The breakout stars from VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta—music producer Stevie J and his ex-stripper boo Joseline Hernandez—are moving on up the reality-show ladder. According to the Alanta Journal-Constitution, the duo are getting their own spin-off show on VH1.  It might be a good thing. In one of his last scenes, Stevie J wrote…

At first glance, Minister Louis Farrakhan and Eminem may look like an odd pairing. But not so much, when you think about how Detroit is such a significant starting point for the Nation of Islam. Both men—Minister Louis Farrakhan and rapper Eminem—have strong ties to the city.  The minister and Eminem met in Detroit earlier…

The late, great Ray Charles could have seen this coming.  Nothing has been confirmed by network executives or producers associated with the show, but a little birdie told the New York Post’s Page Six that Terrence Howard’s screen time on Empire this upcoming season has been drastically reduced because of all the messy details spilling out from his…

Janet Jackson took to social media Monday to express her condolences for the late, great Aaliyah. Jackson tweeted a photo of a brief, handwritten note she wrote. In it she described the “sacred,” “everlasting” and “pure” bond that she and Aaliyah shared. A bond that she said “will endure.” She ended it with: “I love…

The portrayal of the beef between Marion “Suge” Knight and Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton has people talking about the fallout between the members of N.W.A, Eazy-E’s untimely death and the role that Suge Knight allegedly played in the entire situation. Eazy-E’s third son, Yung Eazy, posted a message on Instagram Thursday and said that…

It’s quickly becoming the No. 1 choice for 20-something and 30-something career changers who are fed up with their current gigs and want to learn a valuable skill quickly. Coding—also called programming or software engineering—is the go-to field for these types of transitions. Coders learn how to build websites, apps and the digital products and…

If you’re anything like me, once you get on YouTube and start watching Aaliyah interviews, you can’t stop. Three hours later, and you’re still entranced by her whispery voice, her mild-mannered and sweet temperament, and this mystique about her that made her death in 2001 feel so completely wrong and inappropriate.  Today marks the 14th…

Beyoncé has not answered a single question posed to her by the media in over a year. She speaks when she wants to and seems to prefer that we look to her music for messages that she’d like to get across to the general public.  In the meantime, we have actress and singer Jade Novah…

Man, if Serena Williams doesn’t have every black chick walking around with her head held up extra high, twitching her waist just a little bit more, and doing the George Jefferson up and down the hallways at work.  Williams reigns supreme on and off the tennis court, and the enormity of her success was captured…

Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Azealia Banks’ cup runneth over. The retro-punk rapper and singer who rose to mixtape fame with her hit single “212”—and a few highly publicized disputes with other celebrities over issues like racism and cultural appropriation—is fed up with media, but more specifically with black…