J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, granting the rapper his fourth chart-topper and notching the third-largest debut of 2016, according to Nielsen Music. The set earned 492,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 15. Only the bows of Drake’s Views (1.04 million units) and Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000) were larger this year. Of
Black Lives Matter T-shirts only matter so much to Walmart. The retail chain announced Tuesday it will stopping selling a Black Lives Matter shirt on its website after the country’s largest police union demanded its removal and accused the company of “profiting from racial division.” Walmart plans to nix a shirt and hoodie that said
Twenty years after his untimely death, Tupac Shakur’s music, life and influence is still respected and potent as ever, so it’s no surprise the beloved rapper along with an impressive class of musicians will be inducted into the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tuesday morning (Dec. 20) news of ‘Pac’s induction–along with Nile Rodgers
There are actresses, and then there’s Viola Davis. The 51-year-old Academy-Award nominee has been enticing moviegoers for years, and more recently captivated viewers as the morally watered down Annalise Keating on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder. On Christmas day, Davis will shine bright like a diamond once again in Fences, starring opposite Denzel Washington who
An upcoming docuseries on A&E will go inside the Ku Klux Klan. The television network will premiere an eight-part docuseries about four KKK-affiliated families on Jan. 10, called “Generation KKK.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is meant to create a dialoguebetween those in the KKK and their family members who oppose their views. None
Ezekiel Elliot’s antics at his latest game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday evening (Dec. 18), has everyone in the giving spirit. The former Buckeye running back scampered into the end-zone for 2 of his 158 rushing yards, but made his way to jump and hide inside a life-sized Salvation Army Red Kettle after scoring to
First Lady, Michelle Obama made it quite clear how she feels about the disappointing “angry black woman” label. Mrs. Obama says the slanderous label says more about the “person or people who wrote it” and is not a reflection on who she is as a person. Since her time in the White House, FLOTUS has been slammed with the
In an hourlong, one-on-one discussion for the third episode of The Undefeated In-Depth, Serena Williams and Common came together to chat about various topics such as success. body image, race and sexism in the sports world. The ESPN series aims to highlight black sports stars, and in the specials, the athletes discuss a wide array of topics
Feel the breeze and ‘get caught’ up with the 17th Annual Soul Beach Music Festival hosted by Aruba, featuring multi-award winner and worldwide phenomenon Usher and prolific Grammy award-winning icons The Roots, set to deliver amped-up main stage concert performances sure to make spirits soar this Memorial Day weekend, May 24-29, 2017. Soul Beach Music Festival, previously named #4 by USA Today
After a delay, Apple’s new wireless ear danglers went on sale last week with a price tag of $159 a pair. The company welcomed the launch by updating its iPhone Service Pricing Page with details on repairs and replacements, namely that a single AirPod runs $69 whether its under warranty or not. The semi-good news