*This is straight out of the Who da heck knew?” department. According to TMZ, Chris Brown is the daddy of a 9-month-old baby girl (pictured above). We don’t know her last name, but the first name of the mother of the little one is named Nia. She’s 31 and is said to be a former […]

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*Chance The Rapper opened up about the inspiration behind his mixtape hit, “Paranoia,” and Chicago’s gun violence on the CNN documentary series, “Chicagoland.” “There’s a lot of Chicago influence that I put into the music—Soul, Jazz influence, Rock influence, House music—just a lot of sounds that stem from Chicago, the Chicago Hip Hop scene,” he […]

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*In the heat of the moment, everybody makes mistakes, right? According to Common, that was the case during the Oscars when he passed by Oprah Winfrey as he and John Legend were making their way to the stage to accept their Academy Award for best original song for “Glory” from the historical drama “Selma.” The […]

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*The hit show, “Mary Mary,” based on the group is returning for its fourth season, and from the looks of the trailer, there will be plenty of drama. Tina and Erica Campbell are rebuilding their relationship. Although, the former is still resentful of the latter going solo and releasing an album, “Help.” But according to WE […]

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*On the heels of FBI Director James Comey’s recent statement that “everyone’s a little bit racist”  retired and former police officers demand an end to institutionalized racism , injustice and a lack of accountability. During a recent trip to Capitol Hill, members of the National Coalition of Law Enforcement Officers for Justice, Reform and Accountability […]

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*Have some tissue ready for the next episode of “Empire.” We won’t give anything away, but let’s just say that episode 9, “Unto the Breach,” showcases some of the finest performances thus far from actors Bryshere Y. Gray (“Yaz”), Jussie Smollet and Trai Byers, the trio who play the sons of Lucious and Cookie Lyon. […]

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*Wu-Tang Clan’s new album “Once Upon A Time In Shaolin” will remain largely unheard for the next 88 years because of a copyright clause in its conditions of sale. As previously reported, he rap group is releasing just one copy of the double album, which took five years to record. Fans were hoping the lucky […]

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*Twitter enemies (Twittemies?) Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks are now both on a break from the social media site. Banks has announced she has quit Twitter for Lent, just weeks after her Twitter nemesis Azalea bowed out over nasty comments about her bikini body. Banks actually stopped tweeting last month in a bid to avoid all the […]

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*No one can say Mo’Nique isn’t fulfilling her promotional duties for “Blackbird.” So far, her appearances on CNN and Inside Edition have also allowed her to set the record straight regarding “Precious” director Lee Daniels, who said Hollywood has blackballed the Oscar winner because she is difficult to work with and expected payment to promote […]

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*Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ledisi and Terence Blanchard are among the headliners for the 37th annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (June 13-14). Rounding out the two-day lineup will be artists and special guest collaborators making their festival debuts. The slate includes Aloe Blacc, Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party, […]

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) –According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school year – enough to…

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