In Leslie Jones’ new memoir, she recalls when one of her idols accidentally called her Chris Rock. In the book, “Leslie F*cking Jones,” the energetic comedienne talks about her life, stand-up career and her time working on the NBC show “Saturday Night Live.” Jones spent five years as a cast member from 2014-2019. While working at Studio 8H…
It has been a minute since 50 Cent lived in South Side Jamaica, Queens. But he always keeps his ear to the streets, which is probably why he’s continually firing shots at people — most recently at his former G-Unit signees Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, who got hit with two unprovoked barrages. 50 Cent…
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal attorney to President Donald Trump, failed to meet deadlines for paying legal fees to two women he defamed and did not provide discovery items to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Now, he owes way more. On Aug. 30, U.S. District…
Beyoncé’s fanbase, better known as the Beyhive, made sure that no fan was left behind after helping a die-hard Yoncé supporter make it to her recent tour stop in Dallas, Texas. An Oregan man named Jon Hetherington initially had plans to attend the “Crazy In Love” singer’s show at the Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington,…
Tiffany Haddish and Common may not have been on the same page about their breakup, but, as she puts it, they were certainly in sync in the bedroom. Haddish and the rapper dated for over a year before calling it quits in late 2021. The comedian has gone on record stating that the “I Used…
A local Nebraska school district has condemned a racially offensive homecoming proposal that has caused backlash on social media. The sign was posted in a Facebook group over the weekend and showed two white teens holding the invite. The message was written with a green marker and said: “If I was Black, I would be…
Happy Friday, ABS is back with another smashing round of smashing releases for this week’s What to Watch list. Have you ever seen “Set It Off,” the 1996 film about four women who plot to steal bags of money from a few banks in Los Angeles? Not much planning goes into how Jada Pinkett Smith,…
Source: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Don’t you just love a good Black sitcom? Even though the heyday is long gone, the Black sitcom era that spanned from the early 1970s and peaked sometime in the mid 2000s gave us some of the greatest television moments of all time, not to mention leaving us with classic…
Source: Afro Newspaper/Gado / Getty The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum is teaching the next generation of Black pilots to fly high. Over three decades ago, the museum launched its popular Flight Academy program which is designed for youth between the ages of 14 to 19. The program–which is free–gives students hands-on experience and the…
An 11-year-old Chicago girl was physically and verbally attacked by two women from her Lawndale neighborhood. In addition to hitting the girl with a bottle and punching her in her face, the child alleges they also hurled racial slurs her way. The incident is being investigated by the Chicago Police Department, but the two adults…
