“Because I Got High” musician Afroman (pictured) has publicly apologized for punching a female fan in the face and knocking her down on Tuesday, after she snuck up on stage at his Biloxi, Mississippi concert and tried to dance with him. The performer, who got arrested and was charged with assault, publicly apologized on TMZ Live for his reaction […]
“Ice Ice Baby” rapper, Vanilla Ice (pictured) aka Robert Van Winkle, was arrested Wednesday and charged with grand theft and burglarizing a Florida residence according to WABC 7 News. Van Winkle, who is now a Mr. Fix-It of sorts starring in his own DIY Network TV reality series, “The Vanilla Ice Project,” was renovating a property that was […]
Five transgender women of color have been murdered over the course of a five week period this year. According to BlackLivesMatter.com, “The average life expectancy for a Black transgender woman is 35 years.” Thursday, on “NewsOne Now,” Lourdes Hunter, Co-Founder/National Director of Trans Women of Color Collective, Cleo Manago, Behavioral Health Expert and America’s Psychologist, Dr. […]
According to a USA Today report, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube has been removed. Her condition, however, is unchanged. A source close to the situation…
According to The Condition of STEM 2013 Report, “The academic achievement gap that exists in general for ethnically diverse students is even more pronounced among those interested in the STEM fields.” In 2013, 24 percent of African American students passed the math section of the ACT while only 18 percent of African American students passed the […]
Hip-Hop music and culture have been blamed for many of the ills in society and in the African American community. Now, thanks to Geraldo Rivera, we can add a new debilitating issue to the Hip-Hop is the cause of ________ list. In an interview on HuffPost Live, Rivera, “Hip-Hop aficionado,” stated: “Hip-Hop has done more damage […]
Mounting his political offensive against ISIS, President Barack Obama dismissed the conceit that the group is fighting from a religious perspective, labeling them instead as terrorists, who in no way represent Islam, according to a White House statement. The president made the statement Wednesday at the White House in front of a group of law […]
Since Bobbi Kristina Brown (pictured), the child of the late songstress Whitney Houston and performer Bobby Brown was hospitalized on January 31, her boyfriend, whom she referred to as her “husband,” Nick Gordon (pictured,) has been trying to gain access to see her. Gordon was reportedly banned from seeing Bobbi Kristina following a heated dispute with her family, […]
UPDATED Thursday, February 19, 2015, 4:25 p.m., EST- Bill Cosby said he approves of Eddie Murphy’s reported decision not to play him on the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special, according to NBC News. “I am very appreciative of Eddie and I applaud his actions,” the embattled comedian said through a spokesman. Earlier: Legendary funnyman, Eddie […]
Police brutality has become a prevalent issue on college and university campuses. Last May Dr. Ersula Ore, an English professor at Arizona State University, was violently pushed and slammed to the ground by a campus police officer after she refused to show identification while trying to cross a campus street. Earlier this week, months after […]
UPDATED, 8:22 PM EST, 2-19-15: While commending the Department of Justice for contemplating filing a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department for racial discrimination, Justin Hansford, a civil rights lawyer, activist and professor at St. Louis University Law School, tells NewsOne the problems are not new to most residents. “We who live here didn’t need to […]
