Kim Fields is a woman of distinction. Many of us grew up in the 80′s and 90′s with Kim Fields playing the lovable Dorothy “Tootie”…

As accomplished as NBA legend Bill Russell was on the court, he was also a giant off the court. Why else would President Obama see fit to present Russell with a Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 2010?

An eighth-grader student at Intermediate School 208 in Bellerose, a suburb of Queens, New York, is in big trouble after selling her classmates marijuana-laced brownies, reports the NYDailyNews.com.

Words By MC Would you have guessed that Queen Latifah’s small role as Lawshawn, the tell-it-like-it-is waitress who cussed out Wesley Snipes for bringing the white girl to Sylvia’s in Spike Lee’s 1991 film Jungle Fever, would lead to a career spanning 35 movies, dozens of television roles and the official emergence of Dana Owens […]

Soul songstress, Meleni Smith has released a new album “My Heart In Focus” that highlights her passionate voice and smart and creative songwriting ability. Meleni was previously signed to Columbia Records but has now taken her career in her own hands, developing a sound that isn’t coming from the cookie cutter R&B mainstream formula. One […]

A 19-year-old mother of two in Milwaukee called 911 after a brick was thrown through her bathroom window and someone began kicking her front door.

Did a National Enquirer story cause Aretha Franklin to put a hold on her plans to marry longtime man friend, Willie Wilkerson?

23-year-old R&B singer CJ Hilton has a message for the ladies. If the men in your lives are in need of a little direction in the romance department he is here to help. Can You Be More In B-More? “The type of music I do, you have no choice but to be a real gentleman,” […]

Before Nick Cannon became Mr. Mariah Carey, he dated Christina Milian who later married The Dream (which ended in divorce). Christina and Nick parted ways after he allegedly cheated. After several years, the two reconciled on the air! Christina called into Nick’s radio show to promote her role on “The Voice” and a long overdue […]

The city of Oakland, Calif., made history last week when they hired the first African American woman as the fire chief of a MAJOR metropolitan area. 53 year old Teresa Deloach-Reed, is slated to take control of the Oakland Fire Department in March, leading a group of 580. “It’s exciting,” Deloach-Reed said during a recent […]

R&B Singer, Estelle with WZAK kicked off her “All Of Me” World Tour

Today is Bob Marley’s 67th Birthday.  Even though Bob Marley died thirty years ago, his songs still have a great impact on society spiritually, emotionally and also politically. Marley’s songs not only dealt with the politics of his native Jamaica, but Africa and the whole world. Here are ten of his most politically significant songs. […]