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A friend of mine once said, “Correctly applied heavy effort is greater than hard work.” The family of Emmett Till must have heard that saying before because just days after they said they would pressure Mountain Dew to drop Lil Wayne as a celebrity spokesperson for his insensitive rap lyric referencing Emmett Till, Weezy penned an emotional letter sympathizing […]
According to AllHipHop.com Frank Alexander, 2Pac’s former body guard who was present for the heyday of the Pac Death Row era, has passed away. Alexander was found dead in California and there are not a lot of known details surrounding the death. However, unconfirmed rumors are swirling that he took his own life. Alexander was one of […]
Tyler Perry has made the ultimate marketing connection for his upcoming film from Lionsgate, “Peeples.” Fans of the Tom Joyner Morning Show can win a trip for four to the Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion in Orlando, Florida this Labor Day Weekend by texting “Peeples” to OhOhOh (646464). Just in time for Mother’s Day, “Peeples” […]
Rihanna will return to Dallas and Houston to make up for shows lost earlier this month due to illness. The singer’s Diamonds World Tour added the new Texas dates to the back-end of the itinerary. As it now stands, the Live Nation-produced tour should see Rihanna swing into Dallas’ American Airlines Center on Nov. 11 […]
They used to be your favorite soul singers. Now they’re yet another group of reality show stars, reuniting for a tour of fabulous vocalists and for Season 2 of “R&B Divas” a show that chronicles the personal and professional struggles of singers Angie Stone, Faith Evans, Monifah Carter, Syleena Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Brownstone’s Nicci Gilbert […]
Olivia Pope and President Fitzgerald Grant, fictional characters on the TV show “Scandal,” have one of the most popular star-crossed relationships on TV. Whether it’s the interracial angle or the fact that Grant is a sitting president in love with someone other than his wife or the steamy sex scenes that just flirt the line […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson‘s mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer’s private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer’s bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he died. Many […]
The family of Emmett Till is not letting Lil Wayne off the hook after spitting an offensive line about the slain teenager. The rapper is featured in a new Mountain Dew ad, but the family wants him completely dropped. Wayne has been targeted by the family over his verse on Future‘s “Karate Chop” remix. On […]
Just one of Michael Jackson’s brothers and sisters can sit in the courtroom at one time in the family’s wrongful death suit against AEG Live, a judge ordered Tuesday. AEG Live lawyers argued at the start of the second day of the trial that there was “a risk in allowing any of them in the […]
It’s prom season and two of Hollywood’s most successful businessmen recently wished their daughters off to a great night. Magic Johnson’s daughter Elisa and LL Cool J’s daughter Samaria went to their senior prom last Friday. The two girls are not only attend the same high school, but called each other BFFs. Magic shared a […]
Cicely Tyson, Patina Miller, Billy Porter and Valisia LeKae are among the nominees up for a 2013 Tony Award. Tyson received a nod for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her starring role in “The Trip to Bountiful,” which itself was nominated for Best Revival of a Play. Pippen and its star Miller each […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson‘s words and music rang through a courtroom once again on Monday — this time at the start of wrongful death trial — as a lawyer tried to show jurors the pop singer’s loving relationship with his mother and children. Jackson’s praise for his mother brought tears to her eyes, […]
