Willow Smith is just 13-years old, barely past puberty, not ready for the world. So, why was an Instagram picture posted of Smith in bed with a man that is seven years older than she is? It wasn’t just any old picture – it was one where she’s laid out, relaxed, with that content look that women have after spending quality time with a man – if you know what…
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May 9, 2014
You can’t argue with that statement. Dr. Dre just signed the deal of a lifetime with Apple to buy his Beats by Dre headphones for $3.2 billion dollars. His ability to leverage his brand in unprecedented ways has set the hip-hop world on fire, and people are now studying his business models in droves. Congrats to Dre, who built his career straight out of Compton to become one of the…
BY: John “Hennry” Harris Imagine that you are sitting at home and your phone rings – when you pick up the phone the voice on the other end says that they are Michael Jackson … what would you do ? Well, renowned producer Pharrell Williams, 41, thought someone was playing a joke on him and hung up the phone! Not once but twice! Pharrell was on Jimmy Kimmel Live and revealed…
New York City Council member Ruben Wills has been arrested on corruption charges, according to the Associated Press. Wills was reportedly arrested early Wednesday morning although the charges have not been disclosed. The Daily News previously reported that a 2012 probe revolved around questions about a $33,000 state grant that went to a nonprofit linked to the councilman. Wills’ office has not commented on the allegation. This is one in…
In this video, Rev. Al Sharpton is going to battle with the teleprompter on this show on MSNBC. People are sharing the video everywhere, wondering how Sharpton got the job. Sharpton is smart enough to be a power broker in civil rights and also smart enough to jump ahead of the line when other journalists tried to get a night time news show. But when you hear him pronounce some…
Tiara Williams, in this episode of Your Reel World, explains why having a white friend can protect you from the cops. Check it out below, it’s hilarious: [leadplayer_vid id=”536D2336F2A9F”]
The White House on Thursday severely criticized a racist attαck on Pres. Obama by North Korean state run media. The admonishment from the White House came in response to a rant which called Obama a “dirty fellow” who “does not even have the basic appearances of a human being,” reports the Washington Post. A posting against Obama asserted, “It would be perfect for Obama to live with a group of…
No one enjoys seeing popular black women go after each other in public, but disagreements occur all the time. Now, Belle Hooks is putting her hooks into Beyonce and the criticism has been pretty ugly. Hooks is a respected feminist and has an understanding of this ideology better than most. Beyonce didn’t go to college and once wrote an open letter in which she told Michelle Obama that “you are…
No one expected Mekhi Phifer to end up in bankruptcy court. But there are quite a few black celebs who end up on the short end of the financial stick. What are the causes? Is it due to gross financial mismanagement or are the problems more nuanced than that? This article on Financial Juneteenth says that Mekhi was in deep trouble with the IRS, which was probably the reason he…
A South Carolina police officer took time away from his duties to help a 13 year old needy child. Cameron Simmons, 13, called police after a fιght with his mom and told police that he didn’t want to live with his family anymore. Officer Gaetano Acerra responded to the call and tried to convince Simmons that he was overreacting, WISTV reports. “I said, ‘You have it good, you have a…
What do you do when a 93-year old woman appears to have a gun in her possession? On the surface, she might seem like a harmless senior citizen. But one pull of the trigger can change all of that in a second. This case is difficult, since it’s sad to see anyone die. But if the officer is right in his story, it’s difficult to say that he should be…