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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty At this point, the extended political battle between incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and unintentional mumble rapper Herschel Walker has me feeling like Martin Luther King Jr. telling his audience, “I may not get there with you,” in reference to the “Promised Land.” I’m just tired, y’all. But after December…
LeToya Luckett recently revealed on the “Tamron Hall” show why she was afraid to go solo following her departure from Destiny’s Child. LeToya joined Destiny’s Child, which consisted of group members Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kelly Rowland, and LaTavia Roberson, after meeting Beyoncé at St. James Elementary school and landing an audition with the singer’s father, Mathew Knowles. LeToya…
