Just when you thought it was ok to celebrate a man who is spraying kids all around Atlanta like he’s popping bottles of Crystal in the club, this happens. The rapper Shawty Lo was arrested this week, and some say that it was due to his not paying child support. That’s what happens when you stack kids to the ceiling, you end up in jail. His show just got cancelled,…
January 21, 2013


Nike recognizes Black History Month with a specifically designed collection under the mantra, “Be Bold. Be True.” The 2013 Nike Black History Month Collection consists of seven shoes, two tees, a Destroyer jacket, Nike Elite socks and a 5-panel hat — each sportinga color palette of black, grey and brown, highlighted in orange. The sneakers include silhouettes from Nike’s Sportswear and Basketball divisions. Sportswear BHM shoes include the Nike Lunar…

“Cover” is a film that gives you a look into a subculture that frightens many African-American women. Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) and her husband Dutch (Raz Adoti) decide to move their family from Atlanta to Philadelphia so that Dutch may advance in his career as a clinical therapist. Everything seems to be going well as they begin to move up the social ladder of Philadelphia and become members of the…