Joseph Douglass, grandson of Frederick Douglass, was the first nationally-known black concert violinist. His interest in music stemmed from his father and grandfather, both of which played the violin. Douglass was also the first black violinist to tour the world as a performer. When he was 22 years old, Joseph Douglass performed at the Chicago […]

Florida A&M University has announced a September 1 comeback for its marching band. This will be the band’s first performance after a 19-month suspension following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the band will travel to Orlando next month for Disney’s MEAC/SWAC Challenge. Champion died in Orlando in […]

Terrence Howard is being bad again. It was just last week that his ex-wife accused him of beating her up. Now, the actor is being sued his landlord. Actually, that would be his former landlord ’cause “The Butler” star has been evicted, reports TMZ. According to court documents filed in Manhattan, Howard’s lease on a […]

Oprah Winfrey was up to her old bag of tricks on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night – giving away cars. The TV icon stopped by to promote her new film “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” when she suddenly got the urge to give away a Ford FusionEnergi Hybrid, donated by Ford. The two continued the schtick, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — R&B singer Miguel has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of drunken driving. A spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol says the 27-year-old “Adorn” crooner was pulled over in his BMW X6 just after 2 a.m. Thursday for speeding and driving with tinted windows. She says officers administered field sobriety […]

Looks like Prince has gotten the hang of Twitter since his first-ever “testing, one, two” tweet on Tuesday. Since taking over the account of his female backing band 3rd Eye Girl, he’s tweeted a picture of his salad, the below guitar pic… and most recently, the link to a tease of his new track, “Groovy […]

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