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Montell Jordan (Now A Minister) Wants to Help Kanye Walk with God (WATCH)

*Just like you and most of the world, Montell Jordan has taken note of Kanye West‘s issues and his conclusion is that the “Jesus Walks” rapper needs more Jesus in his life. Say it with us: “Yeezus needs Jesus.” Jordan even goes on to say that he is just the person to help Kanye in […]

Larry Buford: The Yoke of the ‘Trumpence’ Era

*Post-election angst is prevalent everywhere. It’s like a court arraignment and America has to answer to an indictment. The election of Donald Trump and Mike Pence – which I’ve coined “Trumpence” – came as a surprise to everyone. In 2015 when Trump announced his candidacy for president, we pretty much dismissed it as a farce. […]

Eric Benet Talks New Album, Authentic Sound & Working With Tamia

*Eric Benét broke onto the music scene in the early 90’s with his solo career and debut album, “True to Myself.” His second album, “A Day in the Life,” was released in 1999 and featured his smash hit “Spend My Life With You (featuring Tamia).” Benét’s career was interrupted by a series of personal tragedies, […]

Historian Joseph McGill Has Slept In More Than 100 Slave Quarters

*Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, says his mission is to “identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings.” Part of his mission is to go around and preserve slave quarters around the country — and also sleep in them to understand what enslaved Africans endured. McGill […]

‘Almost Christmas’ Producer Will Packer Talks Key to His Success

*From writer/director David E. Talbert and producer Will Packer, the family holiday comedy “Almost Christmas” is on its way to a domestic take of over $40 million off a production budget of $17M. The film is Packer’s second holiday movie after 2007’s “This Christmas” which earned a combined domestic box office and DVD sales of […]

Why Hillary is Right to Back a Recount, But…..

*Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is right to back a vote recount in the three states, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that gave Donald Trump the White House. But there’s a big but after that. First, here’s why she’s right to support the recount and how it will work. She conceded too quickly on Election Night. […]

Damian Marley: Bob Marley’s Youngest Son Is Creating A Pot Farm

*Damian Marley is converting a California prison into a pot farm, Billboard reports, and the move is one of several business ventures that he’s creating and investing in that have a cannabis theme. The son of the late-great Bob Marley has announced that he, in partnership with Ocean Grown Extracts, is converting a former 77,000 […]

Dwayne Johnson Doesn’t Regret Calling Out ‘Candy Ass’ Vin Diesel

*Remember when Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson called “Fast and Furious” co-star Vin Diesel a ‘candy ass’ in a shady Instagram post back In August? Well, the man recently voted People magazine’s most sexiest on the planet is gearing up for the next installment in the franchise, and says he has no regrets about blasting Diesel. […]

An Open Letter of Appreciation to President Obama (from Chris Jones)

*The recurrent machinations and misgivings of the last few weeks have had me desperately searching for that silver lining in the massive cloud that has overshadowed the country’s mental landscape.  As the Thanksgiving season is upon us, I was moved to express my gratitude for the coolest and most incredible 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama. […]

Utah Couple Jailed After Cop Mistakes Baking Soda For Cocaine

*Should a Utah couple sue the police department of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for putting them behind bars for two months over a faulty drug test? Wendell Harvey and his wife Gale Griffin opened up about their jail experience with KUTV News. They explained how their careers as truck drivers, who transported explosives for the military, […]

Marcus Camby: Ex-NBAer’s 9-Yr-Old Autistic Nephew Found Dead in Lake on His Property

*Dang, this is a super sad, heartbreaking story that happened on Thanksgiving day. Marcus Camby, a former New York Knicks star player was celebrating the holiday when his 9-year-old autistic nephew, Marcus McGhee went missing. The boy was attending a family gathering of about 20 people, including eight other children, at Camby’s home in the […]

Ebony Magazine Celebrates Power 100 List at Gala Dec. 1

*Ebony® Magazine, the curator of the African-American experience, past, present and future, today announced its 2016 Ebony Power 100 Gala presented by Nationwide. Scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on Dec. 1, the famed gala will be held at one of tinsel town’s most historic landmarks, The Beverly Hilton. For a fifth consecutive year, Nationwide […]

President Barack Obama: ‘I Know How Explosive Race Can Be’

*President Obama sat down with David Remnick of the New Yorker for a post-election interview in which he touched on how explosive the subject of race can be. “I reminded Obama that, eight years ago, when I was interviewing him about race, he had been somewhat elusive throughout our official session but afterward had tracked […]