Every day there are tons of music related tidbits that float around the Internet, but how is one to know what’s good, what’s worth listening to and what everyone will be talking about tomorrow? Well, you’re in luck, because GlobalGrind has rounded up some of the coolest, most buzzworthy musical information of the day and […]

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. But I’ve been up to a lot and I’d love to share. Hubby is fine, Scarlett turned 3 this year and baby number two is on the way. Also, season 2 of The Cleveland show airs this Sunday, 9/26 at 8:30 on Fox with the Season 1 DVD […]

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With Wyclef Jean running for the president of Haiti there has been a significant amount of chatter around the boundaries between celebrities and politicians.  Hollywood actors and actresses along with musicians can cause major buzz whenever they take a politlcal stance, but some decide to take a career leap and launch into the realm with […]

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Every child leaves the nest eventually, it’s part of life. But add a spotlight to the scene and a few misdemeanour and it gets interesting. Most politicians keep a squeaky clean image but sometimes there’s a wild child in the bunch. Perhaps is the pressure to be so perfect that causes them to break out […]

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So, when I heard about the Night Line special “Why Can’t Successful Black Women Find A Man” I was immediately turned off. Whenever I see anything starting with “Why Can’t Black Women…,” I get defensive. Like, here’s another so-called problem that WE need to fix. But after watching the unedited, hour-long show online, I realized […]

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by Reagan Gomez OK, not really. But the power of the Mixtape can no longer be denied. Once, just thought to be a way to keep a musician’s voice and music on the streets between albums, it’s clear that Mixtapes are just as important as the actual album. And quite possibly, more popular. The “Mixtape” […]

Before you shoot the messenger, work with me here. 10 years ago we came out of the 90’s. That decade was filled with so many amazing black movies, Boys In The Hood, Menace 11 Society, Set it off, Soul Food, Dead Presidents, The Best Man…and the list goes on.  Not to mention TV shows. It’s […]

Before you shoot the messenger, work with me here. 10 years ago we came out of the 90’s. That decade was filled with so many amazing black movies, Boys In The Hood, Menace 11 Society, Set it off, Soul Food, Dead Presidents, The Best Man…and the list goes on.  Not to mention TV shows. It’s […]

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I AM REAGAN GOMEZ.  YESTERDAY WAS WORLD AIDS DAY. HIV/AIDS IS THE #1 KILLER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINA WOMEN IN MY AGE GROUP.  PLEASE GET TESTED,YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.  Today is World Aids Day. And don’t trip, these are questions on my mind all of the time. But today, we should all focus […]

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Like many of you, I have been deeply affected, (maybe haunted) by the Shaniya Davis case. It’s hard to even talk about. When people ask about it, I don’t even want to repeat the story. The thought of this precious, adorable, innocent little girl, being violated, murdered, and thrown on the side of the road, […]

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For the past three weeks, we have been working very hard to shine light on the growing edipdemic of youth violence in America.  It started with the beating death of Derrion Albert, continued with the tragic killing of Kevin Miller and seems like it may never end.  When we first reported on Derrion Albert, we […]

So, this is a part of my life, I’ve never publicly spoken about. But I know, I’m not alone. My mom is an addict. Her drug of choice…..Alcohol. And watching her battle this disease over the years, I have to write about it. Funny thing is, before we moved to LA, I don’t ever remember […]