Last night was just like any night for most of us, but for Olympians it was one of the most important ones of their lives. After watching swimming and volleyball, I waited patiently for my favorite sport of all of the Olympic games…gymnastics. I tuned in just in time to watch the last event, which […]
Rappers, ball players, actors and R&B singers are rarely faithful. Let’s take Chris Brown for example, he’s in a relationship with Karrueche and has Rihanna as his side chick. Yes, that’s right, Rihanna is his side chick. Men all over the world just named Chris Brown the most envied man on the planet. This is an […]
In October, Turk, 30, who along with B.G., Juvenile and Lil Wayne, made up the popular late ’90s Cash Money group Hot Boy$, will be coming home from federal prison, after doing more than nine years for weapons violations. Yesterday, B.G., who is 31, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to two counts of being a felon in […]
When I was in school I heard tales of a free press whose sole purpose was to keep society aware and informed. My teachers consistently inundated my classmates and I with tales of journalists remaining objective while serving the people, not the organization they work for. As an information junkie, these words sounded as […]
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises hits theaters this Friday and it will be the biggest blockbuster of the summer – rightfully so. STORY: Go Behind The Scenes Of Highly Anticipated “Dark Knight Rises” Movie That is a bold prediction considering that Marvel’s The Avengers shattered the record that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 set. The […]
Yelawolf, MGK and 50 Cent’s recent public gripes with Interscope illuminate how even some of the industry’s most successful rappers face frustrating roadblocks from the major labels. In a recent interview, Yelawolf fired shots at the industry as a whole, expressing: “You don’t really fuckin’ need a label anymore… you don’t need none of that shit.” […]
Charles Barkley famously said in a commercial for Nike: “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball, doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” What ever happened to the sports icons? The players everyone admired and who represented all that was good […]
It has always been perplexing to me the infatuation that many have with celebrities, or rather the sense of kinship one might feel. But regardless of my personal sentiments, I sometimes worry about the ramifications of celebrity influence on romance in the lives of young Americans in high school, as well as the 18-24 age […]
I’ve been trying to get Jay-Z tickets all morning long. I figured hey, he’s performing on my birthday and I got a little bit of change in my pocket, let me purchase some tickets and enjoy a nice show on my born day. But No0o0o0o0ooo0o0o! I couldn’t get tickets. I logged on to ticketmaster at […]
Nicky Barnes. Frank Lucas. Sammy the Bull. Chris Brown? There’s no link there, right? If you would have asked the nice folks on Twitter this morning — or the editors of a certain largely read urban website — there is a connection. Nicky Barnes, Frank Lucas and Sammy the Bull are all well-known informants — or snitches as you young […]
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a great fighter. Anyone who saw his dominate performance against Miguel Cotto over the weekend can tell you that. Mayweather is an eight-time champion, a multi-millionaire and will go down as one of the best fighters to ever step into the ring. He has it all. So why do so many […]
Yesterday when I heard the track “Daughters” by Nas, I immediately thought of my two daughters. I was flooded with both thoughts of fear and joy. And in 3 minutes and 26 seconds, Nas captured the worries of almost every father of a little girl who grows up in a hip-hop household in the digital […]
