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via Madame Noire TV personality Chrissy Lampkin celebrated her 48th birthday over the weekend (April 27) with help from her longtime love, rapper Jim Jones. He helped plan a party for her with all of her friends present. In front of the group, the “We Fly High” rapper delivered a pretty sweet and rousing speech about […]
Each and every Monday we dedicate a special segment, My Music Monday to our listeners! Be sure to tune in 7 pm to midnight as we highlight a playlist just for you, brought to you by Domicka. Stay tuned to check out his selections! Here’s a LIVE performance from the O’Jays! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcyhrvVErco Connect With Us On Social Media […]
Larry King was hospitalized last week after going into cardiac arrest and suffering a heart attack. According to TMZ, King had complained of a difficulty to breathe for months and was set to go to the hospital Thursday to get checked out. As he was getting ready to go to the hospital, the famed talk […]
The cause of death of 13-year-old Kashala Francis has been revealed. Francis died days after she was attacked near Attucks Middle School in southeast Houston. According to the medical examiner, Francis died due t complications of intracranial neoplasm, a brain tumor. Kashala Francis‘ mother Mamie Jackson says her daughter was attacked by two girls after […]
As we are sending healing energy to John Singleton here comes the news of another one of our legends having a medical emergency. Reports say that Peabo Bryson has suffered a mild heart attack. It’s being described as a “mild” heart attack and it happened over the weekend at his home in Georgia. Peabo is […]
Salt N Pepa have a new reality show coming out on BET titled, ‘Ladies Night,’ which will delve into the personal life of the girls, including Salt’s (Cheryl James) divorce after 28 years of marriage. Salt spoke with TheJasmineBrand.com, about the difficulty of her divorce, saying, “Well, going back to divorce. I’m newly divorced… for […]
I have to be the only person in the entire universe that does not watch HBO’s hit show “Game of Thrones” so I have no problem delivering this spoiler for those who have not seen last nights episode as of yet. ****Spoiler Alert**** Sunday’s episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which depicted the Great Battle of Winterfell, […]
Did you hear? The Avengers: Endgame made over $1 Billion globally over the weekend! Speaking of games…did anyone see the game between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors? Huggy says “Houston had a problem like a closed Pappadeaux!” The Warriors were playing at their best and according to Rockets fans had a little help […]
The Piney Woods School is celebrating 110 years of educating young people from across the country and the world. Founded by Laurence C. Jones in 1909, it’s the oldest operating African American residential school in the country. Their president Dr. Will Crossley says all of these years later they’re still, “excited about the work we […]
Today’s word is impunity. Guy thinks it means small like another way to say that he’s short or puny…he was wrong and in his feelings. It’s a noun that means exemption from punishment. For example, many people use social media without fear of impunity because of their anonymity. HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM HOMEPAGE
When thinking of the life and legacy of Judge Damon J. Keith Roland Martin calls him “a lion in the legal field.” Yesterday we woke up to the news that Judge Keith passed away at the age of 96. Spencer Overton served under Judge Keith and he remembers him as a man who didn’t hesitate […]
Disclaimer, Guy loves dreadlocks, he actually wanted to grow some himself at one point! But over the weekend when he was on a flight to Atlanta a man sat in front of him with funky dreads! He’s never come across anyone who’s hair smelled like that in his life. It made his stomach turn and […]