By Angela L. Braden Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, wants to follow in the footsteps of his hugely successful son. The granddad, who is in his 60s, wants to be a rap artist, according to AllHipHop.com But as of right now, Drake won’t be joining Dad in the studio to provide 16-bars on Graham’s first single. Drake is supposedly “too busy.” In an interview with XXL, Drake said, “I’m living my…
By Nigel Boys According to reports, two men who stole an iPad and a large amount of cash out of a truck in Houston, Texas, might have gotten away with it if they hadn’t felt like bragging about the crime by taking pictures of themselves. The incident happened on Jan. 8 when Randy Shaefer came out of his River Oaks apartment to find that thieves had broken into his truck…
By Angela L. Braden Frederick McClendon, a retired city bus driver, is now one of New York’s newest millionaires. The 51-year-old retiree purchased a Cash4Life lotto ticket at a Brooklyn liquor store. The next day, McClendon discovered that ticket was worth $7 million. According to the New York Daily News, the day after purchasing the ticket, McClendon went back to that same liquor store where he had bought it. That’s…
As Washington Democrats are openly voicing support for California Attorney General Kamala Harris for Senate, Latino Democrats are expressing concern that high profile leaders within the party are acting prematurely. Prominent Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand have expressed their support for Harris, and Harris has always been a favorite of the Obama White House. This overwhelming support for Harris has some Latinos crying foul since they…
By Tamala Perkins The rumor mill has been buzzing about Nick Cannon’s upcoming album and many were speculating that some songs would contain “controversial” lyrics about his wife Mariah Carey and their pending divorce. As soon as Cannon got ahold of the rumors, he shut them down. The America’s Got Talent host went on Twitter and set things straight, saying: “I will never say anything negative about @MariahCarey. We are…
By Tamala Perkins A year has passed since Khloe Kardashian filed for a divorce so that her and her husband Lamar Odom could go their separate ways. The problem she is now facing is that she can’t find her husband so that they can finalize the divorce. The star of Keeping Up With The Kardashians is reported to have made multiple attempts to get in touch with her husband but…
By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Chris Rock and his wife Malaak Compton-Rock are calling it quits after nearly two decades of marriage. Chris Rock has been in the media a lot lately and has garnered a lot of praise because he has had the courage to tackle some very difficult conversations, especially now that there is a lot of tension with regards to the murders of young Black men and police brutality….
By Tamala Turner Academy Award winning actor and Grammy Award winning singer Jamie Foxx is a triple threat when you factor in that he is also an outrageously funny comedian. Even though he can be funny, the Annie actor got a little serious in a conversation with Rolling Out Magazine. Foxx talked about the struggles of being Black in Hollywood and his recent run in with the police that left…
In a CNN interview that aired on Sunday, President Obama said he is “impatient” with the slow pace of racial progress in the U.S. “Not just black-white, but Asian and Latino and, you know, I’ve got a lot of cultural influences,” Obama said on “State of the Union.” “I think what it does do for me is to recognize that most Americans have good intentions.” According to The Hill, Obama…
April V. Taylor Police in Baltimore are under fire after assaulting and tasing 36-year-old Kianga Mwamba while she was filming officers who were making an arrest. Mwamba began filming officers after she witnessed them kicking a suspect who was on the ground. After officers yelled at her, Mwamba advised police that her father was an officer and that she knew she had a right to film. Officers then demanded that…
Two men from Maryland have been charged with rαping a teenager at a fraternity party held at Johns Hopkins University. The men, 20-year-old Chaz Haggins and 19-year-old Ethan Turner were arrested for rαpe and sëxual assault charges that stem from an attack on a 16-year-old girl that occurred during a Sigma Alpha Epsilon party. The girl reported to police that Haggins and Turner forced her to perform sêxual acts before…
Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer J.C. Garcia fired his weapon at an unarmed man who was rushing to get home because his 6-year-old daughter was having an asthma attack. Brian Dennison reports that he had just stepped outside of his vehicle when the officer approached him. He says that he had his hands up in an attempt to show that he was unarmed. As Dennison tried to explain the medical emergency to…
Pioneering former model and famed restaurateur Barbara Smith, known to many as B. Smith, has been found after being reported missing on Long Island. Earlier this year, Smith revealed that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s after suffering from symptoms of memory loss and confusion for years. According to Fox News, she was reported missing by her husband and business partner Dan Gasby who reported that she had last been seen…
Pink, a 13-year-old Thai girl who Kim Kardashian tried to adopt on a recent episode of her reality TV show, has pollitely declined Kardashian’s offer to whisk her off to a life of luxury. Pink lives in a Thai orphanage because her mother could not afford to take care of her. Pink says she did like Kim and had no idea she was a celebrity. In an interview with The…
The Associate Press is reporting that Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin has died at the age of 78 at a Las Vegas hospital. Details regarding his cause of death have not been released yet. Ruffin’s children released a statement saying, “Jimmy Ruffin was a rare type of man who left his mark on the music industry. My family in its entirety is extremely upset over his death. He will truly be…
