https://twitter.com/cindylgeorge/status/971103424166203392?s=21 Larry Green, a Houston City Council member who had served since 2012 was found dead in his home early Tuesday morning. The cause of death has not been determined. “I am shocked and grieving over the untimely death of Houston Council Member Larry Green,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement. “But one person’s […]
GRAMMY, Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning and multi-talented recording artist, actor, and producer Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino announced dates for his upcoming North American tour with special guest Rae Sremmurd. Produced by Live Nation in partnership with Wolf + Rothstein, the month-long outing will visit 13 cities across North America, kicking off in Atlanta […]
All respect for Jimmy Kimmel but last night’s Oscars showed that Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph are the two women who would be perfect to host next year. The twosome were paired together to present the awards for Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards and from the moment their walkout music stopped, they began riffing on everything. #OscarsSoWhite, kicking off […]
Was it #OscarsSoWhite at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday? Not exactly. Two firsts definitely happened during the telecast. Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant became the first African-American to ever win the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Jordan Peele, the director of the highly acclaimed Get Out became the first African-American, male or female to win the award for Best Original […]
Last night, FX’s Atlanta, Donald Glover’s surprise 2016 comedy returned for its second season and things got lit from just the opening scene. We won’t fully spoil the episode if you haven’t seen it but just know a certain pimp made a cameo — and I’ll present what he did, without context. https://twitter.com/_brandoc/status/969416832653414400 But the second best […]
Beyoncé fans can throw their wigs in the sky in jubilation because the Queen is BACK. The “Formation” singer joined her husband Jay-Z and Future for DJ Khaled‘s latest single “Top Off” and Bey might have outrapped Hov on the track. “If they tryna party with the queen, they gon’ have to sign a non-disclosure!” she says on the […]
Marvel saw the writing on the wall with Black Panther. The film studio, which has been preparing for the upcoming Infinity War film since 2008’s Iron Man has decided to move the release date for their highly anticipated film up a week. That means whatever movie thought it would have a good chance of being #1 at the box […]
Cathy Hughes, the Founder and Chairperson of Urban One, Inc., has been announced as the recipient of the 2018 Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award. Ms. Hughes will be honored at the Broadcasters Foundation of America‘s annual breakfast on Wednesday, April 11 at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, during The NAB Show. The Lowry […]
Exactly two weeks after the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School, an armed teacher has been arrested at Dalton High School in the northern part of Georgia. The local ABC affiliate confirms that social studies teacher, Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, barricaded himself in an empty classroom around 11:30 a.m. ET as students were trying to get […]
The final day of Black History Month 2018 comes with recognition of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. That night 50 years ago this summer made icons out of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose public protest would be a precursor to that of Colin Kaepernick. As for the third man in the photo, Peter Norman, he […]
An Atlanta rapper who was murdered last December may have found a way to put his killer behind bars. Cellphone footage taken by Rahim Grant, 29, shows that he was shot seven times by Ciera Harp, the mother of his child. Get The Latest Music and Entertainment News On Your Phone WSBTV reports that Harp […]
SZA‘s proper debut album CTRL had everybody picking out their favorite records from “The Weekend” to “Drew Barrymore.” Well SZA’s father Abdul already has his favorite — and it brought him to tears. https://instagram.com/p/BfrDEBnAOM0/?utm_source=ig_embed Yep, Papa SZA is out here riding around with a CTRL tour hat on being the most proud father he can be for his daughter. […]