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A biopic for Sammy Davis, Jr. is officially in the works. According to The Jasmine Brand, the film will be based on the 1965 memoir, Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. The site reports that the biopic will, “Follow Sammy’s career as an entertainer and activist from Vaudeville with his dad and uncle in the Will Mastin […]

Unfriendly Skies On Christmas Eve, Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague (seen above) and forward Trahson Burrell boarded a flight from Dallas to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Reportedly, passengers in first-class gave their blankets to the NBA players, who were sitting in couch. The Associated Press reports, “A black flight attendant accused them of theft and […]

So, according to TMZ, The rebooted version of American Idol is aiming to fill its second open judge slot with none other than Lionel Richie. The site adds that, The talks to get him on board are informal at this stage. Katy Perry is the only judge who has signed on for AI as of […]

Knee surgery has forced Lionel Richie to postpone his 35-date joint tour with Mariah Carey. Richie was supposed to launch the tour with Carey supporting him on March 15th at Baltimore, Maryland’s Royal Farms Arena and running through May 27th at Sunrise, Florida’s BB&T Center. There’s been no dates announced for the makeup shows. Richie […]

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Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the  achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.

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Black Music Month originated in 1979.  President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the great music, achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we’ve lost.

TMZ has reported, Lionel Richie will be releasing a cosmetic line. The line, which is called Hello By Lionel Richie, will consist of beauty products such as cosmetics, face masks, body glitter, bath beads, hair bows, nail polish. He filed a separate trademark for candles and candle accessories. A cosmetic line?  🤔 Interesting.  

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Legendary blues musician B.B. King died Thursday night at the age of 89 in his home in Las Vegas. King suffered a series of small strokes as…

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The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It’s the first Black, Inter-Collegiate Greek-Lettered fraternity.

With this line-up I know you are going to be front and center watching The BET Awards. The network announced the complete list of artist performing on the show today it includes Pharrell Williams, Drake, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, and Lionel Richie, who will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2014 […]