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Chicago Rapper Sentenced to 99 Years for Putting Hit Out on Mother for Life Savings, Insurance
He desperately wanted to be famous—and now he is infamous for paying a thug to kill his mother, just so he could floss and launch his rap music career. This is the tragic story of Qaw’mane Wilson, aka Young QC, a Chicago rapper. Now 30 years old, the dreadlocks-clad lyricist will most likely die in…
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New Black History: Louisiana’s Largest HBCU Launches Own CBD Line, Becoming First to Ever Do So
The Southern University and A&M College has launched its own hemp-derived CBD product line named Alafia. Considered the largest historically black university in Louisiana, the Baton Rouge-based school’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center—along with partner Ilera Holistic Healthcare—unveiled the lab tested and pesticide-free products during a press conference and ribbon-cutting at H&W Drug Store Dispensary…
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Google Kicks Off Black History Month With Greensboro, N.C., Sit-In Doodle by Compton Artist Karen Collins
As today officially marks the first day of what is regarded as Black History Month, tech giant Google is commemorating the occasion with a special Google Doodle honoring the 60th anniversary of the Greensboro, N.C., sit-in. That doodle is of Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond, better known…
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A Real Prize: On Her Birthday, Trump Administration Takes Aim at Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Standards
Donald Trump is most likely the worst person to get a gift from; especially on your birthday. Ask Michelle Obama, who saw — like everyone else — The Trump Administration proposing loosening her signature school lunch standards yesterday. Trump’s Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule would give schools more latitude to decide how much fruit to…
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More Damage to Puerto Rico as Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Rocks Island Saturday Morning
America’s “Island of Enchantment” was rocked by another earthquake—following Tuesday’s devastating magnitude 6.4 earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 8:54 a.m. quake hit 8 miles southeast of Indios, Guayanilla, in the Caribbean sea Saturday morning. Initially calculated at magnitude 6.0, the 5.9 shake caused further damage along the island’s southern coast, where previous…
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Oprah Winfrey Is ‘Awake’ but Worried, Waiting on 2020 Election Frontrunner to Emerge
Though her brand is heavily tied to optimism, Oprah Winfrey is concerned about the current state the world is in. The influential media mogul is also still weighing her options on who she will support during the upcoming presidential election. While kicking off her Weight Watchers Vision Tour in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Winfrey offered…
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White Privilege Gone Good: Uber Driver Graduates College After Passenger Pays Debt
Latonya Young is a grateful graduate. The Atlanta-based mother of three got a gift of a lifetime after a chance encounter chatting up a customer during her work shift. Young’s day job is hairstylist; she drives an Uber at night to make ends meet. She shared her life story with a passenger about how she…
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Rutgers Women’s Basketball Coach Offers Condolences to Family of Don Imus, Who Infamously Referred to Team as 'Nappy Headed Hos'
We are such a forgiving people, aren’t we? Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer offered her condolences to the family of late radio shock jock Don Imus, who infamously called her Scarlet Knights team “nappy-headed hos” during a broadcast in 2007. On Tuesday, the longtime coach read from a prepared statement at a postgame…
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Meet Danielle Outlaw, Philadelphia’s First Black Female Commissioner
The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has finally appointed a sister to run the show—and she plans to bring some real law and order to the police department. Danielle Outlaw is Philadelphia’s first African-American female police commissioner. The 45-year-old Oakland, Calif. native is a Pepperdine University alum and law enforcement veteran with more…
