Melanie Fiona is back in full force as she hit the stage yesterday at the fifth anniversary of the Global Fusion Festival in Philadelphia. This festival is the largest one-day ethnic festival in Philly, and is held at Penn Landing. Produced by the Multicultural Affairs Congress, the festival features drink specials, give-aways, ethnic foods, ethnic […]

*M.C. Hammer seemingly got a new lease on life and is giving his time back to the community. He’s decided to take part in a new mentoring program for minority-led start-up businesses. As part of the New Media Entrepreneurship accelerator program in Silicon Valley, Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, will be advising seven […]

National

The adult son of former Washington, D.C. Mayor and current Ward 8 D.C. City Councilman Marion Barry, Jr. was arrested and charged with possession and intent to distribute PCP, according to charging documents released yesterday. Documents from the Superior Court of D.C. indicate Marion Christopher Barry was arrested on May 28 at around 10:44 p.m. […]

Summer is in full swing, and the temperature knows only one direction – and that’s up. If you’re not taking a dip in the pool or keeping cool at a water park with the kids, it’s probably best to chill inside until the sun goes down. By: Cherie White, BlackAmericaWeb.com and Nikki Woods, Tom Joyner […]

Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Taraji P. Henson, Alfre Woodard and Idris Elba were among the Emmy nominees revealed Thursday morning. By: EURweb.com

According to MediaTakeOut.com, Khloe Kardashian and her hubby Lamar Odom were involved in a near fatal car accident yesterday when Lamar’s car smashed into a motorcycle. According to a witness, Lamar and Khloe were riding around Queens, New York on the way to a barbershop in Lamar’s old town and before arriving at their destination, […]

Estelle hit the stage yesterday at the fifth anniversary of the Global Fusion Festival in Philadelphia. This is the largest one-day ethnic festival held at Penn Landing in Philadelphia and is produced by the Multicultural Affairs Congress and features drink specials, give-aways, ethnic foods and many more.Among the performers of this year’s festival were Anthony […]

Chris Brown hit the stage at “The Today Show” for their Summer Concert series this past Friday in NYC. With a record breaking 18,000 fans piling in Rockerfeller Center early Friday morning (some fans even began camping out Wednesday night), Chris Breezy shut down New York City as police had to actually block off streets […]

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Lil Romeo is definitely not “lil” anymore. At 21- years-old, he’s all grown up and ladies, he is fine! He recently did a photo shoot with “Kraze Magazine” where he showed off all that sexiness and his amazing abs for the magazine’s summer issue. It’s also been rumored that he’s now working on a new […]

Join us in giving back to the community at the following events: BARBARA JORDAN STAMP UNVEILING CEREMONY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 (RSVP REQUIRED) Granville Sawyer Auditorium @ Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne Street Texas Southern University has been afforded the opportunity to hosts the unveiling of the new Barbara Jordan Stamp Friday, September 16, 2011 […]