In what sounds like a reverse ripped-from-the-headlines plot, a drama about the aftermath of a police shooting involving a black officer and a white teenager in a small Tennessee town has been green-lit by Fox. Shots Fired, a short event series, reunites Sanaa Lathan with Love & Basketball director Gina Prince-Bythewood, along with her husband,…

Last month, rapper Lil Boosie announced that he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Boosie posted on Instagram informing his fans of his diagnosis and asked for prayers. “I need all my fans to pray for me[.] [My] [d]octor just told me I have cancer on my kidneys. [P]rayer is power, that’s why I’m letting the…

Updated Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, 11:57 a.m.: According to AL.com, Studdard received an honorary master’s degree. Earlier: American Idol winner Ruben Studdard has another degree to hang on the wall. The singer announced on Instagram that he received his Master of Arts degree at Alabama A&M University Friday. Studdard also attended Alabama A&M for undergrad…

Kelly Rowland’s rise to fame started in Destiny’s Child, but now she wants to give a new generation a chance at stardom, and BET is going to help make that happen. Rowland’s new series, Chasing Destiny, is set to premiere on BET April 5. The series will follow Rowland on her quest to make the…

In 2008, Jennifer Hudson’s mother, nephew and brother were killed by her brother-in-law, William Balfour, in Chicago. Several months after the murders, Balfour was sentenced to three life terms in prison. With the controversy surrounding Spike Lee’s newest movie, Chi-raq, many questioned why Hudson chose to star in a movie that doesn’t exactly do anything for…

Charles Barkley isn’t known to mince words when it comes to basketball or politics. Sure, occasionally his comments aren’t what people want to hear and have caused a few eyebrows to rise, but that’s the magic of Barkley-isms. And it’s surprising that during Thursday night’s NBA postgame coverage on TNT, the former NBA star was…

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made news this week after stating that black college students don’t do well at more advanced colleges and should attend slower-track schools. The comment was made during Wednesday’s hearing in the affirmative action case Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas. “There are those who contend that it does not benefit African…

Thursday morning marked another milestone in Michelle Obama’s time as the first lady: She rapped. Again. And it was a glorious occasion. Well, glorious for those of us not named Sasha or Malia. Obama dropped a verse on a new song encouraging students to attend college. The video, which featured comedian Jay Pharoah, may have…

Just call her “Flow-tus,” because Michelle Obama has flow and bars. The first lady teamed up with Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharoah in a new rap song that encourages teens to attend college. In the video, produced by College Humor, Pharoah and Obama rap about the benefits of attending college, minus the student loans, of…

When President Barack Obama’s presidential term comes to an end, the White House will probably end up being a little bland. And you can probably assume that whoever ends up taking his place won’t be blasting Kendrick Lamar in the Oval Office. In a recent interview with People magazine, the president said that his favorite song of…