Former Disney channel’s “Shake it Up”  star Zendaya (pictured right) has reportedly bowed out of the lead role of the much-anticipated Lifetime channel’s biopic about the life of the late-young songstress Aaliyah (pictured left), according to MTV News. SEE ALSO: Fired! Whoopi Goldberg Stands Alone As Co-Hosts Get Canned On ‘The View’ Lifetime tweeted the […]

Betty Shabazz (pictured), the widow of famed civil rights icon Malcolm X, died on this day in 1997 at the age of 61. Her death was the result of a blaze in her New York home three weeks prior that was started by her grandson. RELATED: Happy Birthday To The Late Dr. Betty Shabazz! Mrs. Shabazz […]

  A look at the 1940’s war involving the United States of America among other countries taking on Germany.   (CNN) — Here is a look at what you need to know about D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944. Facts: June 6, 1944 – D-Day, World War II, the Allied invasion of […]

Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” caught up with media mogul Oprah Winfrey last month during the Maya Angelou portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. During their conversation, Winfrey shared that she used to have pajama parties with the late poet and activist Maya Angelou. Also watch Winfrey recount her first encounter with Angelou. Be […]

  March 9 is the date traditionally associated with The Notorious B.I.G. Death dates are always the more revered for celebrities anyway due to the “where were you when” factor. However, today’s May 21 and had Frank survived the fatal shooting in Los Angeles that forever altered pop culture, Voletta’s baby boy would have turned […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A woman who lost her young grandchild in Cleveland’s deadliest fire is working to keep the victims’ memories alive. On May 21, 2005, a woman and eight children were killed in a house fire on East 87th Street. 7-year-old Faith Jones, 12-year-old Shauntavia Mitchell, 13-year-old Miles Golden Cockfield, 13-year-old Antwon […]

  The social and cultural impact the late civil rights leader and human rights champion Malcolm X still maintains in today’s modern society is an amazing example of the his valuable existence. While the former Nation of Islam minister’s criminal past and fiery vocal assaults against the White power structure at large often defined him, […]

Round-the-way rapper DJ E-Z Rock (pictured), whose 1988 monster hit “It Takes Two” that he collaborated with hip-hop pioneer Rob Base (pictured below left) on, reportedly passed away on Sunday at the age 46 from undisclosed causes, according to Rolling Stone. SEE ALSO: Beyoncé’s Half Brother and Actress Mom Move To Trailer Park, Receives Death Threats DJ […]

  Today marks the 57th birthday of American film director, Spike Lee. Né Shelton Jackson Lee, the iconic producer was born in Atlanta, Georgia and began making amateur films at the tender age of 20, having garnered a Student Academy Award for his graduate thesis project. Later, Spike sparked attention with his first feature, She’s Gotta […]

*Terrence Howard was really close to his mother! His mom, Anita Williams, passed away in 2008, due to complications with colon cancer. But now a year after teaming up with Colon Cancer Alliance, he wants to express the importance of getting screened for cancer. “I loved my mother dearly, more than anything. I miss her […]

*Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday posted a decades-old “selfie” to Facebook thinking he could one-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, whose celeb-filled selfie from the Oscars earlier this month broke Twitter. Powell, who is 76 years old, wrote, “Throwback Thursday – I was doing selfies 60 years before you Facebook folks. Eat your heart […]

  History-maker Ophelia DeVore (pictured), one of the first African-American models in the U.S., and owner of the the legendary Grace Del Marco Modeling Agency and The Ophelia DeVore School of Self-Development and Modeling, passed away Friday at age 93 from stroke complications at a New York City hospice, according to the Ledger-Enquirer. SEE ALSO: […]