Hip-hop legend LL Cool J’s career has stood the test of time and the Queens-raised rapper was honored by his hometown for his pioneering contributions to the music industry. A statue created to pay homage to the emcee—whose real name is James Todd Smith—was recently unveiled in New York, Revolt reported. A statue honoring LL…
Toya Johnson’s “Twinnem” video with her older child Reginae Carter got sidetracked after fans mentioned Johnson’s 3-year-old daughter Reign Rushing. In the Instagram post shared on Dec. 9, the pair took part in the social media challenge inspired by Coi Leray’s hit single of the same name. The dance trend, which has become widely popular…
De Blasio has said he won’t veto the “Our City, Our Vote,” bill, which will become law in 30 days An estimated 800,000 legal immigrants living in New York City will soon be allowed to vote in local elections thanks to a new law passed on Thursday. City council members in the Big Apple voted…
The murder trial in state court was not the end of the legal troubles for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia that covers 43 counties, including some that are…
The racial gap fell as the average Graduation Success Rate for Black athletes rose from 73.4% in 2020 to 78%, University of Central Florida study says The racial gap in graduation rates for this year’s bowl teams in college football has shrunk, with a study pointing to gains by Black athletes for pushing that improvement….
Authorities say Sylvia Matthews called police about her accused stalker Michael Garrett at least twice on Dec. 3 before he allegedly killed her in her own home An elderly Washington, D.C. woman, who authorities say had been stalked for years by a former inmate she previously met while working at a local jail, was allegedly…
The actor and hip-hop legend is the latest to be immortalized in bronze by artist Sherwin Banfield Ladies love “cool” rapper and actor James Todd Smith, aka LL Cool J, and apparently so does artist Sherwin Banfield. The sculptor, who was born in Trinidad and raised in Smith’s Queens, New York hometown, paid homage to…
Folks are outraged and an investigation has since been launched after video footage showed a police officer violently arresting an older Black man at a local grocery store in south Minneapolis earlier this month. In a nearly 5-minute video, officer Christopher Lange could be seen manhandling 64-year-old Troy Lee Billups and pushing him onto the…
“At the moment, virtually everything points toward it being milder disease,” says Willem Hanekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital. That’s one of the reasons…
Alicia Keys presents the premise of the double album to the Dubai crowd as an experiment Superstar Alicia Keys on Friday debuted her new album live in front of a packed crowd at the world’s fair in Dubai — a lively pop performance full of soaring vocals and piano solos. “We can live on the…
