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Shady Phaedra Parks Caught in Yet Another Whopper, This Time About Trying to Rent Out Her House
In the latest installment of When the Good Checks Stop Coming In, Phaedra Parks, attorney and, apparently, former cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, tried to quietly make a few bucks by renting out her new home. She was bounced from the show just a few months after purchasing a $1.91 million, six-bedroom,…
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Shame on You Jeff Bezos! Amazon Data Center Threatens a Century-Old Black Va. Neighborhood
More than a few outraged citizens turned out this weekend to protest the fact that behemoth company Amazon.com, via its lackey Dominion Virginia, is attempting to seize 50 acres of land belonging to a mostly elderly African-American Northern Virginia community that dates back to slavery. The move would pave over residents’ homes and build power…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Shot and Paralyzed by Cop 28 Years Ago Dies; Coroner Rules It a Homicide
And for those who think that police brutality is a new thing because of video evidence, think again. On March 31, 1989, a Brooklyn, N.Y., man was shot and paralyzed by a cop’s bullet. He recently died, and authorities have now ruled his death a homicide. Brian Evans, 46, died of kidney failure July 11,…
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The Mooch Is Officially a Douche: He Texted His Wife After She Gave Birth, Saying ‘Congratulations,’ According to Report
You know you want to get the hell out when you file for divorce and you’re nine months pregnant. But that’s exactly what Deidre Scaramucci, née Ball, did when she filed for divorce from her husband of three years, Anthony Scaramucci, the vulgar new White House communications director, while she was full with child. The…
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Mad ‘Preacher’ Mows Down 6 in Queens, NY, Before Driving Into Pond
A wacked-out man dressed in preachers’ flowing white robes plowed into six people, critically injuring two, before driving into a pond Saturday evening. “Hallelujah!! Praise Jesus!” said the unidentified driver after emerging from a Ford Econoline van with the words “Psalm 24” and “Psalm 27” written on the back. According to the New York Daily…
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Why Detroit’s 1st Black Female Deputy Police Chief, Now 86, Says She Won’t Be Seeing Detroit
Surprise! Yet another black person eschews on-screen black-death porn. This time it is Mary Jarrett Jackson, the first woman to serve as deputy police chief in Detroit, the city for which the new film in theaters is named. “I haven’t seen the movie. I choose not to,” Jackson, 86, told HuffPost. “The riots were…
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Is the Pied Piper’s Music Finally Fading? R. Kelly Ticket Sales Way Down
Though there have always been pockets of disgust amid the black community’s seemingly undying support for R. Kelly—the R&B singer who has allegedly preyed upon young black girls and young women for decades—it looks like folks are finally getting the message about Mr. Creepy. Kellz, currently on the After Party Tour, has been reportedly singing…
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Anthony Scaramucci’s Wife Kicks Him to the Curb Like They Did Reince Priebus
Yes, there’s that old adage about karma, but we think Brand Nubian said it best: “What goes around comes back around again.” And so it goes with Anthony Scaramucci, aka Scar, aka the Mooch, aka Scaramucci Mane. Scaramucci, the new White House communications director who gleefully and crudely took part in the embarrassing undoing of…
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2 Spelman Students Die in Separate Car Accidents Less Than a Week Apart
Two young, ambitious women of Spelman College died in two separate accidents last week, one of which has seen another former Spelman student charged in the death. Rising senior Erica Lanier of Stone Mountain, Ga., died after a car accident Wednesday. The driver, Alexis Sims, was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI, according to…
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Nearly 100,000 Oppose Mike Vick’s Va. Tech Hall of Fame Nomination … Despite the Fact That He’s Clean-Cut
Former pro quarterback Michael Vick may have a nice, respectable fade and may even have paid his debt to society, but some folks have not forgiven him for fighting dogs. According to the Roanoke Times, two online petitions at Change.org had received nearly 100,000 combined signatures against his recently announced Sept. 22 induction into his…
