Santigold goes virtually unknown in her Brooklyn neighborhood, but if you put her on a stage, someone is bound to remember her. After her 2008 debut and a Jay-Z feature, Santigold is gearing up for the release of her anticipated follow up, Master of My Make-Believe. The first offering from the sophomore disc is “Big […]
Everyone agrees that stereotypes are wrong but there are a few floating around that most black people don’t take much offense to. In fact, some stereotypes are more a badge of honor for black culture than racial bigotry. Not only are many black people proud to proclaim these commonly held notions, but if a white […]
Keyshia Cole and Daniel “Boobie” Gibson and reality tv couple Evelyn Lozada & Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson are among the fab couples profiled in EBONY Magazine’s “Hot Couples 2012” article. See highlights from the piece inside and find out what other couples are featured……
Rocawear may be dying. The clothing company founded by rapper Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Damon Dash in 1999 — and sold to Iconix for a whopping $200-plus million in 2007, has just laid off 28 of its 56 staffers. According to the New York Post: RELATED: Rocawear On Verge Of Bankruptcy? SEE ALSO: N.Y. Designer […]
The Barack Obama re-election campaign on Wednesday named a 31-year-old former field director for the NAACP to be African-American Vote Director for the campaign’s Operation Vote outreach effort. SEE ALSO: Obama’s Big Oil Win Stefanie Brown, formerly the national field director for the NAACP in Baltimore, Maryland, will direct the campaign’s black voter outreach efforts. […]
For those who said female rap is dead, Lola Monroe is here to prove your notions are false. Lola Monroe plays no games on the mic. The recent signee to Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang imprint dropped a freestyle over Rick Ross’ “Stay Schemin'” instrumental. The former video vixen spews bars filled with hustle and ambition. […]
WASHINGTON — Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate’s ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an “open marriage” in which he could have both a wife and a mistress. RELATED: Gingrich’s Racist Surge Will Gingrich’s Ex Sink His Campaign? In an interview with ABC News’ “Nightline” scheduled […]
CNN reports that legendary singer Etta James has died. She was 73.
Chase Spreen, a Lindsey Wilson College senior guard from Bedford, IN, hits a full court shot 3 pointer buzzer beater
There is a groundswell of criticism growing about the number of Black women who go missing every year. According to the National Crime Information Center, White women are the ones who get the most attention when they go missing. SEE ALSO: African Americans Are Large Amount Of Homeless Population The FBI reports that in 2010, […]
Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as “The Wallflower,” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” and the wedding favorite “At Last,” has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73. She died from complications from leukemia with her husband, Artis Mills, and her sons by […]
Uh oh! In official documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Karin Stanford claims 70-year-old famed civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson owes $11,694.50 for their 12 year old daughter Ashley. Stanford was a top aide with Jackson’s Rainbow PUSHCoalition, and The ENQUIRER exposed their long-term extramarital affair in a bombshell world exclusive in […]