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The "IV Play" crooner exclusively released a new short film titled Genesis, along with ten new songs on TIDAL.

The 2016 Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced last month, and the big show happens on Sunday night. The prestigious event is known as the coolest of award show season thanks to its candidness, straightforward nature, and informal humor. Ricky Gervais, who hosted the Globes in 2010 and 2012, will return with his quirky jokes after three years of Tina Fey and […]

Films about some of history’s most important Black female figures are infrequent, which is why news of a movie on the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman sparked attention this week. Rumors flew that singer Beyonce Knowles would help develop and star in the film about Baartman, who was taken into the slave trade and put on display in […]

Clearly, it’s been a long time since retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was a fifth-grader, and he forgot that they operate without filters. But the flagging Republican presidential candidate got a reminder during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he asked private schoolers to identify the worst student.

Jermaine Dupri is hanging out  with “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show in studio!” He talks about his new show, “The Rap Game,” the longevity of his career,…

Kandi & Todd‘s new baby boy arrived into the world a couple of days ago, and now the Real Housewives of Atlanta  couple is revealing the name of their…

Members of the congressional delegation in Palm Beach, Florida have introduced a bill in memory of Corey Jones that will deny funding to police departments that employ plainclothes cops to make routine traffic stops in unmarked cars, The Palm Beach Post reports. Jones’ death made national headlines last year after he was fatally shot by Officer Nouman […]

TAKE 6  has been heralded by music greats a being the standard setters for acapella. When they released ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’ people tried to…

Lawyers for Lee-Walker believe the teacher's First Amendment rights were violated, as well as her contract with the teacher's union.

The highly anticipated “Growing Up Hip-Hop” premiered last night and featured a debate between Angela Simmons and Dame Dash, in which he gave her some…

What exactly do our authorities in law enforcement and the judicial system have to hide?