NEW YORK — Reggae star Denroy Morgan was arrested in the Bronx after police claimed they found him with 25 pounds of marijuana in his car. Morgan is the father of the popular reggae group, Morgan Heritage. The arrest of the 66-year-old Morgan led to the apartment he was coming from being raided. Police claim […]
Rapper 50 Cent is on a campaign to tackle world hunger. His new energy shot drink, Street King, donates a portion of the revenue from each bottle sold to the United Nation’s World Food Program. See also: 50 Cent Selling “Sketchy Penny Stocks” On Twitter 50 Cent says Street King and its robust marketing campaign will […]
Beyonce’s pregnancy still has reporters buzzing. Though she and her mother hit London Fashion Week to launch their new House of Dereon collection, Bey’s baby was all the media could ask about according to CNN. Congratulations on the pregnancy. Does the collection now include maternity wear? What I’m wearing today is part of the collection […]
The White House recently rejected a bid to posthumously pardon Marcus Garvey. The campaign, led by a Jamaican lawyer in Florida, would overturn Garvey’s 1920s mail fraud conviction that imprisoned the Black leader for almost three years before he was released and deported to Jamaica. Garvey, who led the greatest mass movement of Blacks in […]
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was sidelined during the third quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Atlanta Falcons after taking a hard hit to the head. As Vick walked to the locker room for medical attention after the hit, NBC showed that he was spitting blood. Sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reported that he was […]
Two British men were sentenced to two years in prison for burning a man’s genitals with a hair straightening iron. Christopher Lilley and Richard Johnson admitted that they attacked Antony Dabbs, 18, in March over a drug debt. Dabbs moved away from the area and says he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder following the […]
Black folks in Obama’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois have little confusion when it comes to the state of the economy. Also read: Chicago Soul Food Restaurants Disappear As Black Residents Leave With the national African-American unemployment rate at 16.7 percent, the highest since 1984, Chicago’s community of color is a dismal example. “I know that […]
By Tony Lamont Many of us have eaten out and got something unexpected in our food! Maybe an occasional hair, a bug, but have you ever got chewed gum in your salad? Well that’s what Christian Milian received when she visited a L.A. Mexicali restaurant. She ordered a Kobe beef salad and halfway through eating […]
Mary J. Blige will be rapping again on her new album My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act I). Named “Brook Lyn” after the New York City borough, Mary spits verses like a veteran on “Midnight Drive” according to Rap-Up. As a sequel to her 1994 breakthrough record, “My Life,” the new album “adds another […]
Former Atlanta Schools Head: “I Knew Nothing About The Cheating” Lie Detectors Uncover More Cheating In 5 Georgia Schools NEW YORK-A Bronx high school principal is being investigated for tampering with grades and creating fake courses to increase grade point averages. Eximius College Preparatory Academy Principal Tammy Smith is accused by the DOE for boosting […]
A re-emergence of Squeegee men, panhandlers who wash the windshields of your car in hopes of a small tip, is signifying desperate times for the jobless in New York City. Groups of men are now flocking to the busy streets of Manhattan to make a few dollars, as many jobless did back in the 1980s […]
The 63rd Annual Emmy Awards went down last night and though none of favorite celebs picked up a trophy for their work in television, they looked fabulous enough on the red carpet to not be forgotten. Kerry Washington stunned the crowd in a glittery red gown with a sweetheart neckline and sheer streaks, while Taraji […]
