Please join us as we congratulate Kyra Harris Bolden as she becomes the first Black woman justice to serve on Michigan's Supreme Court
Photo by: Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Anita Pointer, the musician best known for being a part of family group The Pointer Sisters, passed away on December 31st at the age of 74. The late singer lost her battle with cancer that was “somewhat lengthy and heroic,” her representative shared with TMZ. “While we are deeply saddened […]
Photo by: Chris McKay/Getty Images for Live Nation Rapper Gangsta Boo, a former member of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has passed away. She was 43. The Memphis native, born Lola Mitchell, was found dead on Sunday in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. It is unknown at this time what caused the death. “The […]
Photo by: Tank R&B in the twenty-first century is synonymous with romance, sex, love, and Tank! The nine-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum singer, producer, actor, creator of the R&B Money label, and the host of the fifth annual Urban One Honors has defined two decades of the genre with one essential album after another. “For me, […]
Rapper Theophilus London's family pleaded with him to return home in a frightening press article that surfaced yesterday.
Ed Reed, a Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame inductee, has agreed to take the position of football head coach at Bethune Cookman!
Photo by: David Becker/Getty Images Al B. Sure! discusses his difficult medical journey in his first interview since emerging from a two-month coma. The R&B musician and radio DJ revealed that he had a liver transplant in an interview with Fox 5 New York on Tuesday, December 13. He talked about his path to adopting […]
Photo by: Christian Petersen/Getty Images Congratulations are in order for Chris Paul as he graduated from Winston-Salem State University! Just hours after helping the Phoenix Suns defeat the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, Paul traveled to North Carolina to attend his Winston-Salem State University graduation in person. “When I was about to walk across the […]
Photo by: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe Harvard University announced Claudine Gay as the 30th president of the ivy league school on Thursday, December 15th. Gay is the first person of color and second woman to serve as president of Harvard University. “I am humbled by the confidence that the governing boards have placed in me […]
Photo by: Josh Brasted/WireImage Congratulations to Lil Wayne on this huge accomplishment! The Recording Industry Association of America officially certified Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” as Diamond, over 15 years after it became his first No. 1 song (RIAA). “My first joint to go diamond wowwww!!!” the New Orleans rapper said before paying tribute to the late […]
Photo by: Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Stephen “tWitch” Boss, longtime DJ and co-host on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, has died. He was 40. According to officials, Boss died by suicide. His wife Allison Holker Boss announced his passing in an official statement provided to PEOPLE. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share […]
Photo by: Paul Morigi/Getty Images After a bomb threat caused security to remove the Godmother of Soul from the stage during her Christmas show in Milwaukee over the weekend, Patti LaBelle has declared that she is “OK.” Following the event on December 10th, the 78-year-old icon provided her fans with an update in a post […]