Well before hip-hop mogul and all around multi-hyphenate Sean ‘P Diddy” Combs would step into acting opportunities in films such as “A Raisin in the Sun” and Monster’s Ball,” he reportedly had his eyes set on another role — that of the lead in the 1992 hit movie “Juice.” According to Ralph McDaniels, the founder…
As the world prepares for the new A&E documentary, “Janet,” a two-part, four-hour glimpse into the life of the music’s first Black pop princess Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri reflects on a warning his “Pleasure Principle” girlfriend gave him when they were dating. The So So Def music mogul did a recent interview on “Ryan Cameron…
The white man in Connecticut who starred in a viral video that showed him using racist language while violently attacking teenage smoothie shop workers over the contents of a smoothie also threaded to kill them “multiple times,” according to one of the employees. Two of the three young workers at a Robeks shop in Fairfield…
An ex-cop from Seattle is suing the city’s police department for terminating him after he punched a handcuffed woman in the face in 2014. The Black man claims he tried to de-escalate a dispute, but since he couldn’t, he responded with the level of force to which he’d been trained. He finds race and revenge…
More details have emerged in the wake of Regina King’s son’s untimely death. The aspiring musician and only child of the Academy Award winner committed suicide last week, days after celebrating his 26th birthday. A week before Ian Alexander Jr.’s death, the rising star took to his Twitter account, where he shared several posts reflecting…
Words can do more than tell a story. They can also paint a beautiful picture, filled will rich detail and history. Talented black orators, poets, and wordsmiths of the past, born with the gift to articulate words like an artist stroking a paintbrush across an open canvas, captivated the world in all aspects of life….
Zion Foster was officially reported missing Jan. 5. A relative of missing Detroit teenager Zion Foster has been named a person of interest and today, Detroit police asked for a homicide warrant in the case. Jaylin Brazier, 23, was arrested Saturday on a felony warrant for lying to police in connection to the Jan. 4…
EXCLUSIVE: “Despite the outside world’s low expectations of her as a Black woman, she never limited herself.” After insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, destroying anything they could get their hands on, including desecrating a memorial placard of civil rights icon U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, there was one historic structure…
Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close and Aunjanue Ellis will also star in the untitled horror film. Lee Daniels has been shopping a new horror film and Netflix has emerged as the buyer. The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker will direct and write the untitled project, which will star Andra Day, as reported by Deadline. Seven different studios engaged…
There’s a new money trend on social media that features musical artists standing near messages spelled out with legal tenders. However, as popular as it is becoming, rapper and hip-hop loan shark 50 Cent is here to let the younger generation know who started it first. All week, rappers YoungBoy Bever Broke Again, Lil Durk,…
