The Black community has lost another treasure. A representative for the family recently confirmed that actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died on Wednesday…

We’re sad to report Rickey Smiley lost his brother-in-law to cancer last week. While him and his family continue to grieve, he wanted to give a special word to others suffering a loss, too. Listen to this Praise Break to hear Rickey Smiley’s message to anyone who has lost a loved one. In addition, hear him give thanks […]

When it comes to getting props on the internet, people will go to extreme  lengths just for a virtual co-sign. One Spanish young man paid…

Tragedy struck the popular music festival SXSW. A car busted through barricades and struck 25 people leaving two dead, five in critical condition, and the rest with…

Oscar-winning and critically acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found dead Sunday afternoon in his New York City apartment, reports the Wall Street Journal. Read more below from WSJ: The New York Police Department is investigating, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is working to determine the exact cause of death. The […]

It’s a sad time in the literary world. Controversial poet and author Amiri Baraka died yesterday in a Newark, New Jersey hospital. Baraka, whose real…

The world lis still trying to wrap its head around the loss of South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela meant so much to…

The incomparable Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 9, 1963 and she died on February 11, 2012.

             The wrongful death case brought on by the Jackson family against concert promotion company AEG is unearthing more inconvenient truths about most of the…

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  According to Toofab.com Hollywood is reacting in a big way to the news of the death of beloved Soprano’s actor James Gandolfini. Celebs have been taking…