photo credit: Ron Ellis / Shutterstock.com Six Dr. Seuss books will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery. Those books include the following: “McElligot’s Pool” “On Beyond Zebra!” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” “The Cat’s Quizzer “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” “If I Ran the Zoo” In “And to Think…… read more »
Johnson & Johnson vaccine offers strong protection against serious illness, hospitalizations and death. This one dose was 85% protective against the most severe COVID-19 illness. J&J initially is providing a few million doses and shipments to states that could begin as early today. By the end of March, J&J has said it expects to deliver 20…… read more »
photo credit: s_bukley / Shutterstock.com In the words of Jay-Z, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!” It’s two things Jay-Z doesn’t lack and that is his lyricism and how to make money to continue to build his empire. Jay-Z sold half of his champagne brand to Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Now though that may…… read more »
A settlement has been reached in NC NAACP v. Cooper. This is in regards to the lawsuit challenging the conditions of confinement in North Carolina’s state prisons amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This settlement will result in the early release of at least 3,500 people in state custody. This set release will make it among the…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson / Shutterstock.com The owner of a Runyon Canyon vacation rental home sued DaBaby on Monday, alleging that the rapper assaulted him and stole his phone when he tried to shut down an unauthorized music video shoot last December. Gary Pagar states that DaBaby rented the property on condition that no more…… read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com 50 cent is turning his bestselling book The 50th Law, into a Netflix series with the help of Black-ish creator and executive producer, Kenya Barris. The idea to adapt the book was brought to Kenya Barris by longtime collaborator, Hale Rothstein. Rothstein and Barris are set to write the show’s pilot…… read more »
photo credit: Tony Bowler / Shutterstock.com Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion and winner of a record-tying 82 PGA Tour tournaments, was seriously injured in a car wreck in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Woods was involved in a single-car accident just after 10 a.m. on Tuesday about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Woods was…… read more »
photo credit: Arturo Holmes / Shutterstock.com Meek Mill is facing backlash after an unreleased song of his that mentions the death of Kobe Bryant surfaced. “And if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe,” the artist raps in the song, which is reportedly titled, “Don’t Worry.” On Monday, Bryant’s…… read more »
Bobby Shmurda, rapper of the hit music video that popularized the Shmoney Dance, was paroled on Tuesday after spending more than 4 years behind bars for a drug gang conviction. Authorities arrested Shmurda in late 2014 after he left a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall, only days after he performed “Hot Boy” for a…… read more »
Chadae J went to visit a great nonprofit organization in Greenville. Executive director, Sharon Cooper, immediately welcomed me with open arms. Walking in and seeing countless amount of resources to prepare your child for school instantly gave me a sense of hope. Each year, the Partnership invests over $2.6 million into children birth through five in…… read more »