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I had a great time in chat with Mary Mary and their fans from all over the world. It always amazes me how much gospel music is loved all over the world. To me it’s the music that I heard constantly growing up, but I love that so many people worldwide love it as much […]

Gerald Levert (born July 13, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an R&B singer, one of several from the musical Levert family. His father, Eddie Levert, is the lead singer of the 1970s soul group The O’Jays. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. During the 1980s […]

Though they probably won’t be going out for drinks anytime soon, former President George W. Bush has accepted Kanye West’s apology for branding him a racist during an NBC telethon.

I’ve already seen For Colored Girls. But I’m thinking, “here we go again.” The last thing I wanted (or needed) to see was another film that painted the black man as society’s stammering uber-demon, who comes to steal, kill and destroy; or another project that portrays black men as this nation’s perpetual delinquents — jobless, thoughtless […]

Black male students are nearly twice as likely to drop out of high school as their white counterparts. A new study says that statistic and others call for a different approach to help black men and boys succeed. As head of the Council of the Great City Schools, Mike Casserly has seen lots of depressing […]

How well do you think you know Toni Braxton’s work ethic? She recently shot not one, not two, but three music videos for the lead singles from her current project Pulse, which is available in stores now. But did you know she’s also giving the die-hard fans a chance to go behind the scenes of […]

Somali Gangs in Minnesota Traded Girls for Sex By Paul Shepard on Nov 9th 2010 3:15PM Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights Members of a Somali sex-trafficking ring (pictured above), who imported girls under the age of 14 to work as prostitutes in Minnesota, Tennessee and Ohio, were busted by authorities. The indictment named […]

A new study shows that way more Black babies are being born to unwed mothers in America. That number is much crazier than you may realize. Children of unmarried mothers of any race are more likely to perform poorly in school, go to prison, use drugs, be poor as adults, and have their own children […]

“I Need to Forgive My Lesbian Bipolar Mom.” “My Son Just Found Out He Has a Baby; Should I Meet This Child?” “How Can I Get Past the Hurt of My Husband Looking at Dirty Magazines?” But instead of squabbling over such things on the famously lurid TV talk show, they were discussed on a […]

Speaker, author and radio show host Thomas Edward is looking to create a home for men who have been abused and often have to suffer in silence in the church. A victim of sexual abuse himself, Edward believes such men are ignored or given the cold shoulder, largely because church leaders are afraid to address […]

This is a bit bizarre…some wacky medical British Blokes have discovered a way for cell phones and computers to let folks know if they got that herp, the sauce, crabs, or the clap: Mobile Phones and computers will soon be able to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases under innovative plans to cut the UK’s rising rate […]

‘The Spark’ Episode 27: Underground Rappers Comment on T.I., Bishop Eddie Long & More By The BV Staff on Nov 8th 2010 1:42PM Filed under: The Spark w/ Amanda Diva Comments (0) Rappers Johnny Polygon and Rugz D. Bewler comment on T.I.’s return to federal prison, and a controversial sermon in South Africa that claimed […]