Frederick Douglass and his stance against the practice of slavery has been documented and discussed at length over the years. A prolific orator and activist, the former slave and anti-slavery movement leader was sought after to speak at a variety of events during his career. One such speech, “The Meaning Of The Fourth Of July […]

Antoine Fuqua may have lost Eminem, but he’s gained 50 Cent for “Southpaw.” According to the New York Post’s Page Six, the rapper has signed on to join Forest Whitaker and Jake Gyllenhaal in the boxing drama. Fiddy will play a boxing promoter who’s part of Gyllenhaal’s character’s entourage. Written by “Sons of Anarchy” creator […]

Anyone with plans to see Drake perform live this Fourth of July weekend will have to wait for another time to catch the Young Money rap star. Contactmusic.com reports that Drake has cancelled his appearance at the Wireless Festival in the UK at the last minute due to illness. The rapper, who announced he was […]

It’s Fourth of July weekend and that’s good news for Beyonce and Jay-Z and New Edition fans. Instead of chilling on a beach somewhere, these hard-working artists are both making tour stops this weekend. Jay and the Mrs. will be in Philly and Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Johnny, Bobby and Mike will be down in […]

Yikes! According to TMZ, ’90s singer Russell Neal from Hi-Five is in police custody … after he allegedly told cops his wife was dead inside their apartment … and…

Retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova says that Serena Williams’ recent Wimbledon illness was no virus. The 18-time Grand Slam champion told ESPNW that whatever it was, she didn’t believe it was the “viral illness’’ that a Wimbledon spokesman and Willams herself said it was. “I think ‘virus,’ whatever they’re saying it was, I don’t think […]

In the wake of ex-husband R. Kelly’s response to the news that his 14-year-old daughter Jaya has come out as transgender and wants to be referred to going forward as Jay, Andrea Kelly has only one thing to say. She is in full support of her child. Kelly, one of the stars of the VH1 […]