Anita Baker Announces Her Retirement

R&B singer Anita Baker announces her retirement from the music industry...

Taxstone Charged in Irving Plaza Shooting

New York Hip Hop personality Taxstone arrested in connection with last year's fatal shooting at Irving Plaza involving rapper Troy Ave...

Martin Luther King Jr Day Observance

On the third Monday in January Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is honored with a day of service for his contributions to the civil rights movement in America...

Donald Trump Cancels Vist to African American Museum on MLK Day

President elect Donald Trump cancels his visit to the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture on Martin Luther King Jr. Day after insulting King protégé Congressman John Lewis...

T.I. Reads His Open Letter to Donald Trump

Rapper T.I. reads his open letter to president elect Donald Trump written for Rolling Stone Magazine...

Two Chainz Turns Down Trump Inauguration Performance

Atlanta rapper Two Chainz adds his name to the growing list of artists to turn down a request to perform for president elect Donald Trump's inauguration...

Jennifer Holliday Explains Allegiance to LGBT Community Over Donald Trump

Last week Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday canceled her scheduled performance at president elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony after a furious backlash from the LGBT community [click here if you missed that].

In an interview with MSNBC's Joy Reid Jennifer explains why it was the the LGBT community and not the Black community that swayed her opinion...

Zoe Saldana Blames Hollywood Bullies for Trump Election

Actress Zoe Saldana explains how Hollywood bullies propelled Donald Trump to the White House...

A Tale of Two Sex Crimes

Earlier this year the critically acclaimed Nat Turner biopic 'Birth of a Nation' failed miserably at the box office after a decades old allegation of sexual assault leveled against it's writer, producer and star, actor Nate Parker and his former college roommate and Birth of Nation co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin resurfaced [click here if you missed that].

Meanwhile actor Casey Affleck, who has also been accused of sexual assault, by multiple women, [click here if you missed that], is expected to win the Academy Award this year for his turn in Manchester by the Sea.

Why is that..?

DL Hughley Goes In and Lets Have

Comedian DL Hughley goes in and lets have on African American celebrities alining themselves with president elect Donald Trump...

African American Gospel Singers Lining Up for Trump Inauguration?

Last week R&B singer Jennifer Holliday backed out on her agreement to perform for president elect Donald Trump's inauguration after a furious backlash from the LGBT community [click here if you missed that].

Now comes word some other African American singers may not be as hesitant...

Kevin Hart Producing Black History Series for the History Channel

Comedian Kevin Hart is producing and starring in a new series on the History Channel focusing on unsung African American heroes...

Hidden Figures Rules MLK Weekend

Historical drama Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer, as the integral African-American mathematicians who helped launch the first American astronaut into orbit and eventually on the moon, takes the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row...

Daughter Discloses Eddie Long Cause of Death

Earlier today New Birth Missionary Baptist Church officials confirmed the news that their scandal plagued pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, was dead [click here if you missed that].

Bishop Long's daughter reveals the cause of death...