Around 4,000 lucky inmates got a special gift this month after receiving stimulus checks from the federal government. According to The Associated Press, the money was only estimated to be around $250 a person but the incarcerated inmates would have no way to “stimulate” the economy with it. The checks came from President Obama’s massive […]
The state of Mississippi has extensive background and brutal history as it pertains to the days of the Civil Rights movement. From bombings to beating to the Ku Klux Klan, there has been a long rap sheet of occurrences. It is with this that ignited the idea as the state is preparing to test a […]
New Jersey braiding salon patrons should feel better knowing that a man who smuggled women into the country to braid hair is facing life in prison for his crime. Lassissi Afolabi plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring with his ex-wife and others to commit forced labor in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey. According to The […]
Watts finest Jay Rock has been on a roll this month with a 30-day assault of music to the Internet. While his Warner Bros. debut is still in the making, Jay Rock spoke to Hip-Hop Wired about the major flood of music and the hold up of his album after releasing the bang out single […]
According to Iran’s state-run media, the nation’s supreme leader said the U.S. and UK are not to blame for the post-election violence that took place after the election. Ayatollah Khamenei told a group of University students “I don’t accuse the leaders of the recent incidents of being affiliated with foreign countries, including the United States […]
The Dream announced his new position as Executive Vice President of Island Def Jam Records Wednesday through his Twitter page. The 27-year old singer, songwriter, and producer sent out a series of Tweets late that evening saying: “I wanna Thank everyone at Island Records/DefJam for their faith in me and making me Executive Vice President […]
The Goodie M.O.b has fans anxiously awaiting for their reunion concert on September 19 in Atlanta. Taking place at the Masquerade, Khujo Goodie told Hip-Hop Wired, “It’s greatly important to me because we’re fulfilling southerners’ dreams right now. It’s just music down here in the South and they want to see these Southern Kings. It’s […]
Joining Bump J in the idiotic Black Man of the Month Club will be Antwon Tanner, the young, enigmatic actor that portrays “Skills,” a high school basketball star turned coach on the CW’s “One Tree Hill.” Tanner, 34, was caught selling fake identification cards and Social Security numbers to undercover immigration and Custom enforcement agents. […]
18-year old Castor Semenya of South Africa’s gender identity dispute is reaching a fever pitch. A test taken before her epic win in Berlin shows that the track star’s testosterone levels were three times higher than normally expected in a woman. The elevated levels could point to performance enhancing drugs or as expected a gender […]
Oklahoma police found the body of a Pastor inside her church Sunday. 61-year old Carol Daniels was found dead inside Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko. An autopsy deemed her death a homicide and a result of “multiple sharp force injuries.” The Associated Press reports that the presiding prosecutor, Bret Burns, dubbed the crime scene […]
Brother of rapper Eminem, Nate Mathers, was sentenced today to serve 100 hours of community service and pay $1,000 in fines and court cost after his DUI conviction. The 23-year old who calls himself Nate Kane, was arrested in April for failing to yield to an ambulance. When police pulled him over they discovered that […]
Just a few short months ago, millions gathered at the Washington mall to watch the first black President of the United States get inaugurated. In the same place six months later, politicians, business leaders and educators gathered to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the March on Washington. The celebration took place on Tuesday, August 25, […]