HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: John Leyba / Getty Dikembe Mutombo, the shot-blocking NBA legend and member of its Hall of Fame, has passed away. He was only 58. NBA analyst Shams Charania reported that Mutombo passed away from brain cancer. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver released a statement announcing the eight-time NBA All-Star, four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and beloved philanthropist’s death. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA,” said Silver. “Off the floor, he poured his heart…
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‘Tis the season for HBCU homecomings… When the leaves change colors, the tailgate vittles get tastier and the bands polish up their choreo for battle! Source: Paras Griffin / Getty This is the time of year when our friends who attended PWIs truly question that decision. But HBCUs are much more than homecomings. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have provided and continue to provide crucial centers for education, empowerment, and community for Black students. Founded during a time when segregation kept many African Americans from accessing college educations, HBCUs became the places where Black students could obtain a valuable…
Disney has a captivating young star in Janice LeAnn Brown, who plays a young Wizard in training for their new series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, premiering October 29. Source: Courtesy / Disney The series, which was executive produced by original Wizards of Waverly Place cast members David Henrie and Selena Gomez, follows an adult Justin Russo, who has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo. When Justin’s sister Alex brings Billie to his home seeking help, Justin realizes he must dust off his magical skills to mentor the wizard-in-training while also juggling his…
MadameNoire Featured Video Source: KikoStock / Getty Many years ago, Auntie Mary J. Blige conveyed to us in one of her timeless hits, “sleep don’t come easy,” and she was absolutely right. To this day, getting a good night sleep is something many yearn for, but lack. Endless nights marked by a relentless struggle to find the solace of sleep can cast a shadow on one’s well-being. Although some have the ability to effortlessly slip into slumber like a newborn the instant their heads meet the pillow, a considerable number struggle with the nightly task of falling asleep. In…
Titus Kaphar has a hypothetical for me.“Maybe you have a challenge with your father because he was a reasonable, kind, loving man — and all of a sudden he started supporting Trump and you watched him change,” the writer-director tells me while contemplating a central theme in his new film, “Exhibiting Forgiveness.” “What does that conversation around forgiveness look like?”Kaphar does this a few times throughout our chat: pointing to an experience he and I might share, so I can better understand some of his most conflicting thoughts portrayed in his debut movie. He usually doesn’t wait for me to…
Barack Obama has drawn fury form black men after he launched an astonishing attack claiming that ‘brothers’ who don’t vote for Kamala Harris are sexist.The former president, 63, addressed supporters during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh last week, where he claimed that there was a lack of enthusiasm for the vice president ‘that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.’Obama said: ‘You’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that´s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down? That´s not acceptable.’ But his desperate…
A Democrat consultant who raised millions for the party has warned that it has betrayed its roots to become a lobbyists’ plaything in thrall to celebrity supporters.Evan Barker has campaigned for the party since high school and was ‘thrilled’ to attend the DNC in Chicago where Kamala Harris was crowned as the party’s presidential candidate.But once there she realized the stranglehold that liberal billionaires now have over policy platforms – at the expense of the working people it is supposed to represent.And the party has not heeded the lessons of its stuttering support in the polls, with VP pick Tim…
MISSOURI CITY NATIVE SUPPORTS U.S. NAVY SQUADRON – African American News and Issues October 16, 2023, HOUSTON, TX – Congressional Candidate Amanda Edwards has raised over $1 million in less than 4 months, a substantial sum that helps bolster the frontrunner status of the former At-Large Houston City Council Member in her bid for U.S. Congress. Edwards raised over $433,000 in Q3 of 2023. This strong Q3 report expands on a successful Q2 where Edwards announced just 11 days after declaring her candidacy that she had raised over $600,000. With over $829,000 in cash-on-hand at the end of the September…
Hellobeautiful Featured Video CLOSE Source: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Former NFL star Ryan Clark condemned Andrew Schulz and the hosts of the ShxtsNGigs podcast for their disparaging remarks about Black women during a viral interview on the latter’s Flagrant show released in July. Clark, who hosts The Pivot podcast, shared a clip from an upcoming episode on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 19, where he criticized ShxtsNGigs hosts James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu for laughing at Schulz’s offensive joke about the so-called “Black girlfriend effect.” In the clip, Duncan suggested that white men dating Black women tend to transform…
Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), speaks with media at the airport before he departs on September 14, 2024, in Greenville, North Carolina. | Source: Allison Joyce / Getty It appears that the Trump administration is currently scraping the bottom of its barrel of excuses for why Donald Trump and JD Vance keep lying to everyone about everything with no concern for who their lies put in harm’s way. On Sunday, Vance sat down for an interview with CNN, and, with a straight face, argued that he and Trump lie in order for the people to see…