday. She was the daughter of Toni’s younger brother, Michael Conrad Braxton Jr., the only son in the Braxton clan. […]
Sometimes the one thing you need to make all of your dreams come true is someone who believes in you. For so many of Black Hollywood’s big names that person was John Singleton. Morris Chestnut credits his career and success to his very first film role as Ricky, in John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood. He […]
Larry King was hospitalized last week after going into cardiac arrest and suffering a heart attack. According to TMZ, King had complained of a difficulty to breathe for months and was set to go to the hospital Thursday to get checked out. As he was getting ready to go to the hospital, the famed talk […]
After spending 18 months in the bing Mystikal took to the stage for the first time since being released a few months ago. TMZ says that the New Orleans rapper made a surprise appearance this past Saturday night at The Funk Fest in Orlando, Florida and received a warm welcome from the crowd regardless of […]
Cancel culture is a real thing. So real even funnyman Chris Rock had to take down a post that wasn’t so flattering to music royalty. Madam Noire is reporting that the comedian got a severe heat rash for poking fun at Whitney Houston’s infamous drug use. Over the weekend a meme hit Instagram with a […]
It was inevitable. A year after leaving audiences worldwide on an emotional cliff hanger in Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame has officially broken all kinds of records with a $1.2 billion dollar opening weekend. According to NPR, the Avengers swan song did nothing but win, win, win, win since hauling in a record $60 million […]
The cause of death of 13-year-old Kashala Francis has been revealed. Francis died days after she was attacked near Attucks Middle School in southeast Houston. According to the medical examiner, Francis died due t complications of intracranial neoplasm, a brain tumor. Kashala Francis‘ mother Mamie Jackson says her daughter was attacked by two girls after […]
Three children were reportedly taken to a Tulsa, Okla.-area hospital after a police officer fired at a robbery suspect in a pickup truck. Though authorities did not immediately release the ages or conditions of the children, Olivia Hill told Texas news station KXII-TV that three of her four children were wounded, while her two-year-old child was left unharmed. […]
R&B legend Peabo Bryson suffered a mild heart attack at his home the morning of Saturday April 27. According to a representative for Bryson, the double Grammy / double Oscar Award-winning singer “is currently listed in stable condition and is awake and responsive.” His prognosis is reportedly good, and doctors, as well as his family […]
The singer is known for songs "A Whole New World."
The lingering question of how much support Bernie Sanders has from Black women voters was exacerbated over the weekend.