At Sunday’s Tony Awards two of Hip-Hop and Hollywood’s leading men won big when their Broadway stage play racked up triple honors. Jay-Z and Will Smith’s Fela! was awarded three Tony’s for “Best Choreography”, “Best Sound Design of A Musical” and “Best Costume Design Of A Musical.” As previously reported Carter and Smith were associate […]
Aretha Franklin was honored at Yale University’s 309th commencement ceremony Monday with an honorary doctorate degree. The Queen of Soul was named a Doctor of Music by the University and joined several other luminaries honored including Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The University was unsure if Franklin could make the ceremony and printed inserts to […]
“To be perfectly honest, I was mandated to do 1500 hours… And contrary to popular belief, I do this from the heart. I was doing this before I was mandated to do it. My work from the past is what really created the opportunity for this unconventional agreement to be made so I’m gone keep […]
Steve Harvey, the esteemed comedian, radio host and author hosted his 1st Annual Steve Harvey Foundation Gala to support the Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend for Young Men. Working alongside Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, Harvey gave recognition to Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta Washington for their good works. To the […]
Located in Dallas, Texas, the HBCU Paul Quinn College has lost its accreditation and is on the brink of closing its door permanently after holding it down for the past 137 years. For those that don’t know, the HBCU was the school featured in the biographical film The Great Debaters with Denzel Washington in 2007. […]
