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John Witherspoon raised plenty of eyes and ears when he recently said that The Boondocks, the animated series based on Aaron McGruder‘s timeless comic strip was coming back. Now, it’s official. The show is coming back not only with Witherspoon but the show’s creator Aaron McGruder, who exited after season 3 and why some Boondocks fans hardly acknowledge the […]
Yung Miami of the City Girls has a major announcement to make: she’s expecting! https://www.instagram.com/p/BylrG6QBsqo/ The City Girls rapper shared the news on Instagram after weeks of speculation and that she wanted to share the news on her terms. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BOX […]
Bushwick Bill was the Little Big Man on hip-hop. On Sunday, peers, fans and more paid tribute to his life after he lost his battle with cancer. He was 52
UPDATE #2 (11:30 PM): Bill’s rep confirmed to TMZ and media outlets that the rapper passed away Sunday night around 9:30 PM. “Bushwick Bill passed away peacefully this evening at 9:35 p.m. He was surrounded by his immediate family. There were incorrect previous reports that he had passed away this morning. We are looking into […]
The gangsters of the 1970s are fading away. Nicky Barnes, one of the biggest heroin dealers of his time in Harlem, has died. He was 78. Due to Barnes being in witness protection for well over 40 years, news of his health wasn’t reported to anyone. It wasn’t until the New York Times spoke to one of […]
As comes with age, so does getting new ink on your body. Usher sported a new look last Thursday in Atlanta as he got clowned to hell and back for his ’60s inspired perm earlier this year. While the new cut looks good, or well better to some because of what the perm looked like, […]
Damn, the BeyHive really goes in (well, some of the BeyHive go too far) in defense of the Queen! A woman who was at the center of a little social media controversy involving Jay-Z and Beyoncé says she’s received death threats on Instagram and Twitter and has deactivated her accounts. By now, you’ve seen the video […]
Ari Lennox is a nerd and her obsession with the video game Sims 3 is something she doesn’t hide. She’s talked about it in interviews and on stage while headlining her first national tour, the Shea Butter Baby Tour. The Dreamville artist sat down to talk about her perfect Sims 3 life. RELATED: How Does […]
TMZ has apologized for posting the alleged cause of death of T.I.’s sister Precious Harris out of respect for the Harris family. The apology reads, “Earlier Thursday, we posted a story about T.I.‘s sister, Precious Harris Chapman, and reported the Medical Examiner’s official findings on her cause of death … we were wrong to do it. […]
Ari Lennox is enjoying success with her hit single “Shae Butter Baby” and her first national tour of the same name. In addition to her sultry voice, Ari Lennox is also becoming a public face for the natural hair movement. Ari gives us her best natural hair recipe that she uses to maintain her luscious […]
Phaedra Parks‘ ex-husband Apollo Nida is officially a free man. The ex-Real Housewives of Atlanta star was released from prison and sent to a Philadelphia halfway house. Nida, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud charges, will be released from the halfway house in October. Back in January 2014, Nida was arrested and pleaded […]
One massive deal with French luxury behemoths LVMH has put Rihanna in rarified company. Forbes has crowned her the world’s wealthiest female musician at $600 million, surpassing Madonna ($570 million), Céline Dion ($450) and Beyoncé ($400 million). LVMH, owned by billionaire Bernard Arnault partnered with Rihanna for not only the cosmetics line of Fenty Beauty but now a luxury clothing simply called Fenty. Fenty Beauty pocketed a […]