Boosie isn’t going to let a bullet in the leg stop him from having a good time. Just two weeks after the rapper was shot in the leg while in Dallas, he decided to keep his agreement to host the “Thanksgiving Bash” on Thanksgiving night at Charleston, South Carolina’s Exquis …
Read More »President Obama’s Latest Book, ‘A Promised Land’ Sets a Record With 1.7 Million in Sales
Records are being broken by the former president of the United States! According to Penguin Random House, former President Barack Obama’s latest book, “A Promised Land” has sold 1,710,443 units in the United States and Canada in the first week it was released. The tome, which was released on Tuesday, …
Read More »Wilton Gregory Has Become the First African-American Cardinal in the Catholic Church
Photo: Andrew Harnik (AP) The Catholic Church has elected Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. to the rank of cardinal, making him the first African American in history to hold that title. Gregory was elevated to a cardinal in an installation ceremony held in Rome over the weekend, reports CNN. …
Read More »<em>Hillbilly Elegy</em> Doesn’t Reflect the Appalachia I Know
Owsley County, Kentucky, where my aunt lives, is not so different from Breathitt County, where Vance’s grandmother was born and where, in the book, he spent a lot of time. In fact, the two counties share a border. Nearly 40 percent of the population in Owsley County lives in poverty, …
Read More »Bay Area Rapper Lil Yase Shot And Killed At 25
Lil Yase, an up-and-coming artist from the Bay Area, was reportedly shot and killed this weekend. According to TMZ, his death remains a mystery with no explanation as of now. Sources close to the rapper say he was shot early Saturday morning (November 28) and his body was discovered somewhere …
Read More »How Ed Hennings Went From 20 Years In Prison to Sought After Business Man and Motivational Speaker
First degree intentional homicide is a Class A felony which results in a sentence of life imprisonment if convicted. This is the charge Edward L. Hennings originally received twenty-four years ago. Unlike most charged with such a serious offence, however, Hennings has not only found freedom outside of a cell, …
Read More »Diamond and Silk Return to Share Their Hot Mess Expertise on So-Called Election Fraud With a Boost From Trump
Photo: Paul Morigi (Getty Images) After losing yet another court case to challenge the election’s results, not to mention requesting numerous recounts that have confirmed over and over again that Joe Biden received the majority of votes to be the next president, outgoing President Donald Trump is still shamelessly pushing …
Read More »The ‘Great Man’ Theory of American Food
In April 1954, James Beard flew from his home in New York to San Francisco and set out on a culinary road trip across the western U.S. The prolific cookbook author was about to turn 51, and feeling stuck in a loop of magazine deadlines, TV appearances, and product shilling. …
Read More »Michael B. Jordan Says 2020 Taught Him Gratitude
The year 2020 has made a lot of people realize the power of loss, but Michael B. Jordan is learning to turn negatives into positives. In a post shared Friday (November 27) on Instagram, the actor and recently named the “Sexiest Man Alive” by PEOPLE, wrote that struggles can be …
Read More »Immigration Advocates Warn Biden Restoring DACA Will Not Be Enough
Just because President Trump and his immigration polices won’t be around much longer, doesn’t mean immigration advocates will go easy on President-elect Joe Biden. Immigration advocates expect Biden to do more than restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Many advocates also want Biden to atone for the mistakes made …
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