One time for the ATL, because in 2014, they are killing thangs. And it’s not just the heavyweights like Future and T.I., either. There have been plenty of cats from the underground. One of the dudes is Rome Fortune. We showed off his iLoveMakonnen-featured “Friends Maybe” a couple of weeks ago. Now, we have a video […]
Hospitals in West African nations hit with Ebola are struggling to treat patients, but now those patients are relying on the black market for a chance at survival. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), patients have taken to buying blood from survivors of the virus on the black market. The blood, which is called […]
One of hip-hop’s largest music festivals, AC3, has announced the lineup for this year’s fest down in Atlanta, Georgia. This year marks AC3’s 10-year anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than by having headliners like 2 Chainz, The LOX, Black Thought, Juvenile, and Mannie Fresh? AC3 goes down on October 8-12 at five venues […]
Bruce Levenson, the owner of the Atlanta Hawks since 2004, has announced he is selling the NBA franchise after a racially charged email he penned emerged. Levenson is the second owner of a professional basketball team to come forward and sell his share in light of racist comments this year. He informed NBA commissioner Adam Silver of […]
Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted Ebola while helping battle the virus in West Africa, will be released from the Atlanta hospital where he was being treated. Brantly, 33, is expected to be released on Thursday, according to Emory University Hospital officials. Nancy Writebol, the aid worker who also contracted Ebola and was flown […]
On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that the largest outbreak of Ebola in history now constitutes as an international public health emergency that needs an extraordinary response to curb. The virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leon, is continuing to spread in nations that do not have the resources to […]
As news swirls that the two Americans who were flown to Georgia to be treated in an Atlanta hospital for Ebola are increasingly improving, a top Ebola expert is asking the question on many minds — what about the people in Africa? In fact, three of the world’s leading Ebola specialists have come forward to […]
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the Ebola death toll had increased to 932, with 45 people dying between August 2 and 4. In addition, two more countries reported deaths of citizens suspected of carrying the virus. The new death toll is up from the previous number of 887 just two days ago. WHO […]
Not that the always brash Donald Trump needed any more enemies, but his latest comments regarding the American aid workers who were flown to Atlanta for treatment after contracting the Ebola virus are angering many and turning a lot of heads. Trump took to Twitter to express his absolute dissent about having Dr. Kent Brantly flown […]
On Thursday evening, a medical charter flight equipped with an isolation pod left Cartersville, Georgia to transport two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia to Atlanta. The American aid workers, who were involved in efforts to curb the deadly virus in the African nation when they were infected, will be taken to a hospital at Emory University, […]
A month ago, Doris Lewis of Atlanta entered the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath. Today she is stable condition after a 27-pound tumor was removed from her abdomen in an 8.5 hour surgery performed at Emory Hospital. At first, Lewis did not know she had a growing tumor — she thought she was just gaining weight. […]
