The 2011 Soul Train Awards aired last night and if you missed the show, we some of the performances from the likes of Lloyd, Miguel, Melanie Fiona, Tamar Braxton, along with tributes to the late Heavy D and Legend Award recipients Earth, Wind & Fire and Gladys Knight. Cee-Lo featuring Melanie Fiona Gladys Knight tribute […]
TLC singer T-Boz has filed for bankruptcy. According to TMZ, T-Boz aka Tionne Watkins filed for bankruptcy last month and currently owes collectors $768,642, mostly from mortgages on her $1.2 million house. T-Boz is not a big spender as she takes in $11,700/month in income, with monthly expenses totaling $8,821. She might have dodged the […]
WASHINGTON-Evangeline Cole-Thompson, also known as “Mama Cole” has died at age 58 after struggling with pancreatic cancer. Cole opened Cole’s Cafe in 2002, which served as one of the few sit down soul food eateries in South East D.C. and her dishes were popular with the community and critics alike. The Washington Post reports: In […]
It was a powerful night of Hip-Hop, R&B at the music for the 2011 Soul Train Awards. A lot of love and emotion could be seen in the building. There was a moving Heavy D tribute put on by Doug E. Fresh, Goodie M.O.B., Naughty By Nature, Whodini, Big Daddy Kane and Kurtis Blow. The […]
Gladys Knight was honored at this year’s Soul Train Awards with a Legend honor, and BeBe Winans joined her for a duet. The two of the sang “I Need You,” and here’s a look at the video in case you missed it. RELATED POSTS: Soul Train Awards 2011 Winners BeBe & CeCe Winans Honored On […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University fired associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine on Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him. “At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine’s employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately,” Kevin Quinn, the school’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in […]
More Americans hunted for bargains this weekend than ever before as retailers lured them online and into stores with big discounts and an earlier-than-usual start to the holiday shopping season. RELATED: Black Friday Craziness Nothing To Laugh At A record 226 million shoppers visited stores and websites during the four-day holiday weekend starting on Thanksgiving […]
If you are black and atheist, do you feel comfortable sharing your disbelief in God with friends and family? Many black nonbelievers do not. The New York Times reports that, while most black Americans overwhelmingly believe in God to some degree, those who do not find it nearly impossible to discuss their beliefs with loved […]
Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary will add reality TV show stars to their resume in 2012, but are the going to be the next Braxtons? At first it seems like the sister acts have nothing in common. However, there are some interesting similarities in the two families. Like the Braxtons, Mary Mary […]
According to TMZ Bow Wow owes the Internal Revenue Service just short of one hundred thousand dollars. The Cash Money Records artist has been in the studio recording a new album scheduled to drop early 2012. In the meantime : “A tax lien filed in Florida by the federal government says the rapper, real name […]
Has this year been an emotional roller coaster for you? Bad relationship ended? Stressful job? Drama-filled life? Feeling lonely? As we stroll through the holiday…
All across the south a ton of criminals have one thing in common. They love themselves some Waffle House! Most recently DeAngelo Heard and Edwin Mitchell have been getting their dine and their crime on. Apparently these two have been accused of jacking Waffle Houses from Georgia to Alabama. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported: “The MO […]