After selling over 75 million albums worldwide, Tupac Shakur has gone down in history as one of the top selling music artists in the world. In 2006, MTV ranked Shakur as number two on the list of The Greatest MC’s of All Time, behind Jay-Z. Born Lesane Parish Crooks to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Tricia Chambers began her life heavily dependent on heroin and methadone. From there, she was peddled into child pornography, and by 9 she had a full-fledged career in prostitution, alongside her mother. Now 42, Chambers is getting what she believes to be her first real chance — in a downtown Houston cellblock. […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of the South African president says he has visited a gravely ill Nelson Mandela in a hospital, and has decided to cancel a visit Thursday to Mozambique. A statement from President Jacob Zuma’s office said Zuma went to see the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader on Wednesday evening and found him to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson‘s eldest son, Prince Michael, testified Wednesday that his father was excited about going back on tour before his death but wasn’t happy about the pressure that came with the ill-fated shows. Prince Jackson told jurors his father wanted more time to rehearse and had several tense phone conversations with […]

Mary Mary members Erica and Tina Campbell are mourning the loss of their father, Eddie Atkins. According to accounts on the Facebook and Twitter pages of various Adkins family members, Mr. Atkins, a church Elder is no longer with us. News reports say he died after a long battle with cancer. Elder Adkins made several […]

     Rihanna has never been one not to defend herself, especially through social networks, and today was no exception. She went in on British journalist…

One of the things we love about India.Arie is her unapologetic embracing of her authentic self. The singer returned to the spotlight earlier this year…

NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen was dropped by Wal-Mart and her name was stripped from four buffet restaurants on Wednesday, hours after she went on television and tearfully defended herself amid the mounting fallout over her admission of using a racial slur. The story has become both a day-by-day struggle by a successful businesswoman […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A friend who was on the phone with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin moments before he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman testified that she heard the Miami teen shout, “Get off! Get off!” before his telephone went dead. Rachel Jeantel recounted to jurors in Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial how Martin told her […]

Famed fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were convicted of tax evasion in Milan, Italy and were handed a suspended sentence of 20 months…

Kanye West gives us a glimpse into his mind in a lengthy article for the latest issue of W magazine. Not only does the Yeezus rapper shed…