A #BlackLivesMatter group is currently holding a 24-hour sit-in at Grand Central Station, reading off the names of African-American and Hispanic police brutality victims. The action began Monday at 5 p.m. and will conclude Tuesday at the same time. RELATED: 2 Bronx Cops Shot, Manhunt For 2 Suspects Underway “Danny Rodriguez. 29 years old. There was […]
As witnessed in the past, professional athletes are using their platforms to bring awareness to racial injustice within our country. Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Clippers staged a silent protest after Donald Sterling’s racist remarks. And now on the heels of the grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael […]
The unrest in Ferguson, Mo., has caused a few musicians to channel their frustrations into new music. Lauryn Hill is the latest star to vent about the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown. Hill previewed the song “Black Rage,” during the “Life Is Good/Black Rage” tour with co-headliner Nas in 2012. The “Ex-Factor” singer took the holiday classic […]
Actor Kevin Sorbo thinks the protests in Ferguson, Mo., over the shooting death of college bound teen Michael Brown are doing more harm than good. His Facebook rant about has us ready to declare war on him. The former “Hercules” star has always been a staunch conservative and claims the civil unrest in Ferguson is […]
Jesse Williams is one of few entertainers who is lending their voice to speak about Michael Brown’s shooting by police and the aftermath of the…
The life and legacy of Nelson Mandela is synonymous with the abolition of apartheid. As the fight to end apartheid raged on while Mandela sat in a Robbin Island prison for 27 years, celebrities became involved in the fight against apartheid in the only way they knew how–entertainment. Lots of musicians who disagreed with the […]
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Dwyane Wade‘s ex-wife Siovaughn Funches Wade must really feel scorned because she has been doing everything in her power to embarrass D. Wade and their family. In her latest stunt, Siovaughn Funches Wade staged a sit-in protest outside of a Chicago courthouse claiming D.Wade left her […]
There are not many artists in today’s Hip-Hop landscape that will ride for the cause until the wheels fall off like Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def. There was a time when social commentary and political activism was the primary objective of premier Hip-Hop artists and their associates, but during the culture’s most widely recognized creative […]
