Daily Archives: November 3, 2008

BARACK OBAMA’S GRANDMOTHER, MADELYN DUNHAM HAS PASSED

MRS. MADELYN DUNHAM, the maternal grandmother of SEN. BARACK OBAMA, has passed away on the eve this historic election. 
Dunham passed away at her home in Hawaii after a long battle with cancer, Obama’s campaign office has confirmed. Obama briefly left the campaign trail last week to visit with his grandmother (whom he called ‘Toot’, a [...]

IS IT JUST ME?

Or are NICK & MARIAH CAREY-CANNON becoming the Black Spencer & Heidi? (And don’t you dare act like you don’t know who they are either.)
Nick now directs all of Mariah’s videos
Nick’s career is umm…
Mariah is playing up the hot, air-head bit
And they’re all corny & attention-seeking…There I said it. Carry on.

CLINICAL DEPRESSION: LEARN FROM ISAIAH & SHAKIR

With the recent suicide of Def Jam VP SHAKIR STEWART and the recent overdose attempt of NBA legend ISAIAH THOMAS, clinical depression and the African-American community is more prevelant than ever. 
But there still remains a lot of confusion and stigma in the Black community over a very common and devastaing disorder: Clinical Depression.
We get so [...]

FLY/NOT SO FLY!: RETIRED SUPERMODEL EDITION

Two women: IMAN & VERONICA WEBB
One Event: Black Girls Rock Awards
IMAN looked every bit the glam goddess she is in this pic from this weekends Black Girls Rock Awards in LA. Her black and gold cocktail dress, complete with a sexy sweetheart neckline is both chic and age appropriate. and don’t get me started on [...]

REMEMBER THIS: BLACK MEN UNITED ‘U WILL KNOW’

‘U Will Know’ was recorded as apart of the Jason’s Lyric soundtrack. Over 30 R&B groups and solo artists united to sing anthem written and produced by D’Angelo.
Man! Watching this is so wild on so many levels. First of all the song, recored in 1994, takes me back. But beyond that, it’s crazy to think [...]

NEW STUDY LINKS VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES WITH CHILDHOOD AGGRESSION

About 90 percent of U.S. kids ages 8 to 16 play video games, and they spend about 13 hours a week doing so (more if you’re a boy). Now a new study suggests virtual violence in these games may make kids more aggressive in real life.
Kids in both the U.S. and Japan who reported playing [...]

JAY-Z HOSTS HIS FINAL ‘VOTE FOR CHANGE’ RALLY

In the home stretch of what has been the most exciting (and draining) election of our lifetime, JAY-Z continued to stomp for Obama with a last chance rally in Miami over the weekend. 
RUSSELL SIMMONS, DIDDY, MARY J. BLIGE and KEVIN LILES all came down to address the crowd. And Congressmen JESSE JACKSON JR and KENDRICK [...]