Veteran comedian Marlon Wayans is putting a spin on the term headliner with his newest stand-up comedy special debuting later this week. Five rising comics will join the “Scary Movie” alum for an hour-long performance on HBO. Comics include several familiar names, such as the actor’s niece Chaunté Wayans, daughter of screenwriter Elvira Wayans. During a…
When Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and former All-Pro running back Eddie George took jobs at HBCUs, they did so with a purpose and vision to help uplift the entire HBCU culture beyond just the football programs. Those are two guys who need no introduction, so unlike many past HBCU coaches, they didn’t need these jobs as steppingstones. They…
Social media users who have viewed the video contend that officers traumatized the child instead of talking to him humanely. The mayor of Syracuse is responding to a viral video of his city’s police officers putting an 8-year-old boy in the back of a squad car after he was accused of stealing a bag of…
Jo Ann Robinson had worked to change the segregated bus system in Montgomery before the arrest of Rosa Parks. Alabama State University has removed the name of a Klan leader from a building on its campus and replaced it with that of a woman who was a leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Jo Ann…
A$AP Rocky attends the Bilt Rewards x Wells Fargo Launch Party at SUMMIT at One Vanderbilt on March 28, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Sean Zanni / Getty A$AP Rocky‘s arrest on Wednesday seemed to come out of nowhere as most of the recent media coverage about the rapper has centered on the…
It appears that Russell Wilson may have rubbed off his football talents to his wife Ciara after a video of the singer demolishing a drill at the White House went viral. Wilson has played in the league professionally for 10 years after being drafted to the Seattle Seahawks organization in 2012. He remained with the team until their 2021…
The family of Steven Taylor filed a federal lawsuit against Jason Fletcher in the San Leandro, California, case. Jason Fletcher, a former police officer in San Leandro, California, has been sued by the family of the man he shot inside a Walmart two years ago. The family is seeking damages in excess of $10 million. …
Inmates at Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin State Prison can take classes in literature, astronomy, American government, precalculus and others to earn an Associate of Arts degree Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the…
BREAKING: The two-time Grammy-nominated rapper is being accused of shooting at someone in Los Angeles on Nov. 6. A$AP Rocky was detained at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Wednesday in connection to a shooting in the fall of last year. The Harlem rapper was traveling to L.A. from Barbados, where he and singer/entrepreneur girlfriend…
The poll finds that 56% of Americans favor requiring people on planes, trains and public transportation A majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a new poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government’s transportation mask mandate on hold. The poll by The Associated…
