Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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 […]

Prince (left) and protege Judith Hill (right). (Twitter Photos) NEW YORK (AP) — Singer and Prince protege Judith Hill says she was on a plane with Prince when it made an emergency landing in Illinois after the superstar lost consciousness less than a week before his death. Hill told The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/28NJCRf) for […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Department of Revenue officials say the son of singer Gladys Knight is accused of stealing tax money from several metro Atlanta chicken and waffles restaurants for his personal use. Gladys Knight attending American Theatre Wing’s 68th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014 in New York […]

Big Sean’s foundation, the Sean Anderson Foundation, donated $25,000 to fight college student homelessness in Detroit. (Courtesy photo) Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known by his stage name ‘Big Sean’, is known for being a rapper who gives back to his hometown of Detroit and the community. On June 8, he added to that reputation […]

Three graduates of Tuskegee University, the venerated HBCU founded by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Ala., are stars of a new reality show on Animal Planet called “The Vet Life.” The cable network show features the lives and careers of veterinarians Diarra Blue, Aubrey Ross and Michael Lavigne, who recently moved to Houston to open […]

The Memphis Horns. Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love (left), and Trumpet player Wayne Jackson (right). (Photo Courtesy/memphishorns.com) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Trumpet player Wayne Jackson, who played standout horn lines on rock ‘n’ roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, has died. He was 74. His wife, […]

Singer Beyoncé recently made headlines—not for controversial songs about possible marital discord or here pride in her Black heritage but for her generosity. Knowles, born and raised in Houston, Texas, donated more than $82,000 to Flint, Mich., to address its water crisis on June 13. The United Way Genesee, which is located in Flint, posted […]

Black Writers Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Sonia Sanchez. (AP Photos/Seth Wenig, Antoine Doyen, Matt Rourke) NEW YORK (AP) — Speaking on stage at Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre, Ta-Nehisi Coates remembered studying at Howard University and being mesmerized by a few lines from the poem “Personal Letter No. 3.” “We are what we are what we […]

The feud between 2pac and The Notorious B.I.G. was troubling and gripping at the same time. (Courtesy Photos) The Hip-Hop Industry has historically thrived on competition, and rap beefs often bring out the best in an artist looking to one up his adversary. Over the last four decades, we have seen a plethora of entertaining […]

The Harlem Wizards entertained hundreds of children at Coppin State University when they faced the ‘B-More AllStars. (Photo by Chanet Wallace) On June 11, the celebrated Harlem Wizards came to Coppin State University to amuse hundreds from around the Baltimore community with their wizardry, consisting of an elaborate display of ball-handling, high-flying alley-oops, extraordinary dunks […]