Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

David Banner is delivering lectures ahead of the release of his new album ‘The God Box.’ Grammy Award winning rapper and social activist, David Banner is preparing for his long-awaited eighth album, “The God Box,” with a national “The God Box: Lecture Series” tour and album preview. The hip-hop lecture series, which began in February, […]

Malik Yoba, center, standing, is one of the stars of the upcoming TV One drama ‘Bad Dad Rehab.’ (Photo by Paul Abell for TV One) On July 3 TV One will be broadcasting a made for television movie entitled “Bad Dad Rehab.” The film follows four men on their journey to becoming more than just […]

Unlocking the Truth, the nation’s hottest new heavy metal band is made up of three Black teens. (AP photo) It’s not enough that three preteens from the Bronx have played the mainstage with metal performers at Coachella or fell into a $1.7 million record deal with Sony Music after only months of playing in and […]

Mack Rice, the composer of ’60s hit “Mustang Sally”. DETROIT (AP) — Mack Rice, the composer of ’60s hit “Mustang Sally” and co-writer of the Staple Singers’ landmark “Respect Yourself” has died in Detroit. He was 82. Laura Rice told The Associated Press that her husband died at their home Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s […]

NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown (AP Photo) LOS ANGELES (AP) — NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown has accepted a $600,000 offer from video game maker Electronic Arts to end a lawsuit alleging the company illegally used his likeness in its NFL Madden games. A law firm representing Brown announced the deal on Tuesday. […]

In this March 2, 2016, file photo, John Legend arrives at the LA Premiere of “Underground” in Los Angeles. With the expanding number of TV and online platforms, more stars are adding the power role of producer to their resumes. For Legend, Sean Hayes and Joanne Froggatt, the motivation ranges from passion projects to career […]

Kirsten West Savali Baltimore-based Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism & Communication is scheduled to present Kirsten West Savali with the Vernon Jarrett Medal For Journalistic Excellence June 28 at the National Press Club in Northwest Washington, D.C. The award is given for exemplary reporting on Black life in America. Savali is a cultural critic and […]

Former rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight (left) and R&B singer Chris Brown (right). (AP Photos/Kevork Djansezian and Andrew Estey/Invision) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight sued Chris Brown and the owners of a popular nightclub on Monday after he was shot seven times at a 2014 party hosted by […]

In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, left, looks on as O.J. Simpson, center, reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, in court in Los Angeles. At right is defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Bailey has filed for bankruptcy […]

Bill Cosby and Kristina Ruehli. (AP Photo and screengrab from news video) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 72-year-old New Hampshire woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in 1965 withdrew her civil defamation lawsuit against the comedian on Friday, a day after a federal judge had allowed the case to move forward. Kristina Ruehli’s lawyer […]

Brian A.M. Williams is the founder of PurchaseBlack. com. Purchaseblack.com is a web site that looks to connect shoppers with Black retailers. The site only sells products from Black-owned companies. “Black people have over $1 trillion in buying power, but we rarely experience the benefit and I believe that is because we are trying to […]

‘Love Jones’ will the be first film screened during Black Film Fridays. A Baltimore children’s book publisher and writer is preparing for a new Black film festival in Baltimore. James Merritt, of northwest Baltimore, is the founder of Black Film Friday, a new film screening series that begins this weekend. The event is free to […]