About 97.9 The Beat Staff

First Daughters Sasha Obama and Malia Obama, Little League superstar Mo’ne Davis and Jaden Smith are included in Time Magazine’s “25 Most Influential Teens of…

Lifetime won’t be skirting around the issue of Aaliyah’s relationship with R.Kelly in her upcoming biopic! When news of Lifetime’s Aaliyah movie broke, the R&B…

BET will be shedding some light on little known Black history in its upcoming miniseries, “The Book of Negroes,” which is set to debut early…

Looks like the nurse diagnosed with Ebola here in Dallas has been identified.  Nina Pham is the first person to contract the deadly disease while living…

Breast Cancer Awareness, research and early detection are all very important to me. Losing my mother last year due to this disease has undoubtedly changed my…

Police brutality has been rampant these past few months, and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Back in September, Hammond police pulled over…

The Ebola virus hitting the United States is scary enough, but what about adding in race and how it affects your treatment and potential ability…

I believed that Ferguson was all but forgotten. After all, Darren Wilson, the police offer who executed Michael Brown has still not been arrested. I…

Viola Davis Talks About Growing Up In Poverty We all know Viola Davis as the no-nonsense lawyer Annalise Keating on “How To Get Away With Murder,”…

Your Fall wardrobe isn’t complete without an oversize coat to throw over all your outfits. Take a cue from Ciara, who rarely steps out these…

The Ivory Coast is the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in chocolate and Ebola is becoming a problem for them, too. The…