The topic of self-incrimination in hip-hop music is becoming an increasingly popular one these days. Some of today’s brightest artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are facing severe prison time after authorities used rap lyrics and social media posts to link them to various crimes. As industry figures push…
Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Rose Brown, a former graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, filed a federal lawsuit against the school on Tuesday for claims of racial discrimination and retaliation. Brown, who is a Black woman, says she was forced to leave her graduate program after she filed…
New York Mayor Eric Adams is joined by police detectives of the Gun Violence Suppression Division at a Brooklyn police facility where it was announced that arrests have been made against violent street gangs on June 6, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Spencer Platt / Getty New York City’s mayor is defending the…
It seems that trouble may be brewing in the “Power” universe between two of its biggest stars, Gianni Paolo and Joseph Sikora, following an exchange at Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson‘s Tycoon weekend event. Paolo plays Brayden Weston on “Power” and its spinoff “Power Book II: Ghost.” While Sikora portrays the role of Tommy Egan in “Power” and “Power Book IV: Force.”…
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation will determine whether police are criminally culpable for the death of a Columbus man who was lying in a bed before being awakened and shot by an officer this week. Columbus Officer Ricky Anderson, a K-9 handler, and other officers were executing an arrest warrant for Donovan Lewis on…
Source: VIEW press / Getty Bank of America has rolled out a new trial program that will offer first-time homebuyers of color zero down payment and zero-cost mortgages that could help to close the glaring homeownership gap among Black and Hispanic communities. According to the institution, the Community Affordable Loan Solution initiative will be offered…
The second anniversary of the untimely death of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman didn’t come and go without Boseman’s “Black Panther” co-star and on-screen love interest, Lupita Nyong’o, making sure to remember his legacy and kindness in a sweet video she uploaded to various social media sites. On the anniversary date, Sunday, Aug. 28, Nyong’o made…
President Joe Biden speaks at a Safer America rally, demanding gun control, on Aug. 30, 2022. | Source: SOPA Images / Getty On Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered a fiery speech at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. He started off well enough. He blasted “MAGA Republicans” and their “sickening” attacks on the FBI that came after…
Twenty-six suspects, all alleged members of the Drug Rich Gang, have been indicted in connection to a series of high-profile robberies carried out at the homes of celebrities across the metropolitan Atlanta area. On Monday, Aug. 29, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis announced that her office had formally brought Racketeer Influenced, and Corrupt Organizations Act…
A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that a civil lawsuit against officers who shot a Georgia man about 59 times while executing a fugitive warrant for his arrest can be heard in a jury. Jamarion Robinson’s mother, Monteria, filed a lawsuit alleging that three officers violated her son’s Fourth Amendment rights and used excessive force…
