Lauryn Hill Wows ‘Austin City Limits’ With ‘Ex Factor’ & More!!! Lauryn has been known to show up extremely tardy for her shows and has disappointed fans in the past. Singing all the hits that we wanna hear like, ‘Killing Me Softly,’ ‘Doo Wop (That Thing),’ and ‘Ex Factor,’ Hill took to ‘Austin City Limits‘ in a rare televised appearance…… MORE
Urban Soul Cafe All White Worship
Urban Soul Cafe is having its 2nd Annual All White Worship Experience on Satuday August 13th. This will be a dynamic worship service with award winning gospel artist James Fortune as your host. Also featuring: JJ Hairston Sunday Best Winner Geoffrey Golden Sean C Johnson Nate Bean & 4Given Sunday Best Favorite Latice Crawford Cristina…… MORE
Rick Ross Shows Off 75-Pound Weight Loss, See The Photo!
The rapper details his weight loss secrets and motivation in a new interview. You may have noticed that rapper Rick Ross looks noticeably slimmer these days than he ever has and if you were wondering what the secret is to his weight loss success, his new interview with Men’s Health magazine divulges all of the…… MORE
New ABC Chief Says She Wants Diversity In ‘The Bachelor’ And ‘Bachelorette’
LYNN ELBER, AP BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Six months into the job as ABC Entertainment’s president,Channing Dungey said she’s clear about where she wants to see the “black-ish” and “Fresh Off the Boat” network go, including toward further diversity. ABC is “very proud that we reflect America authentically in all of its diversity, and…… MORE
Food & Funk Fest – August 20th
See Evelyn “Champagne” King, Stone City, Freddie Jackson, Atlantic Starr and Jeffrey Osborne at the Food & Funk Fest! Saturday, August 20th – Riverfront Park Gates open at 3pm. The Food and Funk Fest is a concert series that features soul food and an ever-changing lineup of some of funk and R&B’s best bands. Get…… MORE
White Virginia Cop Convicted Of Killing Unarmed Black Teen
8-5-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia won a rare conviction of a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen suspected of shoplifting. But the guilty verdict Thursday was for voluntary manslaughter, a lesser charge than the original first-degree murder count. And the jury recommended a 2…… MORE
Alabama Board Denies Parole For Birmingham Church Bomber
8-4-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s parole board decided Wednesday against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted in a church bombing that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago. The decision to keep Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., 78, imprisoned was met with applause at the hearing. Relatives of three…… MORE
President Obama Says Trump Unfit To Be President
8-3-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. President Barack Obama says that Donald Trump is unfit to be president and “he keeps proving it.” Obama was speaking during a news conference with the prime minister of Singapore, who is visiting the White House. The president is challenging Republican…… MORE
Black Music Honors 2016
Black Music Honors: Celebrate the Soul Andrew Jackson Hall (TPAC) Nashville, TN – August 18, 2016 Door Open – 6pm | Show Taping – 7pm A 2-HOUR TELEVISION SPECIAL HONORING LEGENDARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN MUSIC. During the taping of the show, the following music icons will be…… MORE
Former NFL Player And Wife Shot To Death By Teenage Son
8-1-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- In Texas, a former NFL player and his wife were killed by their 16-year-old son early Friday morning in their Houston home, according to reports. Antonio Armstrong died at a Houston hospital on Friday, while his wife Dawn Armstrong, was reportedly killed in her bedroom earlier that night. Their son Anthony Armstrong,…… MORE
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TEYANA TAYLOR TO HAVE THROAT SURGERY
Teyana Taylor told her fans that she needs to have emergency throat surgery. In her IG Story posted on Wednesday, Taylor said her doctor found a non-cancerous growth on one of her vocal cords. Taylor said she had been dealing with voice problems and some discomfort for a while. She’s glad that doctors caught the…
MEGAN THEE STALLION TO HOST NEW SERIES
Megan Thee Stallion just added a couple more titles to her resume. The Hot Girl Coach is slated to star in a new K-pop competition series for Apple TV+ alongside Psy. It’s called KPopped. The concept is simple — Western artists team up with K-pop stars to reimagine some of their hits. The Western artists…
DIDDY WANTS OUT OF JAIL BEFORE SENTENCING
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are trying to get their client released before his October sentencing. On Tuesday, Diddy’s lawyers petitioned Judge Arun Subramanian to release Combs on a $50 million bond and allow him to live in his Miami mansion. Combs is currently awaiting sentencing in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Earlier this month, Combs…
MUSIC CITY ICON GAIL MASONDO PASSES ON
All of us plant seeds. And the thing about those seeds is you never know where they will sprout or how much of a harvest they will manifest. Because Gail Hamilton Masondo was my mother, I know, for certain, that when she moved to Nashville, she had absolutely no idea of the kind mark that…