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Age ain't nothing but a number to Common. Watch the rapper-turned-actor go 80s and breakdance on 'The Tonight Show.'

How many times a day do you look to coffee, soda or candy in your quest to stay awake during work or school? If often, you may have been looking into all the wrong remedies. Consuming the above mentioned to fill sleepy voids usually end up making people feel more sluggish than they were to […]

On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, Radio One Baltimore’s WOLB 1010 AM and Praise 106.1 FM will hosted a simulcast Senatorial forum LIVE during the Larry Young Morning Show with senatorial candidates Congressman Chris VanHollen and Congresswoman Donna Edwards. The Larry Young-hosted forum was organized to provide listeners with the information (i.e. police brutality, public safety, jobs, education, taxes, transportation, etc.) needed to […]

via UrbanDaily Robert Townsend’s 1991 R&B drama, The Five Heartbeats, was loosely based on the lives of several artists; The Dells, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke, and David Ruffin, but to many it mirrors the career arc of The Temptations. The Five Heartbeats spans three decades of a singing group […]

**UPDATE 3/18: Tray Walker died Friday, March 18 around 5 p.m. — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker is in critical condition after a dirt bike accident in Miami. “It’s a bad situation,” Walker’s agent, Ronald Butler said, according to The Baltimore Sun. “I’m going to be honest. We’re praying that he’s able to fight through it.” […]

In wake of recent race relations and coincidentally at a time where white feminists and others are attacking Beyonce for controversial issues like police brutality in her new song “Formation,” Joe released a soulful rendition of the National Anthem titled “Our Anthem.” “Our Anthem,” which was introduced with a video, samples Otis Redding’s “Tenderness” and tackles […]

Just minutes before the deadline to enter Baltimore's mayoral race approached, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on Wednesday jumped into the contest in hopes of becoming the city's 50th mayor.

Old man winter’s been hanging around for a minute, but now he’s really starting to get comfortable. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared state of emergency prior to the blizzard on January 21 as a precaution of the Jonas blizzard forecasted to hit the area on January 22. A blizzard warning is in effect from 6 […]

Lil Black was live on the scene after news that the judge in the Freddie Gray case declared Officer William Porter’s trial a mistrial. While two people were arrested, we’re happy to announce that the city saw a calm and peaceful evening – just as the attorney and family of Gray requested. Porter faced four charges jurors failed […]

Baltimore jurors are hung on all four charges against officer William Porter; his trial has been declared a mistrial. He was the first of six officers to face trial for his actions in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who was injured while in police custody following his arrest back in April 2015. Video of […]