Source: Nicola Gell / Getty News spread Tuesday afternoon of the passing of the inspirational writer, musician, and creator Greg Tate. More than a music critic, Tate set the standard for the art of critiquing and exploring contemporary mediums across genres. Among the best the Midwest has to offer, Tate was born in Dayton, Ohio,…
Houston metro-area attorney Brent Coon said his law firm recently filed lawsuits on behalf of 1,547 Astroworld attendees. The mountain of lawsuits filed over Travis Scott‘s disastrous Astroworld Music Festival last month has grown even higher this week. The latest complaints were issued by Houston attorney Brent Coon, who on Monday confirmed his law firm…
Source: Bruce Glikas / Getty Nick Cannon announced on his Fox Network daytime television show that his youngest son, Zen Cannon, passed away on Sunday due to a form of brain cancer. Zen Cannon was Nick’s with Wild N’ Out model Alyssa Scott. The five-month-old infant died from a condition called hydrocephalus, a buildup of…
Serena Williams isn’t just a tennis pro, she’s now an imaginative author. On Sept. 27, 2022, she will publish her first children’s book based on a doll she created for her 4 year-old daughter, Olympia. The story will follow the escapades of the doll Qai Qai and the child Baby Girl, who is based on…
“If she meets all of her [physical therapy] goals, which we think she will, we will be able to bring her home soon,” the activist told his social media followers on Tuesday. Activist Shaun King‘s 19-year-old daughter Kendi, who suffered brain damage last week after getting hit by a car in Manhattan, is no longer…
The godfather of hip-hop journalism has died of undisclosed causes. Author, and essayist Greg Tate, known as the godfather of hip-hop journalism, has died of undisclosed causes. He was 63. WBGO’s Nate Chinen was first to report on Tate’s passing on Twitter Tuesday morning, Okayplayer reports. AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 12: Greg Tate attends “I…
OPINION: Touré reflects on the death of friend and mentor, writer and critic Greg Tate, who he writes was “extremely Black in the corners of his mind.” Greg Tate was a giant. He was a stone cold genius who he tossed off brilliant thoughts as small talk — and at the same time he was…
EXCLUSIVE: Nana Gyamfi, executive director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, says the U.S. government is “deadly silent” after this past September’s border crisis in Del Rio as thousands more are sent back to Haiti. The U.S. government is “deadly silent” on the issue of Haitian immigration, a crisis that became headline news a few…
Shaquille O’Neal’s son, Shareef O’Neal, was always focused on revenue even before entering his father’s alma mater of LSU. “I had an NIL meeting last year and I told my mom, ‘Oh, I think I’m going to be able to start making money,’” the younger O’Neal said to USA Today. “And she was clapping and she…
Despite Stevie J’s recent apology to his wife Faith Evans for their recorded and leaked argument, and Evans claiming Stevie was “cool” in an interview, it looks like the couple’s rocky marriage is still on its way out. In recent legal documents obtained by The Blast last week, Stevie J, who is also known as…
