NEW YORK — Jamaican strong man Christopher “Dudus” Coke has plead guilty to racketeering charges in New York City. Dudus was captured last year in Jamaica after a two-month manhunt that included a violent clash between his supporters in Tivoli Gardens and Jamaican Police in which 76 people were killed. Dudus has been connected to […]
In an effort to pass Florida’s new “Pull Your Pants Up”  law, State Senator Gary Siplin showed up to Orlando schools on the first day of classes to hand belts to students whose pants sagged. “We want our kids to believe they’re going to college, and part of that is an attitude, and part of that […]
Critics of the Black middle class have long chastised its members for abandoning urban communities for more affluent suburbs, leaving working class and poor Blacks with few advocates and little political clout to transcend the conditions of the “ghetto.” The Black middle class says otherwise. According to its members, this particular segment of Blacks is not […]
At the recent MTV Video Music Awards, the world witnessed a new fashion trend that has many Hip-Hop heads scratching their heads — Jeggings. Otherwise known as the lovechild of jeans and leggings, Jeggings are a hybrid of denim and spandex loved by teenage girls, stick-thin fashionistas, and somewhat surprisingly, Lil’ Wayne. After his performance at […]
U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn believes that any plan to attack the debt and deficits will not work unless it includes ways to create jobs. And while the points of his message were worth hearing, it was the method he used that really caught my eye. Last week, he conducted a virtual town hall on […]
A planned tribute concert for Michael Jackson, which is slated to happen at the same time as his murder trial, has raised the Jackson family’s suspicions of the organizer’s motives. “Staging the concert during his manslaughter trial isn’t the right time,” Gary Taylor, owner of the 80,000-member Jackson fan club MJJ Community, tells Billboard.com. Michael […]
A new sorority aimed at Black women with natural hair has emerged on Facebook and is turning some heads to say the least. The sorority, Pi Nappa Kappa, is aiming to “to educate, inspire and uplift natural hair women, men, boys and girls throughout the entire world (and) to make the word “nappy” into a […]
The Fiscal Policy Institute recently came out with a report detailing estimated percentages of the Black male unemployment crisis in different neighborhoods of New York City. Just last month, billionaires George Soros and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to help assist minority men; and cut down on some of the factors that result in […]
In a recent BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 74 percent of African Americans polled approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy while 26 percent disapprove. The poll stands in sharp contrast to the Gallup Poll conducted on August 14th which found 74 percent of American disapprove of Obama’s handling of the economy, while only 26 percent of approve. […]
SYRACUSE-Anthony Stewart, a 15-year-old boy from Onondaga County was sentenced to two years in a juvenile facility for robbing a 73-year-old man for 7 cents with a bb-gun. The judge refused to try Stewart as a youthful offender because Stewart denied the robbery. The Huffington Post reports: Unlike Stewart, his accomplice, Skyler Ninham, 16, pleaded […]
T.I. was released from prison today into a half-way house after serving time for violating his probation. He was greeted with a warm response by tons of fans holding signs and photos. “The storm is over & da sun back out. IT’S OUR TIME TO SHINE SHAWTY!!!!! Welcome to the beginning of our Happy Ending!!!!” […]
Tupac Shakur’s former group, The Outlawz, claimed they smoked Tupac’s ashes after he was cremated. Tupac had said in a song that he wanted his friends (n-words) to smoke his ashes in a song and the Outlawz said they took his claim literally. The group members, including E.D.I. and Young Noble were interviewed by VladTV […]
