DeCovan Kadell “Dee” Brown, then a Boston Celtics rookie, won the NBA Slam Dunk contest in 1991. Presently, the 6′ 1″ Brown is 44-years-old and can still throw down a mean dunk when necessary.
Harlem MC Rugz D. Bewler is back with new music with the snappy “Ghost Of Betha.”
Just as Jay-Z curated a soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of the 1920’s novel The Great Gatsby, a photo surfaces that could arguably suggest Hov was alive relatively close to the time period the book’s character’s are set in.
A$AP Rocky doesn’t understand the backlash behind his comments about why dark-skinned girls shouldn’t wear red lipstick. He thinks the whole thing is “petty.”
An innovative art program in New York takes an especially interesting path in introducing artists in underserved communities. The Laundromat Project, a nonprofit founded by Risë Wilson in 1999, uses laundromat spaces to showcase art and builds community ties. This week, the program announced it will be introducing three artists-in-residence in Bed-Stuy, Harlem, and Hunts […]
Jim Jones claims to have been the victim of racial profiling at Newark Internatinonal Airport in New Jersey, last week. TMZ reports that the Harlem rapper was pulled over and ordered out of his car– all because he’s black.
Azealia Banks has put yet another nail in the coffin of her friendship with A$AP Rocky. Because she loves Twitter so much (her words, not ours) the Yung Rapunxel used the site to detail Rock’ys alleged intimate encounter with another man–but this time, A$AP Mob member, A$AP Nast, got involved.
Azealia Banks wants the world to know a couple things about A$AP Rocky: his comments about dark-skinned women and red lipstick were “hurtful,” and he’s in the closet. Twitter jabs are amazing.
A$AP Rocky has long dubbed himself the “pretty motherf-cker” in his songs, and is now offering questionable beauty tips to women. The Harlem rap star said that women of dark complexion should avoid wearing red lipstick, further adding only women with fairer complexions can pull the look off.
A Harlem mother frustrated by the lack of dolls of color in the popular Barbie toy line is leading a charge with other moms. Karen Braithwaite and a group of 14 mothers have launched a petition demanding toy manufacturer Mattel increase the number of Black dolls and related material in its vast lineup.
Although the recent upswing in solidarity surrounding the marriage equality debate in the Supreme Court has been mostly positive, a woman in Harlem is strongly against it. A coffee shop owner lost a customer after the owner drew a pink Human Rights Campaign logo on an erasable board. The customer later aired her disdain on social […]
As you may or may not have known, last night NYC celebrated the lineage of one of its favorite groups, The Diplomats, who held a 10th anniversary concert for the critically acclaimed Diplomatic Immunity. Fans saw Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, and Freaky Zeeky assemble once again in front of a packed house at Midtown Manhattan’s […]
