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Rapper Mos Def has just announced that he will be changing his rap name to Yasiin at the end of 2011. Mos Def, real name Dante Terrell Smith, feels the Mos Def name has run its course and it’s time for a fresh beginning. “I’m retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I’m actually doing […]

For my first Easter Sunday in New York, I drove to Queens with my significant other to spend the holiday with a fellow alum from Tennessee State University. She and I met through our alma mater’s local chapter. After eating, laughing and chatting, the women headed to the kitchen to help clean up while the […]

Rapper The Game shared his thoughts on closeted gay rappers in a recent sit-down with DJ Vlad. According to Game, he doesn’t have a problem with gay rappers and believes he may have already collaborated with closeted rappers before. He continued, “I think there are several rappers that are in the closet and gay, and […]

Our nation’s leader President Barack Obama is set to address a variety of topics this Thursday, September 8th in a nationally broadcast official address. We’ll all be watching and listening closely as hear from the president on the new jobs plan and of course it’s plan to renew the big push for spending in an […]

Ever since the new contestants from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ were announced, there’s been drama surrounding the show’s new season scheduled to begin September 19th. If you’ve been living under a rock or you’ve promised yourself to not get addicted to the show this season, you might not know just who the contestants are or […]

If you’ve ever tuned into ABC’s show, The Bachelor, you have to wonder why in 16 seasons there hasn’t been one Black man featured as the main star — the bachelor. With the recent announcement that the last edition’s runner up will now be the Bachelor, Zerlina Maxwell of TheGrio wonders if there will ever […]

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You know fall is beginning when the first week of college football starts. After the first week, no one isn’t talking about who won or who lost as much as they’re talking about the new uniforms some teams are wearing. On Saturday, a lot of people were watching Oregon play Louisiana State and Georgia versus […]

After rumors that Eddie Murphy was in talks to host the 2012 Academy Awards emerged last weekend, industry insiders have confirmed that he will be taking on hosting duties for the Oscars. The last time Murphy hosted an awards show was the 1985 Video Music Awards show, when his raunchy “Delirious” persona was drastically different […]

The world has become uncomfortable with the “revelation” that Dr. Martin Luther King’s family has been paid several hundred thousand dollars for the new memorial built for Dr. King in Washington. It turns out that the family is being paid a “management fee” of a little more than $800,000, partly in exchange for their support […]

DETROIT — President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country’s interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. “Show us what you’ve got,” he said. In a partial preview of […]

Competing factions, bounty hunters and Libyan commandos are struggling in their hunt to find deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. Without help from NATO, those involved in the hunt have thus far had to rely on human intelligence. Conflicting reports of Gaddafi’s whereabout have surfaced, but none have been confirmed. The manhunt for Gaddafi is an […]