photo credit: Nikola Spasenoski // Shutterstock After showing her creative talents and skills in the music industry for over 20 years, Missy Elliott was officially inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, making her the first female rapper to ever be inducted. Queen Latifah shared warm words on her long-lasting friendship with Missy, as she…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock Donald Trump may be telling on himself. During an Oval Office interview with ABC New’s George Stephanopoulos, Trump spoke on receiving information from a foreign government coming to him with dirt on a political opponent, saying, “I think you might want to listen. There isn’t anything wrong with listening.” Needless…… read more »
photo credit: Sterling Munksgard // Shutterstock J. Cole has been cooking up something special for a while now. In January, the North Carolina rapper has his whole Dreamville squad in Atlanta, locked in the studio for 10-days straight, during what he called Camp Dreamville, as they focused on getting new music, new sounds and the compilation album…… read more »
photo credit: lev radin // Shutterstock Boondocks is back! More good news, the original series creator, Aaron McGruder, is back as well! The reboot is described as a “complete re-imagining” of The Boondocks “for the modern era.” The announcement was made this week at the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The new reboot will follow the adventures of Huey…… read more »
photo credit: Featureflash Photo Agency // Shutterstock Singer Cassie has announced that she and her new boyfriend, Alex Fine, are expecting their first child together, a baby girl! The announcement came with cute pictures of the couple and a beautiful message from Alex to Cassie and his future daughter. View this post on Instagram Can’t wait to…… read more »
photo credit: Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock A mother in Greenville County, South Carolina was arrested after she walked into her son’s elementary school and confronted his longtime bully. Jamie Rathburn said she has kept a log of all the bullying incidents, “He got hit, kicked, hit with a computer, he was shoved, he was jerked off a slide…… read more »
photo credit: FotoAndalucia // Shutterstock Pitt Community College announced on Wednesday that, effective July 1, it will take ownership of Mitchell’s Hair Styling Academy in Greenville. Mitchell’s Hair Styling Academy, located at 426 East Arlington Boulevard, near Buffalo Wild Wings, has operated PCC’s Cosmetology training program for more than 36 years, under a contract with the college. On Wednesday, PCC…… read more »
photo credit: TZIDO SUN // Shutterstock Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran’s brother, John, is the most recent to have died while visiting another country. He was found dead in his hotel room in the Dominican Republic in April. The family was told he passed from a heart attack, but no autopsy has been done yet. Since June 2018,…… read more »
photo credit: Riccosta // Shutterstock Linda Fairstein, a former prosecutor who became a novelist, who has been the focus of public outrage since Netflix began streaming a series based on the Central Park Five case, has criticized the show in an op-ed as “so full of distortions and falsehoods as to be an outright fabrication.” Since the…… read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock A young boy is headed to Hollywood after receiving the golden buzzer on America’s Got Talent. Violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, 11, is from Raleigh, he says he turned to music after being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 4. He impressed the judges while playing a rendition of Kelly Clarkson’s song…… read more »