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Ain’t Too Proud Showstopper Ephraim Sykes to Play Michael Jackson on Broadway
So you wanna be startin’ somethin’? You got to to be starting something! Broadway has crowned its King of Pop. Ephraim Sykes will portray Michael Jackson in the upcoming MJ The Musical, which will premiere on the Great White Way next summer. “My ACTUAL wildest dream is coming true,” Sykes wrote on Instagram about the…
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Forever President Barack Obama Warns 2020 Democrats Voters 'Don't Want to See Crazy Stuff'
Will some of that old black magic work this time around? One can only hope it does. If any one can make it happen, it would be Barack Hussein Obama. Black America’s Forever President made an appearance at a Washington D.C. fundraiser Friday night. There, he doled out some advice to a room of well-heeled…
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Popeyes Worker Fired for Bringing Son to Work to Help With Chicken Sandwich Demand
Another week, another un-clucking-believable Popeyes Chicken Sandwich story. Just when we thought we’ve heard the most bizarre news surrounding the popular fast food snack—from someone being murdered while standing on line, a worker body-slamming a 55-year old woman and another woman who crashed her luxury vehicle in a drive-thru—comes more crazyment. A Texas man is…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Bait & Switch With NFL Sparks Twitter War Between Stephen A. Smith and Eric Reid
Who’s zooming who? Colin Kaepernick’s highly hyped “tryout” event for NFL scouts caused football fanatics to go apeshit yesterday. On one hand, the modern-day folk hero (who actually sacrificed his professional career in the name of black people killed by police) made a last-minute switch of venue from the Atlanta Falcons compound to Charles Drew…
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South Jersey Man Accused of Anti-Semitic Vandalism, Plotting to Kill Black Shoppers with Machete at Mall
The sickness is so deep! Racism and mental illness is a deadly combination. Folks in North Central New Jersey could’ve felt the full effect of this as some fool who authorities said ordered vandalism of Midwestern synagogues plotted to “let loose” on black shoppers at a nearby mall. 18-year-old Richard Tobin is federal authorities’ latest…
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Lizzo Done Caught Another Case, This Time for Defamation by Postmates Delivery Driver
Lizzo, Oh No! She’s “100 % That Bitch” that stays getting sued by folks. Let me find out she got more lawsuits lodged at her than Bill Cosby. Too soon? Oh well; back to the regularly scheduled programming. The plus-sized pop star is reportedly being sued for defamation stemming from a Postmates delivery gone awry.…
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Five Days Before Scheduled Death, Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed—and Kanye West Was There Holding a Secret Revival Outside of Jailhouse
It happened in Texas! Yesterday. The power of social justice, social media and major celebrity has worked in the favor of death row inmate Rodney Reed, who was scheduled for execution on Nov. 20. On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended delaying his execution after new evidence has come to light…
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Trump-Supporting Republican Strategist Kimberly Klacik Announces Run for Elijah Cummings’ Maryland Seat
Stacey Dash had better look out. There’s another black beauty coming up in conservative political ranks—and this one is running and gunning for power in what could be a hotly contested election next year. Rising Republican strategist Kimberly Klacik has announced that she will run for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’ congressional seat. “I am…
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Smoked Out: Faith Evans Dishes On Smoking Pot With Whitney Houston
Now that Whitney Houston’s former bestie and long-rumored secret lover Robyn Crawford has (sort of) broken her silence about their “physical relationship” in her forthcoming memoir A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston, everyone seems to have a story to tell about the late R&B diva. Even Biggie’s widow turned Stevie J’s current…
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Atatiana Jefferson’s Father Dies From Heart Attack, Weeks After Daughter’s Killing By Cop
Did his broken heart led to a heart attack, leading to his untimely death? Weeks after Atatiana Jefferson was fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Fort Worth, Texas home, her father has died. Marquis Jefferson, 58, passed away Saturday night from a heart attack, at Methodist Charlton Medical Center, family spokesperson Bruce…