Vic Mensa And Chance the Rapper Present ‘Black Star Line Festival’ In Ghana
Source: Courtesy of Black Star Line Festival / Black Star Line Festival Vic Mensa and Chance the Rapper announced the first annual Black Star Line Festival in Ghana. The festival will feature the two rappers as well as Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Tobe Nwigwe and more. Read more about the mission and how they plan to…
CDC Director Gets Dragged By Twitter Users Who Claim She Said Victims of Tuskegee Experiment Willingly Made a ‘Sacrifice’
Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency, is under fire after tweeting an announcement that offended many on Black Twitter. The director wanted to share news about the federal commemoration of the Tuskegee Experiment coming to an end but used language that some construed as…
50 Cent’s Complicated Dating History: From Megan Good to Cuban Link
50 Cent’s love life is almost as time-consuming as his busy career. The mogul, real name Curtis James Jackson III, has had quite the dating history since he launched his very successful rap career in the early 2000s. From popular socialites such as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton to entertainment industry faves like Elise Neal, Vivica…
Houston Police Arrest Man Accused Of Killing Takeoff
Source: Getty / General Houston officials announced an arrest in the killing of Migos rapper Takeoff. During a press conference, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Brown had been charged with murder. According to Finner, Brown was taken into custody Thursday evening at a residence on the east side of Houston….
Houston Police Arrest and Charge 33-Year-Old Man with Murder of Migos Rapper Takeoff
Houston police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of Migos rapper Takeoff. The 28-year-old was fatally shot while he attended a private party at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 1. An autopsy report revealed that he sustained gunshot wounds to the head and torso. He died outside of the…
Rita Ora Addresses Rumors That She Is ‘Becky With the Good Hair’ Years After Beyoncé Aired Jay-Z’s Infidelity to Her Fans
Six years have passed since Beyoncé sent the Beyhive into overdrive as they attempted to identify “Becky with the good hair.” The popular lyric came from her song “Sorry,” which was featured on the singer’s “Lemonade” album and revealed to fans that Jay-Z stepped out on his wife. Now, one of the women whom many…
Cross-Burning White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Federal Hate Crime
Source: bymuratdeniz / Getty A white Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a hate crime in federal court on Friday for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black Family. MORE: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Rasheem Carter: Mississippi Man’s Family Wants Answers According to the Justice Department, Axel C. Cox, 24, of Gulfport,…
‘There Was Nothing Natural About His Cause of Death’: Washington Man Dies In Prison Months After Begging for Diabetes Supplies
Clifford Farrar walked into the dayroom last December in a Washington state prison where he had been incarcerated for five months; after missing dinner hour and his daily insulin dose he collapsed into a seizure. One witness said Farrar was “not seeming like himself.” His family believes that his blood sugar was so low that…