If you haven’t already heard, Alicia Keys has a brand new single with an album on the way. Yesterday she sat down with Zane Lowe to talk about it, and from the sound of things, she’s feeling rejuvenated. “All this music that we’ve been doing for this album has just been like this,” she expressed to Zane. “It’s been […]
The White House released details of its “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative Thursday morning. The program to improve education and employment outcomes for minority male youths was announced earlier in the month but an official meeting to discuss details was postponed. Amid much anticipation for what the initiative might include, the Obama administration moved to […]
*Residents of the Atlanta suburb where Justin Bieber is rumored to be moving have galvanized in an effort to keep him out of their neighborhood. A contingent in Buckhead — a wealthier district listed as a fifteen minute drive from downtown Atlanta — organized a Facebook event that urged homeowners to protest at 6 […]
*“American Promise” spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through Dalton, one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys’ divergent paths from kindergarten through high […]
LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Michael Jackson‘s mother told jurors she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live “because I want to know what really happened to my son.” Katherine Jackson, likely the final witness as her lawyers conclude their wrongful death case against the pop icon’s last concert promoter, began her testimony Friday and […]
*As you no doubt already know, today – Aug. 29 – would have been Michael Jackson‘s 54th birthday. With that in mind it’s fitting that Spike Lee’s “Bad 25″ documentary has found a home … on ABC. On Thanksgiving Day, the network will air Lee’s in-depth look at the making of “Bad” and its impact […]
Beloved singer, entertainer, and songwriter Michael Jackson and his unfortunate passing in June of 2009 shocked the globe, with fans across various nations still mourning the loss of the “King Of Pop.” With his brand still strong and his legacy largely intact, Jackson was as enigmatic as he was talented. While today (August 29) would […]
*The suspension of KFI’s John and Ken show has sent shockwaves through Los Angeles and thanks to the Internet, the nation. Black people everywhere, who have never even heard of John and Ken, much less listened to their show, are in an uproar and have something to say about the two white men in L.A. who called singer Whitney Houston a “crack ho” on the radio. There are even talks in Los Angeles about having a Day of Protest against the show and the station for the offensive comments. At the center of the controversy are the duos on-air comments about Houston’s behavior prior to her death where they said: “It’s like, ‘Ah Jesus . . . here comes the crack ho again, what’s she gonna do.”
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – An Akron mother slapped with charges after getting high on drugs and dumping her little kid off in the middle of the road. Police say Melissa D. Swiger was driving while under the influence of drugs. The 32-year-old drove down W. Waterloo Road, took her three-year-old son out of the car […]
Steve Jobs told Rupert Murdoch that Fox News was a “destructive force in our society,” according to the blockbuster biography of the late Apple CEO. Poynter was the first to uncover Jobs’ blunt words about the network in Walter Isaacson’s new book. Isaacson writes that, after speaking at a News Corp. retreat, Jobs unloaded on […]
The ladies in their fancy, wide-brimmed hats and the men in their shiny shoes have taken their seats in the red-carpeted chapel of Calvary Baptist Church.