Today is a good day because it’s Ice Cube’s birthday!  Born O’Shea Jackson, the rapper turned actor and filmmaker is celebrating his 51st birthday.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Ice Cube is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the “Death Certificate” album that was released in 1991.  To celebrate this special moment, Cube will re-release the album with 3 new songs on Friday, June 9th.  Congratulations!!

Ice Cube stars in the new comedic film, Fist Fight alongside Charlie Day, Tracy Morgan and Kym Whitley. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about giving comedians opportunities, headlining The Legends of Hip Hop: Straight Outta Compton Edition on the 2017 Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage and staying in his lane.   What was it […]

N.W.A manager Jerry Heller passed away at 75 years old on September 2. Heller is best known for helping to catapult the iconic rap group to superstardom—and stealing millions from them. Heller was portrayed in last year’s box office smash Straight Outta Compton as a snake with some heart. The film starred O’Shea Jackson Jr., who […]

The music industry veteran died of a heart attack Friday night in California

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Last year as the world watched Straight Outta Compton break box-office records and become a hit with both fans and critics alike, those who were actually apart of the story were left wondering why much of the story about the physical abuse that N.W.A. member Dr. Dre inflicted upon the women in his past relationships […]

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Cube revealed he met with New Line Cinema about creating Last Friday and says the ball is in their court.

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More details about WikiLeaks’ Democratic National Committee email dump have been revealed. According to reports, one of the emails sent between DNC staffers mocked the name of LaQueenia Gibson—an African-American woman who serves as an executive assistant for Haddad Brands, a children’s clothing store. The initial email was sent from Haddad Chief Product Officer Rob Smith to […]

Ice Cube is changing the game! Remember the game-show, “Hollywood Squares?”  Well, Ice Cube has just signed on to do a spin-off of the show called, “Hip Hop Squares!”  The show will air on VH1 , but a premiere date has not been released yet!

The Academy has learned its lesson from getting dragged for being so monotone, so the film organization is doing something about its glaring diversity problem. About 46 percent of new members of its voting body are people of color, but that still might not be enough to make a huge difference just yet. Society as […]

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The Court of Special Appeals in Maryland, the state’s second-highest court, has ordered another trial and restored charges against a man from Northwest Baltimore who was acquitted in the murder of North Carolina native Phylicia Barnes. The court says Circuit Judge John Addison Howard committed a mistake in January 2015 when he acquitted Michael Johnson of […]