Celebrity Style: Beyonce down ’4′ whatever

August 9, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Beyoncé is riding high from the success of her latest album, ’4′. The singer has announced a four-night stint at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom, where she’ll perform “Countdown,” ‘Best Thing I Never Had,” and other hits. She’s been super busy these days. In addition to her own project she’s been lending a major ...

OSU Professor Michelle Alexander speaks on mass incarceration of blacks (VIDEO)

April 15, 2011 1 Comment

Tweet Watch the full episode. See more WPT Presents. With her voice trembling with either anger or nerves, Michelle Alexander of Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity spoke at an MLK tribute recently and exposed incarceration numbers for black males that would make justice majors and economists break down and cry. ...

LL Cool J’s wife launches jewelry line (VIDEO)

February 16, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Simone I Smith is hard as hell. Battle any fragrance, she don’t care who you tell. She excels. They all fail. Gonna — ANK! ANK! ANK! AN — Rock the jew-ELS!” Okay, I got a little carried away, but that’s exactly what Simone Smith, 16-year spouse of one James Todd Smith, wants you to ...

Hadda Brooks: Queen of the Boogie

February 11, 2011 No Comments

Tweet How many Queens do you know? Of course, there is the Queen of Soul. Even the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. But did you know who the Queen of Boogie was? Hadda Brooks was born Hattie Hapgood in 1916 and raised in Los Angeles. How big was Hadda Brooks in her day? The pope once ...

Sade's 'Soldier of Love' makes history

December 23, 2009 No Comments

Tweet It didn’t take Nigerian-born singer Sade to shake up the music charts. Her hit single “Soldier of Love,” which was released December 8, hit No. 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, which is the highest debut of the decade and third highest of all time on the chart. “Soldier” also hit No. 1 ...

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