Kile Glover has been laid to rest, and his mother, Tameka Raymond, has broken her silence. The 11-year-old’s funeral was held Friday (July 27) morning at Atlanta’s Wieuca Road Baptist Church, nearly a month after he was struck by a water craft, during a trip to Lake Lanier. Raymond, who is the ex-wife of Usher, has […]
Nas recently sat down for an informative and extensive interview with the UK’s Benji B. During their conversation, the Queensbridge rapper spoke about a wide range of topics including the creation of specific records from his new, critically acclaimed and #1 selling Life Is Good album, his love of Jazz music and his relationship with […]
Say it ain’t so. Back in April 2012, Havoc sent out slanderous tweets aimed at his Mobb Deep co-d Prodigy, basically alleging that P was into dudes (not that there’s anything wrong with that, word to Frank Ocean) and would be blessed with the fade on sight. The producer of such classics as “Shook Ones […]
Mac Miller sure knows how to appease his ever growing fan base. The indie Hip-Hop star will hit the road on September 13th for the Fall leg of his Macadellic tour. This time around, he is bringing YG and Travis Porter along as opening acts and won’t look to get much rest after finishing his […]
Kobe Bryant made news, and earned epic levels of commentary and slander, when he said his current Olympic basketball squad would beat the 1992 Dream Team if they met on the court. In an interview with ABC News, LeBron James was asked what he thought about Kobe’s prediction and if he agreed. King James gave […]
Mitt Romney’s overseas tour has hit one snag after another. First, the Republican presidential hopeful slammed the London for not having adequate security for the Olympic games, prompting a verbal jab from the city’s mayor, and now he’s angered Palestine. During his stop in Israel, Romney praised the country for its economic success, while slamming Palestine, […]
A Michigan man was killed in July, and today his family is seeking answers as to why police took his life, and why the investigation is taking so long to complete. Milton Hall, of Saginaw, was gunned down by police, following an incident in a convenience store. Hall was surrounded by cops, before being shot […]
An explosive new deposition exposes claims of racial profiling, and bigotry all at the hands of top NYPD officials. According to testimony released in a federal discrimination lawsuit, high-ranking supervisors of the department’s gun unit, treated white suspects more fairly than their black counterparts. The sworn deposition, taken from the testimony of three members of […]
The Bond No. 9 perfume company implemented a racist code for Black customers, this according to a federal lawsuit filed against the high-end establishment. According to the filing, employees were instructed by the owner to racially discriminate against certain customers in its Manhattan location on Bleeker Street. Former employees, Veronica Robledo and Karin Widman filed […]
A New York man is seeking legal action against the NYPD, in what he accuses was a racially charged wrongful arrest. Kenrick Gray filed a lawsuit in the Brooklyn Federal Court against Officer Michael Dargjati for unlawfully taking him into custody, and bragging that he “fried another ni**er.” Daragjati has a reputation for getting into trouble, […]
The 2012 Summer Olympics is poised to be a huge ratings grabber for NBC, but it also spotlights a bevy of Black athletes who have broken barriers in their sports. Olympic swimmer Lia Neal of Brooklyn is only 17, but she’s become the second Black woman in her field to make it to the games. […]
Twenty years ago, EPMD released their fourth studio Business Never Personal. Eventually it would go on to become their fourth consecutive album to go Gold, but that’s only part of the story. EPMD’s previous album Business As Usual was their first on Def Jam and it featured the first appearance of Redman on wax. By […]
