Melanie Fiona pulled an all-nighter while shooting the video for “4 AM,” the Rico Love-produced single from her sophomore album The MF Life (Dec. 6).
Popular black news website “The Root” recently released its “The Root 100 Honorees for 2011 list.” Using a unique measure which combines each honorees’ reach and substance, the list highlights the most influential African Americans between 25 and 45. We checked news, blogs, critical reviews, awards and our own sharp editorial instincts to nail down […]
Sesame Street is on a mission to tackle childhood hunger and homelessness premiering a new character whose background highlights children who live in such poverty. Lily, the newest muppet on Sesame Street, comes from an impoverished family and will make her debut in a primetime special on Oct. 9. “We are honored that Sesame Street, with […]
NEW YORK — Unable to reach a deal, NBA owners and players walked away from the table and don’t know when they will meet again. If it’s not in the next few days, they can forget about playing 82 games. Without an agreement by Monday, the beginning of the regular season will be canceled, and […]
Man goes on rant about Barack Obama, the government overspending and balancing the trillion dollar U.S. deficit in hood form. Check out this video… he does have a point.
Awww how beautiful! 42 year old Nia Long shows the beauty of her pregnant belly on the cover of Ebony Magazine’s November Issue. Inside, she gives Ebony Magazine a peek into her PREGNANCY diary as well as how she and her partner, Ime Udoka, are bracing for the new chapter in their lives. She also discusses […]
Thousands of California state prisoners, angry about what they call harsh treatment, have been on a hunger strike that enters its ninth day Tuesday. There could be as many as 12,000 inmates skipping meals in at least eight California prisons, a prison advocacy group said. Many inmates are angry about a practice of keeping them […]
Diary Of A Diva: Faith Evans & Tweet To Tape Reality Show? R&B veterans Syleena Johnson, Faith Evans, Tweet, Angie Stone and others will star in an upcoming reality show, “Diary of a Diva.” Johnson, who recently released her fifth album, “Chapter V: Underrated” (Sept. 27), confirmed to both Soultrain.com and Billboard.com’s The Juice that […]
CHICAGO — Two high school football coaches are being accused of driving a group of teens to another student’s house so they could beat him over a disagreement about flip-flops. Fenger High School gained notoriety in 2009 after student, Derrion Albert, was beaten to death in a streetfight in an incident that was caught on […]
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain continues his meteoric rise as a new poll has him tied with former favorite Rick Perry for second behind Mitt Romney. The poll shows Cain and Perry tied at 16 percent, while Romney leads with an overwhelming 25 percent. “That is great news that says that the flavor of the […]
The insults towards the Obama family continue as a radio host took the time yesterday to compare First Lady Michelle Obama to Star Wars character, Chewbacca. The host, Jimmy Lakey, of 740 KVOR in Colorado said he heard the comparison in a cigar bar recently. He also said that his wife mentioned that Michelle wears […]
In our continuing series focusing on the prison system in America, we bring you a list of the 10 most notorious jails in the country. Many of these prisons on the list are familiar by name to many like Folsom, San Quentin, and ADX in Colorado to name a few. Check out the list below. […]