Rapper and Chicago native, Kanye West, has plans to give back to troubled youth in his hometown this summer with the upcoming launch of the “Got Bars” music writing and production program. In August, West’s nonprofit organization, Donda’s House — founded in honor of his late mother Dr. Donda West — and the ARK of […]
Award-winning music director Aswad Ayinde, 55, was found guilty of repeatedly raping one of his six daughters and sentenced to 50 years in prison, reports the Daily Mail. This was the second of five expected trials. Ayinde was previously found guilty of raping a separate daughter in a 2011 trial and sentenced to 40 years. […]
Washington Metropolitan police are viewing a recent robbery in the diverse neighborhood of Adams Morgan as a hate crime after a group of black men allegedly robbed a white man in the name of Trayvon Martin. According to District of Columba police, the man was approached by three males early Saturday morning in the 1700 block […]
Italy’s first black minister was forced to endure an ugly act of racism over the weekend when someone in the crowd threw bananas at her during a rally. Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s minister of integration, was speaking to supporters in the town of Cervia when the bananas came hurling from the crowd, falling short of the stage. […]
