Drummer Aaron Spears plays during the taping of his instructional DVD ‘Beyond The Chops’ on May 28th, 2009 in Englewood, New Jersey. | Source: Andrew Lepley / Getty Aaron Spears, a Grammy-nominated drummer who has played with Usher, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and other major pop stars has passed away at the age of 47….
A Long Island, New York, resident was arrested after being accused of pointing a gun at a 6-year-old who mistakenly placed a Halloween candy bag on his doorstep. Michael Yifan Wen, a 43-year-old who lives in Manhasset, was charged with menacing in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child. Nassau County Police said a…
Colorado Buffaloes Head Coach Deion Sanders walks through the locker room after arriving at Rose Bowl Stadium to take on the UCLA Bruins on October 28, 2023, in Pasadena, California. | Source: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders has responded to viral criticism…
Tina Knowles spilled some backstage tea about her daughter Beyoncé during a special episode of the “Sherri” show on Oct. 31. Knowles appeared on Sherri Shepherd’s “Sherri’s Halloween Renaissance” show, where the talk show host recreated several stunning looks from the singer’s Renaissance Tour. The “Halo” singer’s 69-year-old mother looked fierce wearing a recreation of…
The body of Lower East Side Preparatory High School basketball player, Kavion Brown Godfrey, was discovered on Friday Oct. 27, according to reports. Brown went missing on Friday Oct. 20, and his family believe he was dared into jumping into the body of water. His family identified the body and funeral arrangements are being planned….
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin’s son is catching flak from some social media users after they found out that he was an aspiring rapper. Mike Tomlin is known as one of the greatest Black head coaches in NFL history. Tomlin is a beacon of hope for African-American coaches, as he is the second longest-tenured head…
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty A convicted participant in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (or as I call it, the Lolla-Trumps-a-looza rebellion) was tackled to the ground by federal agents while in court Monday after he tried to flee after being remanded by the judge instead of released until sentencing. According to CBS News, Vitali…
A California teen was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that caused the death of a pregnant woman last week. The unidentified 15-year-old was taken into custody on Saturday following the Oct. 24 crash in San Jose that killed April Zoglauer, a 21-year-old beloved preschool teacher, KGO-TV reported. He was booked into a juvenile detention center….
Atlanta restaurants have been put on notice as popular TikToker Keith Lee lays out the good, the bad and the sometimes unforgiving details of his dining experiences in the city. Lee, who rose in prominence on the social app in 2022 after two years of making content, is known for delivering reviews of food establishments…
Source: Rick Lanier / Getty A bright, warm afternoon in late October 1958, in rural Monroe, North Carolina: two Black children, nine-year-old James Hanover Thompson and his eight-year-old friend David “Fuzzy” Simpson, were playing with a group of white boys and girls in the yard next to one of the white children’s homes. Jim Crow…
