NEW YORK — A New York woman is being charged with beating her 5-year-old son to death for breaking her television while playing Nintendo Wii. The New York Daily News reports: Kim Crawford, 21, smacked Jamar Johnson in his back and stomach on June 13 “harder than I’ve ever hit him,” she told cops. Crawford […]
CHICAGO — Rev. Al Sharpton and Cornel West will continue their heated debate on President Barack Obama and the Black community this Saturday in Chicago at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual conference. Sharpton and West previously got into a spirited argument over Barack Obama in April on the Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC. BlackAmericaWeb […]
Rapper Wasalu “Lupe Fiasco” Jaco appeared on The O’Reilly Factor last night to discuss recent statements he made about President Barack Obama being a “terrorist.” “Now we are used to irresponsible statements from rappers, but that’s really over-the-top,” O’Reilly said at the opening of the segment . “You know President Obama is not a terrorist, […]
Prosperity preaching TV evangelist Creflo Dollar is looking to expand to the Bronx, New York, by purchasing the Kingsbridge Armory. Dollar made a proposal to finance the development of the 5-acre facility. Dollar “wants to turn it into a multi-use facility,” one source told the NYPost.com. “He’s got a huge following and needs an arena.” […]
Greeting, I’m up early to greet the Sun as I celebrate the Summer Solstice with other Yogis that will be gathering today in Times Square. I just found out that the Times Square event will be streaming video live. Check out the video box below: Happy Summer Solstice! Discover The Ancient Egyptian Connection http://cdn.livestream.com/embed/timessquare?layout=4&autoplay=false timessquare […]
Chris Brown performed for a sea of people at Atlanta’s Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash 16. The platinum blonde Chris Brown even gave a lapdance to one lucky fan
Hallmark’s Mahogany Brand creates greeting cards specifically designed for African-American consumers. For this Father’s Day, they created 66 culturally relevant designs for African-Americans, and a few of these celebrated Black mothers. With 2 out of 3 Black homes solely ran by an African-American women, was Hallmark’s decision a good business choice, or an insult to […]
All That Jazz Festival July 3rd. Performing live: Gerald Albright, Najee, David Benoit and more at Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Ave
CHICAGO — During the opening of the 40th annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference, Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed his vexation with a photo ID law that he says disenfranchises minority groups such as African Americans, Latinos and college students, who are less likely to bring photo identification cards to the polls. The requirement is currently upheld […]
The British advertising watchdog group, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), wrote in a statement that it would not take any action against Kraft Food’s Cadbury chocolate over a alleged racist ad that compared to model Naomi Campbell to a chocolate product. “Move over Naomi, there’s a new diva in town,” read the Bliss bar ad […]
VIRGINIA BEACH-Producer and singer, Pharell Williams of the Neptunes production team and the group N.E.R.D. is working on making a youth center in his native Virginia Beach along with renowned architect, Chad Oppenheim. Fastcodesign reports: The N.E.R.D. front man has plans to build a $35 million, 30,000-square-foot youth center in his hometown, Virginia Beach. Designed […]