Source: Bob Berg / Getty A year after the case of hip-hop icon Jam Master Jay’s death was finally closed, a man convicted of the crime was reportedly stabbed in jail. According to the New York Daily News, a fight broke out in the MDC Brooklyn jail in Sunset Park on Saturday, Feb. 22. NYDN…
A New York comedian said she was disappointed to learn that prosecutors dropped charges against her ex-boyfriend — the son of a high-profile British banker — after he was accused of brutally beating and choking her last year. Oliver Lane was charged with felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault after he allegedly brutally beat Sienna Hubert-Ross…
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: (L-R) Chance Brown and Tabitha Brown attend the 54th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 25, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) The couple’s new perfume line, “Fridays by Tab & Chance,” is all about love, partnership, and smelling amazing—together. Tabitha Brown and her…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture building is seen in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) The HBCU Scholars program was suspended last week as the Trump Administration continues to slash DEI efforts. After facing backlash throughout Washington and beyond for its abrupt suspension last week, the Trump administration officially reopened applications…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s relationship has been intensifying since the celebrity couple began dating in July 2023. Now, over a year and a half later, insiders close to the couple hint that they may be gearing up for the next big steps — marriage and parenthood. Weeks ago, just before the Super Bowl, Swift…
Just weeks after a group of neo-Nazis gathered near a historically Black town in Ohio to display swastikas and shout racial slurs, a man was caught scattering Ku Klux Klan flyers all over the community. About a dozen people clad in black clothing and wearing red face masks stood on an overpass and were caught…
Philadelphians attend a meeting at Germantown’s Center in the Park on Feb. 25, 2025, to strategize a new Black agenda. Linn Washington Jr., CC BY-NC-ND A meeting in Philadelphia held at a senior center on a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in late January 2025, drew nearly 300 people. They came for two key reasons. One…
Football legend and Raiders minority owner Tom Brady couldn’t contain his laughter when the topic of his former coach Bill Belichick’s relationship with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson came up during a recent interview. The seven-time Super Bowl champion, who just wrapped up his widely praised hosting duties at Super Bowl LIX, where the Philadelphia Eagles destroyed…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends an event at the NYPD’s 40th precinct, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Adams lawyers claim that his charges for corruption should be dropped due to prosecutorial misconduct even as the DOJ seeks dismissal of the charges against him….
Roberta Flack, an enduring voice that the world got to know through her chart-topping and soul-stirring ballads, was a source of sound for several Hip-Hop producers over the years. As we continue to honor the life and legacy of the legendary vocalist, Hip-Hop Wired has compiled 10 songs that sampled Roberta Flack’s music. My first…
