Russell Simmons is the latest victim of social media backlash. A video purported to be Harriet Tubman’s sex tape hit his You Tube channel yesterday and the black social media universe wasted no time letting him know just how much he’d erred. Not only did Black Twitter and just about every other place where black […]
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida man who authorities say killed his 26-year-old wife and apparently posted a photo of her corpse on Facebook told residents of his townhouse complex that he possessed a concealed weapon permit and belonged to a neighborhood watch patrol. Derek Medina, 31, turned himself in to police on […]
According the The Hollywood Reporter, a lawsuit was filed on Monday against the BET network by Stacy Mattocks alleging torturous interference, breach of contract and…
Mellody Hobson talks about wills during today’s “Money Mondays” segment. I’ve talked about the importance of getting your affairs in order to assure your wishes are carried out accordingly, but I don’t want to talk about life insurance or bequeathing your stock portfolio to your favorite nephew today. Today, I want to talk about your […]
As a parent, I was surprised – and saddened — to learn that kids start watching porn as early as six years old and begin flirting on the Internet at age eight. According to a survey of more than 19,000 parents worldwide, more kids are accessing instant messaging and computer games than ever before and […]
Three Chicago teens have been arrested and charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl. The teens allegedly posted video of the attack on their…
Death to Facebook and their invasive notifications! Seriously! Not too long ago, I was scrolling through my news feed and realized another one of my “friends”…
John Acunto, CEO and Co-Founder of GIG IT asked me to “Gig-IT”. I had to admit that I had no clue what he was talking about, but that didn’t last for long. As I spoke with he and his team behind the new Facebook game it became increasingly clear that this could be the next […]
Facebook has been accused of being the biggest supplier of goods of all kinds via members and businesses that patronize the social media behemoth. But, the site has taken on a new product that some have been afraid of from the beginning. An Indian man kidnapped his granddaughter’s newborn child and sold the child to […]
Sinbad talks with the TJMS crew about his family, the various Tom Joyner events he has enjoyed over the years, technology and more. He will be performing in Washington, DC April 19th, Dallas on April 27th and Newport News, VA May 4th.
Chris Paul jokes with the replacement crew about the two Republicans going after Jay-Z and Beyonce, Ray-J’s latest song and more on the TJMS. —————————– This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. Two republican lawmakers are persisting with their investigation of Jay […]
The Pew Research Center just released a report that breaks down the use of social media among race, gender and geographic location. While 67 percent of the online population overall uses Facebook, the demographic portrait of the smaller services varies greatly, according to the survey that shows its first comparisons of usage by whites, blacks […]
