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Via: Foxbaltimore.com A Hagerstown man convicted of a 2004 rape in Frederick based on a DNA sample he submitted in Tennessee has been sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-eight-year-old NaJarred Walker was sentenced Tuesday in Frederick County Circuit Court. Walker, in a statement in court, denied the charge. In March 2011, Maryland State Police notified […]
Well in article written in the NY Times that’s what the author believes. The author writes that many black women are fat because they want to be. She goes on to site the black poet Lucille Clifton’s 1987 poem “Homage to My Hips” begins with the boast, “These hips are big hips.” She establishes big […]
With the success of Think Like a Man that grossed over $60million in its first ten days, Blacks in Hollywood are coming into a spectacular period of prominence. Led by a vanguard group of African-Americans that you may not know. There is a new black Hollywood power structure evolving, and its shot callers are making […]
James Joseph Brown is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance. Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 3, 1933. In 1955, Brown and Bobby Byrd‘s sister Sarah performed in a group called “The Gospel Starlighters”. Eventually, Brown joined Bobby Byrd’s vocal group, […]
You probably know Kevin McCall from his appearances on Chris Brown‘s “Deuces” and “Strip,” but more may know this singer/rapper/songwriter for helping to bring the…
TMZ reports that NFL player Junior Seau has passed away due to a self-inflicted gun shot wound. The player was found dead in his home in Oceanside, CA by his housekeeper. Law enforcement believes that the player did indeed shoot himself. Seau was 43 years-old and now leaves behind a wife and three children. Sources say […]
More than 100 firefighters, 13 engines and 12 trucks responded to a four-alarm fire at Tyler Perry’s studio complex in Atlanta on Tuesday night, the source of which has yet to be determined. An emergency call was placed at 8:41 p.m. when the first alarm was sounded, and a fire rescue team arrived minutes later. […]
Bobby Brown told Matt Lauer he learned of Whitney Houston’s death when New Edition band mate Ralph Tresvant pulled him to the side, while on tour, to break the news. “Our relationship was great,” he said. “I had 14 beautiful, beautiful years with that woman.” And it’s not just his revisionist history, he insisted: “I […]
In a candid sit-down set to air Wednesday, Brown, who says he’s “very much clean and sober from narcotics,” talks to Lauer about the last time he saw Houston, how he found out about her death, and why he gets blamed for her drug use. He talks about his relationship with their daughter, Bobbi Kristina, […]
Via: Elev8.com Gospel singer BeBe Winans is writing a memoir about his friendship with Whitney Houston. Worthy Publishing of Nashville said in a news release…
