There’s no doubt that Michael Jackson was an innovator and an icon but his legendary status didn’t come without many scandals. Take a look back at some of Michael’s most controversial moments. Visit TheUrbanDaily.com for the complete list of MJ drama and controversy.
We like to think of the racial violence of America’s recent past as an aberration, that it cropped up during an especially hostile moment in history and went away suddenly. A closer look at the reality of racial violence — lynching in particular — suggests, however, that America’s predilection for the slaughter of black men is alive and well […]
By now everyone knows that the Prep Kickoff Classic is the premier season-opening high school football event in Michigan which is organized by the Detroit…
Podcast: Download In this special edition of the “NewsOne Now” Audio Podcast we talk with some of your favorite music artist. Check out our interviews with Raheem DeVaughn, Brian McKnight, Melba Moore, Donnie McKlurlkin, Smokie Norful and more. We’re talking more than just music, we’re talking about business, politics and partying with the performers you know […]
While today (August 29) would have marked his 56th birthday, NewsOne fondly remembers Michael Jackson as a peerless superstar that has influenced some of music’s biggest current stars. Check out our list of 10 facts that casual fans may not have known about the notoriously private Michael Jackson. Take a look at NewsOne.com’s full rundown of the “10 […]
Action movies bad*ss Wesley Snipes (pictured), whose film absence has been quite noticeable over the last few years as he recently ended a nearly three-year stint in prison, is now out and back! According to the New York Daily News, Snipes will reprise his 1998 starring role in the “Blade” series of films that generated two sequels, a […]
Cell phone footage of Minneapolis police tasing and arresting a Black man, Chris Lollie (pictured), for sitting in a skyway in January has gone viral on YouTube. SEE ALSO: Here’s How Black Women, Korean Men Date The Same The clip shows Lollie walking with an inquiring officer in Downtown St. Paul’s First National Bank Building. Apparently, someone […]
Another day, another study on dating and marriage for black women. The latest wave of research has come from online dating sites, which has analyzed the dating habits and behaviors of folks on some of the most popular sites. Well, eHarmony recently released data that reveals something new about the dating behavior of black women: They […]
Destiny Walker, 27, was reunited with her 2-year-old son at a College Park, Georgia police station after he was found wandering behind a gas station dumpster, according to WSB-TV. An unidentified woman summoned police to report the little boy after a homeless man flagged down her car to tell her that the small child had been walking aimlessly behind the […]
Credit scoring is an imperfect science. In essence, it’s about estimating how likely someone is to pay back money borrowed based on their history of doing so in the past. Given a number of situational factors, it’s important though the the industry reexamine its standards every now and then. Well, there’s some good news: apparently the […]
The death of Michael Brown (pictured), an African-American 18-year-old unarmed youth who was senselessly executed on August 9th by Darren Wilson, a White cop, was not in vain. The Brown incident, which struck a chord in countless folks across the country, has a stirred the rap community to come to arms with their microphones against the strong-arm […]
The LAPD has released the names of two officers involved in Ezell Ford’s (pictured) fatal shooting, the Los Angeles Times reports. SEE ALSO: Guy From Meme Turns Out To Be A Darren Wilson Supporter Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas are both assigned to the Newton Division Gang enforcement detail. Records show Wampler has been with […]
