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Cornel so crazy. I’m talking about Cornel West, of course, and his recent anti-President Obama rant. BlackAmericaweb columnist Michael Cottman has more than adequately and…

Everyone remembers The Fugees 1996 award winning video “Killing Me Softly”. Well the director behind the 1996 MTV Music Award’s Best R & B Video was Charles McGill, who changed his name to Aswad Ayinde. Recently, Ayinde was found guilty of repeatedly raping one of his six daughters and has been sentenced to 50 years […]

Ever since Adam Lanza, egged on by insanity and an itchy trigger finger, slaughtered 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in…

Actor Wesley Snipes, 50, is a free man. Snipes was released from federal prison where he was sentenced to three years on tax charges. Snipes…

On June 17, 2010 Lil’ Boosie was indicted on federal charges for first-degree murder. Boosie also faces charges for three counts of possession with intent to distribute narcotics, three counts of “conspiracy to commit possession with intent to distribute narcotics” and two counts of “conspiracy to introduce contraband into a penal institution.” It is reported […]

T.I. has had his probation revoked and was given 11 months in jail. According to tmz.com, T.I. told the judge he needed help for drug addiction and begged not to be sent back to prison. T.I. was still on probation for federal weapons charges when he was arrested Sept. 1 on drug charges in Los […]

Lyfe Jennings only released a few albums, but his gravely voice and gritty lyrics were unforgetable. Now it seems Jennings will have even more raw material for his next album. According to Internet buzz, the R&B singer Jennings was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for a crazy incident Smyrna, GA two years ago. The […]

In a recent interview with Complex magazine T.I. said this of his jail time…

VIA: TheRoot.com Going Green has become the buzz phrase for 2010.  Everyone is talking about the ways that people can go green and what it really means.  Baltimore County is actually putting the idea of what it means and how it can help into action.  They are pushing the envelope with a new program that […]

From VIBE: On Monday (March 8), Lil Wayne officially began a one-year prison sentence at Riker’s Island for gun possession charges. But with the sentencing being postponed several times prior (due to Wayne’s dental work and then a courthouse fire), it was an emotional ordeal for both his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Johnson and their 11-year-old daughter […]