5th Ward Weebie, who for years entertained music listeners from New Orleans to across the globe with his signature call and response and spreading of bounce music, has died. He was 42 years old. Weebie was hospitalized earlier this week for high blood pressure and a ruptured artery. He underwent surgery to stabilize him but […]
Shortly after the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, a 31-year-old fan from Wisconsin created a meme listing all of the books that the artist/entrepreneur mentioned throughout his career. The list includes self-help bestsellers, cult classics and lesser known works by Black authors. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: The list went viral, and inspired several fans to […]
Fans are mourning the loss of rapper Lexii Alijai who died on New Year’s Day. According to Page Six, the 21-year-old was the granddaughter of singer-songwriter Roger Troutman. She built a large following on Soundcloud, Instagram and YouTube which led to the release of her debut album “Growing Pains” in 2017. Join Our Text Club […]
Actress Lauren London and rapper Nipsey Hussle were poised to be one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood, when tragedy struck. Nipsey was gunned down in front of his Marathon store in South Central Los Angeles on March 31st, leaving behind London, their son Kross and his daughter Emani. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: Since his passing, the […]
Once Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend, he was also held liable in her 2015 death in a 2016 civil trial. Nick Gordon, who befriended Whitney Houston and lived with her and Brown before Whitney’s death has died, reports the Daily Mail U.K. Gordon was 30. Houston befriended Gordon as a teenager and thought of him as […]
Danny Aiello, the actor most famously known as Sal from Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing has died. A family representative confirmed that the 86-year-old actor passed away Thursday night after a brief illness. “It is with profound sorrow to report that Danny Aiello, beloved husband, father, grandfather, actor and musician passed away last night after […]
Chicago (AP) — A federal agent who was at a Chicago airport to search a private plane that rapper Juice WRLD and his entourage had arrived in administered the opioid antidote Narcan to the performer, who briefly woke up incoherent but later died, authorities said Monday. The plane carrying the 21-year-old rapper, who was named […]
Nipsey Hussle was Lauren London’s biggest fan. Months after his untimely death, the actress is opening up about her healing process. Lauren sat down with GQ where she revealed she’s still processing that he is gone while trying to remain strong for her children. Going into detail about how they met, Lauren revealed they met […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Rapper Juice WRLD, who launched his career on SoundCloud before becoming a streaming juggernaut and rose to the top of the charts with the Sting-sampled hit “Lucid Dreams,” died early Sunday after a “medical emergency” at Chicago’s Midway International Airport. The rapper, whose legal name was Jarad A. Higgins, was 21. Authorities […]
Before John Singleton had passed, his family was already debating how his finances would be distributed among his family. His daughter, Cleopatra Singleton was arguing with her grandmother, John’s mother Sheila Ward, the woman in charge of the estate about how she would be taken care of during her father’s illness and later his death. […]
Ernest J. Gaines first gained fame with the release of his 1971 novel, “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” which was adapted into a film starring Cicely Tyson. The Louisiana novelist died this past Tuesday of natural causes. Ernest James Gaines was born January 15, 1933 in Oscar, La., the eldest of 12 children to […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation germinated stories of black struggles that grew into universal tales of grace and beauty, has died. He was 86. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, which sponsors a literary award in Gaines’ honor, confirmed he died Tuesday in his sleep […]
