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With a car decked out with police gear including police sirens, flashing lights, antennas, and cameras, 23 year old Sean McVey was arrested after being spotted at a North Carolina airport just after President Barack Obama left the city. Obama had been vacationing in Asheville, NC at the time. This Ohio man also had a […]

If you pay attention these days there is an emergence of socially conscious young African Americans who are challenging the rest of our people to wake up and see what’s going on around them.  Certain events like these Tea Party movements of today or civil rights leaders passing away give us an opportunity to reflect […]

VH1 is on to something…the cable network is continuing to shine the spotlight on the women behind music’s most famous men with the upcoming premiere of a new docu-soap “Diary of a Hip-Hop Girlfriend.” Diary of a Hip-Hop Girlfriend will follow four women who are in relationships with big-name rap artists as they navigate through […]

FROM RAP-UP: It’s only April, but Mariah Carey is already getting in the holiday spirit. The pop diva recently shot the packaging for her new Christmas album with famed photographer David LaChapelle. U.K. newspaper The Times interviewed LaChapelle while he was prepping for his festive shoot with the singer at his Los Angeles studio. He […]

R&B veteran RON ISLEY has been released from jail after serving three years for tax evasion – and he’s already making big comeback album plans.  The Isley Brothers star was sentenced to jail in September, 2006 after he was found guilty of evading federal income tax payments of over $3 million between 1997 and 2002.  […]

From the NY Daily News: Ethnic frictions are rising in city politics this election year, as black and Latino candidates – who routinely pay lip service to interracial solidarity – are squaring off in districts around the city. Click here to see photos. In Harlem, Puerto Rico-born Adam Clayton Powell 4th is running against longtime […]

BET recently banned a video from R&B artist Teairra Mari for her latest video “Sponsor”. I can remember a slew of songs that had similar content and were seen in regular rotation on BET. Is the television trying to change their ways or was this case that extreme they had to take it off. Check […]

Beyonce hit the beach in Hawaii with Jay-Z, her sister Solange and little Jules.

It’s all about the benjamins baby! If you look like new money, smell like new money, then you might have some of these in your pocket. Just in time to stop the counterfeiters, the U.S. Treasury stays a step ahead by unveiling $100 dollar bill. The new bill has a set a new features that […]

Alicia Keys and Brandy were spotted running around NYC doing promo events and meeting with the fans.

Death threats? What death threats? Shaunie and her new man hit up the red carpet at the US Weekly party in Hollywood last night.

WASHINGTON — The last time Barack Obama was in Asheville, N.C., he complained he was too busy to play golf. The president plans to fix that this weekend. Obama and his family were to leave the White House at midday Friday and fly to Asheville, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. […]