Even if you don’t know his name, you know his music. Lenny Williams’ classic ballad “Cause I Love You” has been sampled by everyone from Kanye West to Scarface and remains one of the most well-known love songs of the past thirty years. Fact: Lenny Williams won a BMI Award With Kanye West for Twista’s […]
On January 22, 2003 Black television changed forever. Comedian Dave Chappelle premiered his late night sketch comedy show on Comedy Central filling a void in late night television that had been vacated by the likes of “The Aresenio Hall Show” and “In Living Color.” But Dave’s irreverent humor was in a class all its own. […]
Rapper 2 Chainz is now riding around and getting it for Def Jam! The Atlanta emcee plans to make the big announcement on MTV’s RapFix Live tomorrow. Where are the best places to eat in Atlanta? “It’s the Real University, Two Gun Gang, Street Executives. It’s not DTP no more. I’m actually behind [Ludacris], he’s […]
Happy Birthday to pioneering baseball legend Jackie Robinson! He would have been 93. SEE ALSO: Obama Defends Drone Attacks Is It The End For Newt? If you need a refresher on how great a pioneer Robinson was, The Huffington Post gives a rundown of his achievements in sports and the business world: In becoming the […]
DJ/producer Sam Champ has compiled live versions of your favorite D’Angelo songs for this D’Angelo Live mixtape. It’s one hour and twelve minutes long, so listening to this is like experiencing a live D’Angelo show without the visuals! Take a listen to D’Angelo Live by streaming the audio below, or download it by clicking the […]
Nick Cannon is father, husband, musician and actor and now Bleu Magazine‘s “Man Of The Year.” The quadruple threat dishes on fatherhood, Mariah Carey, being a sex symbol, etc. Fashion Houses Around the World On Mariah: Mariah and I are both hopeless romantics. We just made a pact to say that we want to be […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are racking up all of the major acting awards (including the Sag Awards) leading up to the Oscar ceremonies in February. SEE ALSO: Listen To Destiny’s Child & Beyonce’s Hometown Playlist Listen To The Ultimate Prince & Minneapolis Playlist! In fact, this may be the first year where two black […]
Evelyn Lozada, Jennifer Williams, Shaunie O’ Neal, Royce Reed, Tami Roman…which not Basketball wife is the hottest? Season 4 of the drama filled reality series is almost ready to kick off and we can’t wait! Where They’re From: Amber Rose Jennifer Williams and Evelyn Lozada allegedly get into a brawl and we can’t forget about […]
Now that it has been fully established by yours truly what doesn’t make a guy a “grown a** man,” I think it’s time we put the shoe on the other foot–or make that the stiletto on the other foot. I told you guys yesterday that I was going to give a backhanded shout out to […]
A lot of folks love MSNBC’s Tamron Hall but NOT as many who LOOOOOOOOVE FOX news. According to the latest ratings by Nielsen, FOX News is the most watched cable news joint for the 10th year in a row with about 1.86 million viewers in prime time. The big shakeup in the ratings war was […]
An Afghan militiaman strangled his wife for giving birth to a 3rd daughter instead of a son. The 28-year-old victim was killed in her home in the northern province of Kunduz by her husband and his mother just three months after the woman had the baby. The victim’s mother-in-law has been arrested, but the husband […]