Maroon 5 will perform at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in Atlanta, but NFL fans had these other artists in mind...
ATLANTA (AP) — With Amazon.com expected to soon name its site for a second headquarters, Atlanta’s mayor said a colossal development planned for downtown represents a once-in-a-lifetime shot to transform the city. Amazon launched a high-stakes municipal beauty pageant in January by narrowing its list of potential locations to 20 finalists, including Atlanta. The company […]
ATLANTA — When NAACP Georgia State President and several members of the nation’s oldest Civil Rights organization scrambled to attend the Randolph County 2-person Randolph County Board of Elections hearing which arbitrarily proposed to close polling places in Georgia’s predominately Black communities, she was appalled. “We know how various tactics for voter suppression have been […]
Wow. Talk about acting like a privileged a-hole. That’s what a group of folks who were out having a good time in Atlanta had to deal with when a woman, Sonya Pate, that no one knew sat her azz down in the section where the group was partying and straight up refused to leave. As you […]
Nayaa Martinique and her family took the eight-hour drive from Indianapolis to Atlanta so the college freshman could start her journey as a Spelman woman. “I was just excited to move in and go to college,” Nayaa told Fox 59. But once they arrived, they were informed that Nayaa wasn’t financially eligible to start school. According […]
Rapper 21 Savage is set to host his third annual Issa Back to School Drive, a two-day event on Aug. 4 and 5, to be held near his childhood home on Glenwood Road in Atlanta. “Giving back to where I grew up means a lot to me. These kids need it and I use to be one […]
Bobby Brown will be honored by city officials in Atlanta, Georgia over his plans to build a domestic violence shelter in memory of his late daughter. Bobbi Kristina Brown, the singer’s only child with his late ex-wife Whitney Houston, died in July, 2015, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub at the Alpharetta, Georgia […]
George Wallace calls home to promote his new residency show in Las Vegas at the Westgate Resort & Casino. He also reminisces with the crew about trip to South Africa, they had some crazy times back then. But he says that Atlanta is actually blacker than Africa, “They got so many black people In Atlanta […]
T.I.’s argument with a security guard in his gated community has now led to three misdemeanor charges for the rapper, reports TMZ. Prosecutors in Henry County charged Tip with simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct stemming from his arrest back in May, when a security guard refused to let him into the premises. T.I.’s lawyer, Steve Sadow, […]
Erika Alexander’s production company, ColorFarm Media is part of the Keep It Colorful campaign. They are working to get as many film/tv pilots by creators of color green lit this year as possible. This is a partnership between Alexander’s company, Seed&Spark and Black&SexyTV. Alexander is hosting free events in cities across the nation for this initiative. […]
According to reports, the contract for the BET Awards, which have been held at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles since 2013, ends this year. This paves the way for the show to move to a different city. “They don’t want to renew,” a source shared with Anita Bennett’s Urban Hollywood 411, adding that management is mulling making […]
Passengers on a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta were shocked to be greeted by a teenager, wearing only his underwear. Jhyrin Jones, 19, jumped a 12-foot fence, ran onto an active runway, and tried to board a plane through the emergency exit doors before climbing onto the wing of the plane and banging on windows. The […]
