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A story that ripped through Third Ward last month was the shooting of Tristan Hutchins. The 8-year-old and his younger sister were sitting in their mother’s car when a shooter opened fire, striking the young boy and his sister. After a month long fight for his life, Tristan died at Memorial Hermann Hospital. His shooter […]

Devyn Holmes, the man who was shot in an accidental shooting that went viral on Facebook Live is reportedly improving in Ben Taub Hospital. Allen Tyler, a man claiming to be Holmes father says that he was responding to commands and breathing on his own after being reported in critical and then serious condition. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2051057585110429&set=a.1384635448419316.1073741824.100006186224264&type=3 […]

BREAKING NEWS: San Bruno, California, police tweet that they are responding to an active shooter at YouTube headquarters https://t.co/fwzEMbCOyK pic.twitter.com/ggdGbROp7m — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 3, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js UPDATE (4:51 PM CST): One woman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and four others were wounded in the shooting, per ABC7 in the […]

BREAKING NEWS: San Bruno, California, police tweet that they are responding to an active shooter at YouTube headquarters https://t.co/fwzEMbCOyK pic.twitter.com/ggdGbROp7m — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 3, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js UPDATE: At least four people are hurt after the shooting at YouTube HQ. The female suspect is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Tuesday afternoon, YouTube employees along […]

Every artist has that “I made it” moment. For “Boo’d Up” singer Ella Mai, it came via Instagram and a certain Oscar winner’s DMs. The London singer explained the whole story plus discussed being discovered by doing covers on Instagram, her “Boo’d Up” single and more to Keisha Nicole before her sold-out show in Houston. […]

Meek Mill‘s fight for freedom is going to go on a bit further. He was denied bail again by Judge Genece Brinkley, weeks after public clamor for the rapper’s release reached all the way to the Governor’s mansion in Pennsylvania. Brinkley denied to give a reason for why she denied Meek’s release from prison but Meek’s […]

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid campaigner who rose to prominence as the plight of her then husband Nelson Mandela became a global cry for justice, has died. She was 81.  Her death was confirmed by the BBC. Even after she divorced from Mandela, Winnie was long known as the Mother of the Nation. Although Nelson Mandela […]

Tyrone Hankerson, Jr has been called everything from Tyrone The Scammer to the biggest finesser in Howard University history over the course of the past two days. The law student from Atlanta has been accused of embezzling $429,000 from other students financial aid in order to support himself, go on lavish trips and more. Aside […]

Jhené Aiko closed out our sold out Springfest on March 29 and Young Jas caught up with her after the show. The two discuss “Sativa,” Jhené’s new videos for “Never Call Me” and why Jhené made the conscious decision to cut back on smoking so much weed. Get The Latest Music and Entertainment News On Your Phone

DMX will spend the next 365 days in prison. A judge has sentenced the “Ruff Ryders Anthem” rapper to a year in prison for federal tax evasion, according to TMZ. The multi-platinum-selling former star had been battling the tax charges for well over a year before pleading guilty last December. Per previous reports, X owed […]

This may be the story to top all trifling financial aid stories. After a blind item was posted to the blogging site Medium, about embezzlement of student’s financial aid at Howard University, six university officials were fired for what the university deemed “misappropriation of financial funds”. The incidents are said to have taken place between […]

Almost two years after Baton Rouge officers shot and killed Alton Sterling, the attorney general has decided not to pursue charges against the officers. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has decided not to charge two white Baton Rogue police officers after the fatal shooting of Sterling in July, 2016. Sterling’s death, captured on video sparked […]