ATLANTA (AP) — Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne‘s vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black teen who was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The R&B legend says the rapper’s disturbing verse should not have made it beyond the recording studio for the world to hear. “You […]

DETROIT (AP) — The corruption case of Kwame Kilpatrick was given to jurors Friday after a blistering summary from a prosecutor who said the former Detroit mayor’s bank account swelled with a “tidal wave of green” through extortion and bribery. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Chutkow tried to pull the jury to the government’s view of […]

[ooyala code=”ZlbnhkOTp2MRLkXXVfsEo2u1kUGMNppk”] Rev. Run and Tyrese Get Direct with Deya about how men really feel, what they really want and why!

It looks like currently unemployed NFL player Chad Johnson has finally moved on from Evelyn Lozada and he is back swirling. Reportedly, Johnson is now dating a woman named Lauren Popeil,  who is a chef and who owns her own company named Popeil Cuisine. Popeil and Johnson spent the entire week together and Valentine’s day […]

[ooyala code=”14cnViOTqjZXXQSaZ7WwStk-MjO9f57F”] Sybil interviews Miki Turner about her new book, Journey to the Woman I Have Come to Love.

WASHINGTON — Twice in the last few years a deer has hit my car. Yes, I meant to say the deer hit me. The animals bolted from a wooded area into my path (only one survived). Turns out a lot of the damage done to cars in this country isn’t from colliding with another automobile. […]

President Barack Obama has a bold plan for uplifting black America and the White House wants African Americans to know it. Sitting inside the White House, I listened to Valarie Jarrett, the president’s senior adviser, speak passionately about Obama’s ambitious goal to rehabilitate 20 poor communities across the country where black people have struggled for […]

A Republican senator from Illinois said Thursday he had asked permission from the mother of slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton to name his gun-safety legislation after the girl. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) said in a statement that he met with some Illinois families who lost loved ones to gun violence and asked the permission of […]

Having longevity in a business where the new young thing is an ongoing search is a daunting task. Actress Nia Long has done that and then some. Since stepping into the entertainment business some 27 years ago, Nia Long has played some of the most memorable characters in black film, most notably Nina Mosley in every black […]

Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Chris Brown, Drake, Viola Davis, Chad Johnson and more on the TJMS.

90s R&B fans were super excited to find out Jermaine Dupri was putting together a one night only concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of So So Def Records. Dupri got most of his former groups to reunite for the special event, except for one–Xscape. Despite three of the original members, including LaTocha Scott, Tiny Harris, and Tamika […]

D.L. Hughley jokes with the crew about the Pope’s resignation, Marco Rubio and more on the TJMS.