Atlanta
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 13: Lysette Titi, 'Young, Sad and Blue'
For years, I knew very little about Lysette. For instance, I had no idea her actual artist name (at the time) was Lysette Titi. I didn’t know she was from the D.C. area. I had no idea she was, at one point, a lead singer for legendary D.C. go-go band Backyard Band. All I knew…
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From Morehouse College’s Bookstore to My Gate at the Airport in Under 40 Minutes: An Atlanta Story
Let’s just give you all the punchline first: Dear people who live in Atlanta, I made it from Morehouse College’s campus bookstore to my actual gate at Hartsfield-Jackson in under 40 minutes, while gassing up my rental car and dropping it off to the facility in between. Also, I have receipts to prove it. Seems…
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 7: Mother’s Finest, 'Love Changes'
I came to know this song by way of one of the greatest groups ever assembled: Immature. The trio of Marques “Batman” Houston, Jerome “Romeo” Jones and Kelton “LDB” Kessee recorded “Feel the Funk” in 1995 for the white-savior extraordinaire film Dangerous Minds soundtrack (it was also included on their 1995 album, We Got It).…
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T.I. Awards $25,000 College Scholarship in Memory of His Sister to an HBCU Student and Single Mom
T.I. is turning his personal pain into a bit of good fortune for a deserving college student. The rapper and reality-TV personality has started a scholarship fund in the name of his sister Antoinette “Precious” Harris Chapman, who died earlier this year. “My sister Precious was a single mother who worked to make life better…
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Offset
Georgia law enforcement officers have issued a felony arrest warrant for rapper Offset, also known as Cardi B-minus, one-third of the Migos. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that police in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Ga., have issued an arrest warrant for Kiari Kendrell Cephus (which ranks No. 2 on the official list of the blackest…
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Real Housewives Of Atlanta’s Eva Marcille Is Expecting Baby No. 3
Congratulations are in order for Eva Marcille of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and hubby Michael Sterling. The recently married pair are expecting again, making baby No. 3 for the former Top Model, and No. 2 for Sterling. “Michael and I couldn’t be more excited to announce baby No. 3 is on board!” Marcille tells People…
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Cory Booker Proposes Getting a Day Off to Get Your Vote On
Saying there is a need for a “new Voting Rights Act,” U.S. Sen. Cory Booker promised a number of voting reforms if he became president in 2020, including making Election Day a national holiday and restoring the voting rights of ex-felons. “During my presidency, we will fight to protect and expand every American’s right to…
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Big Pimpin': Ex University Employee and AKA Adviser Among 7 Indicted in Fort Valley State Prostitution Case
A Fort Valley State University employee and adviser to the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha who resigned after being accused of running an on-campus prostitution ring is among seven people who have been formally indicted on prostitution and pimping charges in the case. In addition to charges of prostitution, Alecia Johnson, 49, also was…
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The Ultimate Oxymoron? ‘Family-Friendly’ Freaknik Is Planned for Atlanta This Summer
Sometimes a name change is in order. Remember Freaknik? If you’re old enough, you may recall the hedonistic Atlanta bacchanal that was the place to be during spring break if you were young, black and free in the ‘80s and ‘90s. What started out as a modest event among a group of Atlanta HBCU students,…
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Wild Ride: Suspect in 9-Year-Old’s Hit-and-Run Says He Was Fighting Off Carjacker When He Crashed
Police have arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run of a 9-year-old Georgia girl and her 11-year-old friend who were playing in her front yard when a car came barreling across the lawn and hit the 9-year-old head-on. But in a wild twist, the suspect says he was fighting off a carjacker at the time of…