Urban Business

*On Monday, January 15, 2018, the holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the NAACP and the Africa-America Institute announced a...

*Google has developed a first-of-its-kind IT Support Professional Certificate on Coursera that will help more Americans get the training they need to enter the tech field. Demand...

*New York Times Bestselling author Carl Weber currently has his first book-to-film title playing in theaters. The urban murder mystery, “The Man in 3B,”...

*Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has acquired the global media rights to "Deconstructing Sammy," Matt Birkbeck’s critically-acclaimed biography of legendary entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr. The company...

*According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Jay Z has filed to trademark the name “AKA SHAWN CARTER” for a clothing and accessories collection....

*According to a lawsuit obtained by The Blast, La Toya Jackson's entertainment company has been hit with a $300,000 lawsuit for not paying rent. Douglas...

*In covering the 24th annual SAG Awards the highlight for me was seeing some of the casts of the new Walt Disney Black Panther...

*Johnathan Brewer, was born in San Diego and raised in Oakland, California. He’s a full time Oakland firefighter in the community and has been...

*WNET announces the television premier of "Pioneers: Reginald F. Lewis and the Making of a Billion Dollar Empire." The documentary chronicles the life and legacy...

*The 2018 Louis Armstrong House Museum Annual Gala, held January 23 at Capitale in New York City, was a wonderful prelude to the 60th...

*This month Bank of America is completing its years-long phaseout of its eBanking account, which didn’t charge monthly maintenance fees if customers received paperless...

*Husband and wife team Joseph “Joe” and Maranda Dowell, founders of Joe's Gourmet Fish Fry based in Atlanta, recently landed a deal with Daymond John for...

*Lala Anthony just got the best free advertising for her line of jeans with retailer Lord & Taylor. The actress and TV personality launched her...

*The preeminent storyteller of the African-American experience, Stanley Nelson Firelight Films and The New York Times Op-Docs, the award-winning forum for short-form opinionated documentaries produced by...

*LaLa Anthony has launched a clothing line classy enough for women 50 an older to rock, and who better to help her announce the collection...