Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap’s Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy. In this July 14, 2015 file photo, The Remy Boyz, from left, P-Dice, Fetty Wap, and Monty attend the BODY at ESPYs […]

Miss Teen USA, Karlie Hay, is being allowed to keep her title despite frequent use of the word “nigger” on social media. On July 30, shortly after the Texas teen, who is White, won the pageant, screenshots of Hay’s Tweets from 2013 resurfaced in which she repeatedly used the word. Despite pressure to revoke Hay’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the globe. In this Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Wynton Marsalis performs with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. […]

This will be the year Lupita Nyong’o becomes forever associated with legendary style. Lupita Nyong’o walks on stage at the “Black Panther” panel on day 3 of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 23, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) The Academy award-winning actress was recently chosen as one of the first celebrity models […]

Shad Moss, better known by his stage name Bow Wow, was bombarded with negative Tweets after recently making controversial racial and political statements on social media. Rapper Bow Wow was at the center of controversy after Tweeting about race and voting. (Courtesy photo) On June 27, he Tweeted that he would not be voting this […]

Lee Daniels, the co-creator of TV’s “Empire,” spoke passionately of his own family’s struggles as he endorsed Hillary Clinton Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention, calling her a true advocate for victims of gun violence who can help turn “their heartache into action.” Director Lee Daniels speaks during the third day of the Democratic National […]

A young local artist is using his own money to finance his first solo tour at the age of 21. Koleco “KnoImnot” Elizaire is paying for his own musical tour. (Courtesy photo) Evolving from poetry into rapping and producing, Koleco Elizaire, better known on stage and on social media as Knoimnot (pronounced No I’m Not), […]

Founder and CEO of UniverSoul Circus, Cedric Walker. Founder and CEO of UniverSoul Circus, Cedric Walker, has spent the past the 23 years putting smiles on the faces of families. “At this time in our history we need to come together, to embrace and learn from each other,” Walker, a native of Baltimore, told the […]

With the release of 2016 Emmy Award nominations, social critics have taken note of the increased diversity among performers and television series, as well as the roles for which minority performers are selected.  While noting a clear need for a broader range of roles, this year’s nominees represent a third consecutive year in which non-White […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam’s husband is calling it quits after just six months of marriage. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam and husband former NFL player Edgerton Hartwell II. (Instagram Photo) Former NFL player Edgerton Hartwell II filed a divorce complaint Monday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta. The complaint says the two […]