Fred ”Uncle Freddie” Jerkins III, President of DarkChild Gospel, has announced, A Project of Healing, the first of a series of gospel and mainstream compilation albums that will benefit cancer awareness, empowerment and education. Along with his brother, producer Rodney Jerkins, he’s produced music for many gospel and secular artists. This album will feature guests including Bishop Paul S. […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described. The initial statement from police in the Cleveland […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker who drew bipartisan outrage over her brief Facebook comment expressing hope that President Donald Trump would be assassinated apologized publicly Sunday to Trump and his family, calling the online posting “a mistake.” But Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a black Democrat, said she has no plans to resign as […]
Erica and Tina Campbell’s “Mary Mary” reality series will come to an end after its upcoming sixth season, which premieres on WE tv Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. The show, which chronicles the pair’s personal and professional lives as members of the contemporary gospel group Mary Mary, will finish its memorable run with six new hourlong episodes. Season 5 […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker acknowledged Thursday that she posted and later deleted a comment on Facebook about hoping for President Donald Trump’s assassination, saying she was frustrated with the president’s response to the white supremacist rally and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal said she was wrong for writing […]
After divorcing her husband of three months last August, LeToya Luckett is engaged! The Destiny’s Child singer was previously married to Rob Hillman when they called it quits. Posting on her Instagram Wednesday, LeToya wrote,”I said, ” Yes yeeeesssss” on his Burfday!!” with the ring covering her face. https://www.instagram.com/p/BX4mfbAHcsk/?hl=en&taken-by=letoyaluckett Her boyfriend Tommicus Walker an entrepreneur […]
Get Caught Up: Before you indulge in this juicy meat and potatoes of last night’s episode, first get caught up on what you’ve missed thus far by watching OWN’s brilliant 6-minute recap of season 1. Part 1 of Greenleaf’s mid-season premiere aired last night, Wednesday August 15, with a real cutthroat opening scene (pun intended.) […]
The star of the Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is bringing a classic Black movie to Broadway, The Preacher’s Wife, the 1996 all-Black remake of the 1947 film The Bishop’s Wife starred Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston. Some of its memorable songs were Houston’s remake of the Four Tops’ 1983 hit I Believe In You […]
Blue Ivy pulled some inspiration from her mama’s alter ego before she slayed her latest dance recital. New shots of Beyoncé‘s first-born getting ready to slay her dance recital have popped up on Instagram. In the pictures, Blue is the flyest little ballerina you’ve ever seen as she was caught doing her best Sasha Fierce […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Mourners will gather in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally that descended into violence last weekend. A memorial service for Heather Heyer is scheduled Wednesday morning at a downtown Charlottesville theater. Attendees […]
When the Willie Moore, Jr. show had Maranda Curtis on the show, Willie said that when Maranda opens her mouth, God comes out. Well, as it turns out, American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, herself anointed with the musical gift, agrees. She posted on her Instagram page about Curtis’ talents. In her post, she encouraged her […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police officers acted within department policy when they fatally shot an 18-year-old man last year, whose death sparked a series of protests across the city, the police department’s civilian oversight panel ruled Tuesday. The determination from the Los Angeles Police Commission found the officers involved in the October 2016 […]
