Funk Music is Considered So Dangerous in Brazil There’s Talk of it Banning it
This year, samba, Brazil’s most iconic and widely acclaimed musical style, is celebrating its 100th birthday. About 100 years ago, it was persecuted and criminalised as the music of former slaves and their sons.
Kylie &Tyga: What Really Happened
*Everything was going fine until one day we started hearing rumors about the mysterious and surprising breakup of Kylie Jenner and rapper Tyga. Ever since the news came to the mainstream media, fans have been asking the same question: why did they break up in the first place? What really happened? The fact that the lip […]
The Obamas Choose Black Artists for Their Smithsonian Portraits
*Baltimore painter Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley have been commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portraits for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC Sherald garnered national attention after winning a portrait competition at the National Portrait Gallery. As noted by Baltimore Magazine, her painting “Miss Everything […]
Oh No They Didn’t! Chinese Museum Compares Black People to Apes in Exhibit (Watch)
*A museum in China has apparently gone to great lengths to stabilize their racism. In an exhibit that encompasses an entire room, black people are shown in huge photographs juxtaposed to wild animals. Yes, for example, see the black boy in the above photo next to the ape, each with their mouths similarly ajar. But […]
Celebs Gather for Variety’s Power of Women Event – EUR was There (WATCH!)
*Los Angeles, CA— Hundreds of women gathered at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills for the Variety Power of Women event. The event, in partnership with Lifetime, brought together an intimate group of Hollywood’s most philanthropic women who Variety has selected as honorees due to their humanitarian efforts. Each of these women have made […]
TAC Studios Inks 1st U.S. Series Sale: Urban Movie Channel’s ‘World Wide Nate: African Adventures’
*TAC Studios, a production arm of The Africa Channel cable network, has announced its first original series sale in the U.S., with Urban Movie Channel (UMC) acquiring SVOD rights for the 13-episode “World Wide Nate: African Adventures.” Currently in production throughout Africa, the series follows Nathan Fluellen from Chicago, a thrill seeker with a magnetic […]
Oprah Winfrey Throws Star-Studded Gospel Brunch for Her New Book ‘Wisdom of Sundays’ (Pics)
*Oprah Winfrey took the concept of a book party to another level on Sunday for the launch of her own tome. “I wanted to do something uplifting,” Winfrey said regarding her grandiose, celeb-filled brunch for “Wisdom of Sundays,” a collection of what she calls her “a-ha moments” from her conversations with thought-leaders and writers from […]
Kenny Lattimore Releases Ninth Studio Album Vulnerable
*Los Angeles, CA – R&B crooner Kenny Lattimore released ninth studio album, Vulnerable via Liger Enterprises/Sincere Soul Records on Friday October 13. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter enlisted “Love Me Back” producer, Dra-kkar Wesley to oversee the 10-track project that serves up several soulful tracks that prove real love songs never go out of style. Vulnerable finds […]
Fla. Gov Declares State of Emergency for Speech by White Nationalist Richard Spencer
*Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency in a Florida county ahead of a planned speech by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, reports TheHill.com. Spencer is set to speak at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville on Thursday. The state of emergency is declared in Alachua County, noting that Spencer’s speeches […]
‘Family Time’ Cast on ‘Finding Our Groove’ After Five Seasons [ EUR Exclusive]
*Bounce’s record-breaking comedy series, Family Time, is back for its fifth season and creator Bentley Kyle Evans recently shared with EUR/Electronic Urban Report that fans will experience “a real evolution” of the show this season. Family Time stars Omar Gooding (Tony) and Angell Conwell (Lisa) as the Stallworths — a pair of high school sweethearts living […]
Tupac’s Widower Stepdad Finally Agrees to Move Out of Afeni Shakur’s Ranch
*The estate of Tupac Shakur’s mom, Afeni, has at last ironed out an agreement to get her estranged widower out of the 50-acre ranch she left behind when she died in May 2016, the New York Daily News reports. Gust Davis, who was separated from Afeni at the time of her death, will get $198,000 […]
Madea’s Hilarious Opinion of Cardi B & ‘Bodak Yellow’ (EUR Exclusive – WATCH!)
*Your favorite silver screen old lady gang is back! Madea, Bam, and Hattie are ghostbusting in “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” and before the film hits theaters this Friday, EUR correspondent Fahnia Thomas sat with Tyler Perry and discovered his thoughts on camping, Cardi B and Kevin Hart. EUR: What would Madea say about the […]
Man Calls YouTube Show Claiming He Slept With Tina Campbell’s Husband Teddy (Watch)
*More infidelity accusations are being tossed toward the husband of Mary Mary singer Tina Campbell…this time from a man. The fallout from Teddy Campbell’s reckless philandering played out last season on Tina’s WEtv reality series “Mary Mary.” During the current fifth and final season, the couple is shown trying to move on from the infidelity […]
Video: Trump Just Tried to Claim That Obama Never Called Families of Fallen Soldiers
*Donald Trump on Monday wrongly claimed that former President Obama and other past presidents didn’t call the families of fallen soldiers. At an impromptu news conference on Monday, Trump was asked about his silence on the four Green Berets that were killed last week during an ambush in Niger. It was the deadliest combat incident […]
Nelly’s Rape Case Continues On Despite Accuser Now Refusing to Testify
*Nelly’s rape accuser refusing to testify doesn’t change the police investigation, according to TMZ. Law enforcement sources in Washington State say police in Auburn are not phased by the accuser’s noncooperation with the investigation. Auburn PD is reportedly still gathering evidence and plans to present the case to the prosecutor’s office. As previously reported, the […]
