K. Michelle is never one to mince words. With the arrival of “Birthday,” the club-ready first offering from her upcoming fourth album Kimberly: The People I Used to Know, the Memphis, Tenn. native enters yet another chapter of her career, this time more honest than before. Read the full story (source): K. Michelle On New Album ‘Kimberly:…… MORE
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Philando Castile Paid For Students’ Lunches. Now A New Fund Carries On His Legacy | Huffington Post – Black Voices
A new fund named after Philando Castile aims to carry on his legacy by paying for student lunches, which he would often do for children in need. “When a student couldn’t pay for their lunch, a lot of times [Castile] actually paid for their lunch out of his own pocket,” Stacy Koppen, nutritional services director for St.…… MORE
Solange Announces Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concert | VIBE.com
Solange will be donating proceeds from a special show in Boston next month to the victims of Hurricane Harvey Read the full story (source): Solange Announces Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concert … MORE
A Bobbi Kristina Biopic Is On The Way | VIBE.com
photo credit: Instragram/ @realbkristinahg Two years after Bobbi Kristina’s death, TV One announced that a forthcoming biopic about her life will hit the small screen in October. On Monday (Aug. 28), during the premiere of When Love Kills, the network released a trailer for the film, appropriately titled Bobbi Kristina, with Joy Rovaris in the principal role. Read the full story…… MORE
Regina King To Direct ‘This Is Us’ Episode | VIBE.com
While King is a two-time Emmy winner, she has spent almost as much time behind the camera as she has in front. She reportedly made her directing debut in 2013, working on Southland. And since then, she has logged a number of behind-the-scenes credits on episodes of ABC’s Scandal and The Catch, BET’s Being Mary Jane, OWN’s Greenleaf, and many more.…… MORE
National Civil Rights Museum Statement on Charlottesville, Virginia 2017
The ugly underbelly of America exposed itself this weekend as “white nationalists” marched on Charlottesville, Virginia in opposition to the removal of a confederate statue. A 20-year old Nazi sympathizer was arrested for using his car to ram through a group of counter protesters, killing a 32-year old woman. Their mission was just as clear in 2017 as it was when Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the KKK in 1865 — hate and terror.… MORE
New Edition: The Videos, The Music, The Drama | BET
Feuds, rip-offs, breakups, reunions, even onstage intra-band fistfights—legendary boy band New Edition has dealt with all of it and more throughout the group’s storied career. Emerging from the Orchard Park projects of Boston, the childhood friends quickly rose from local heroes to international superstars in 1983, with a series of instantly classic singles and sold-out…… MORE
Petition To Remove R. Kelly From Soulquarius Surfaces
Soulquarius, the “R&B Jam” concert heading to California in February, is gearing up to be an enjoyable show for R&B lovers, but a group of people isn’t pleased with one of the show’s headliners. Well, that escalated quickly. Read the full story (source): Petition To Remove R. Kelly From Soulquarius Surfaces… MORE
Tommy Ford, ‘Martin’ Star, Dies at 52 – Us Weekly
TMZ reports that Ford’s family made the decision to take him off of life support Wednesday afternoon days after he entered the hospital on Sunday for a ruptured aneurysm in his abdomen. Ford was best known for his role as Thomas “Tommy” Strawn on the Fox sitcom series Martin, which aired from 1992 to 1997.…… MORE
Toronto: Netflix Buys Young Barack Obama Movie ‘Barry’ | Variety
Netflix has bought worldwide rights to “Barry,” a week after the young Barack Obama movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is set in New York City with Obama as a college student faced with questions about race, culture, and identity. “Barry” premiered in the Special Presentations section at the Ryerson Theater…… MORE
