A Mount Laurel, New Jersey, man, captured on video in 2021 harassing and intimidating his Black neighbors, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after taking a plea deal with the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Edward Cagney Mathews pleaded with Superior Court judge Gerard H. Breland on Friday, Dec. 8, for a more lenient…
Lebron James was busy this weekend as he played in the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament Championship on Dec. 9 and he watched his son Bronny’s debut at the University of Southern California on Dec. 10. James proved that he is still a force to be reckoned with in the league after he and the Los…
MC Hammer was noticeably absent as the Recording Academy paid homage to music and cultural greatness with the star-studded “Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop.” The two-hour concert, which aired on Dec. 10, featured rappers Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, and many more performers, break dancers, beatboxers,…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp approved redrawn political maps that reconfigure the state’s congressional districts and state legislative seats ahead of the 2024 elections after a federal judge found the previous map by Republicans disenfranchised Black voters under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The three new maps, which include a focus on redistricting in Georgia’s…
Christmas came early for fans of Reginae Carter and Ar’Mon Warren after the on-again/off-again couple was spotted taking in Christmas lights together. An X user obtained a four-second video from Warren’s Snapchat that featured him and Carter locking lips as snow fell from above. After the kiss, the YouTuber-turned-musician panned his camera, revealing Carter’s entire…
Rudy Giuliani (L), the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U. S. District Courthouse on December 11, 2023, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty In today’s episode of Rudy Giuliani: A Journey Of Ls, opening statements began Monday in a trial to determine how…
A Minnesota legal official has declined to charges in relation to the death of Khalil Azad. On July 3, 2022, Azad was in his vehicle, speeding away from police at a traffic stop, starting driving in the wrong direction, and eventually crashed, CBS News and Fox 9 reported. He then fled on foot into a wooded area,…
Jason Lee has a bone to pick with Beyoncé and her team after publicly claiming the singer’s Renaissance Tour failed at its mission of inclusivity by leaving out a Black media outlet. The hot take that has fueled backlash was previously discussed during the Dec. 1 episode of Lee’s podcast. The entertainer’s latest tour has…
An FBI raid in which tens of millions in cash, jewelry, and other valuables were seized from security box lenders is being criticized as an egregious case of civil asset forfeiture after those lenders weren’t charged with a crime. The seizure happened at a safety deposit box business called U.S. Private Vaults in March 2021….
In the 1800s, a Black man from Alabama named John Benson escaped the thumb of slavery, traveled across state lines to save his sister, then became a wealthy man who founded a Black community on the same land where he was once a slave–but that’s just half the story. His son would continue his legacy…
