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Monthly Archives: January 2017

By now we’ve probably all seen Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance, which she hasn’t fully addressed herself. Carey took to twitter today to talk about the issue a little bit further before announcing she is taking a small break audio below). ” i haven’t really addressed the situation that happened on […]

Mariah Carey Issues Audio Statement About Her New Year’s Eve ...

January 8, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Dick Clark Productions / Mariah Carey by William Carter

Chance the Rapper is once again making history, this time in a different way. The 23-year-old South Side Chicago rapper is one of the new board members at the city’s DuSable Museum of African-American History, the museum being named after Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Haitian trader of African and French heritage […]

Chance the Rapper Joins The Board For Chicago’s DuSable Museum ...

January 7, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Chance The Rapper / Chicago / DuSable Museum of African-American History by William Carter

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.” “Remember This House” is an unfinished revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. “If any white man in the […]

New James Baldwin Movie: “I Am Not Your Negro”

January 6, 2017 in Entertainment tagged I Am Not Your Negro / James Baldwin / Raoul Peck by William Carter

Viola Davis received her Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star today, Davis has worked extremely hard and her hard work is paying off in recognition, a strong black woman playing strong characters, Davis is solidifying her place in history. “That wasn’t part of the dream,” Davis says, chuckling. “I feel like this is […]

Viola Davis Receives Her Star On The Hollywood Walk Of ...

January 5, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Hollywood / Hollywood Walk Of Fame / Meryl Streep / Viola Davis by William Carter

Lee Daniels is riding high off of the success of “Empire,” so he created another show, “Star.” “Star” focusing on an up and coming girl group, two members, being sisters, grew up in and out of foster care, and one sister was sexual assaulted for years. The sisters team up with another girl […]

Lee Daniels: “I Wanted White People To Feel Good About ...

January 5, 2017 in Uncategorized tagged Empire / Fox / Lee Daniels / Star by William Carter

On January 3rd, Coachella made its official announcement on who would be performing at the 2017 festival, headliners including Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, and of course, Beyoncé. At a festival, that has a good gender-mix audience, will witness a great moment in music. Not only is Beyoncé the first solo female performer to […]

Beyoncé Becomes First African-American Woman To Headline Coachella

January 5, 2017 in Uncategorized tagged Beyoncé / Coachella by William Carter

2017 is starting off a good year for Janet Jackson. The 50-year-old entertainer, and husband Wissam Al Mana, 42, welcomed a baby boy to the world on Tuesday, reports People. “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” a rep […]

Janet Jackson & Husband Wissam Al Mana Welcome A New ...

January 3, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Janet Jackson by William Carter

Rebecca Ferguson was a contestant on the X Factor UK version, the amazing talented singer was runner up in the 2010 run of the show, but has since had her own success and multiple albums. It’s no secret Donald Trump has been having trouble finding people to willingly participate and […]

Rebecca Ferguson Agrees To Perform At Trump’s Inauguration, Under One ...

January 3, 2017 in Uncategorized tagged Billie Holiday / Donald Trump / Rebecca Ferguson / Strange Fruit / X Factor by William Carter

Janelle Monae, along with Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson are the stars of the new film “Hidden Figures,” which follows the journey of the 3 African-American women who helped get man into space first. The film has drawn a much needed buzz, and rightfully so, but recently not for the film. […]

Janelle Monae States Kim Burrell Will No Longer Appear On ...

January 3, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Ellen Degeneres / Hidden Figures / Janelle Monae / Kim Burrell / The Ellen Show by William Carter

2016 had us taking a seat at the table, while drinking lemonade. #BlackGirlMagic & #CareFreeBlackBoy became extremely popular hashtags in 2016, it’s the year where some real music came back, not just in their respective genres, but music for the culture, for the movement. “Now Michelle Alexander wrote the new constitution/ Beyoncé made […]

2016: The Year Of Blackness In Music

January 2, 2017 in Culture / Music tagged Beyoncé / Chance The Rapper / Common / J. Cole / Solange by William Carter

Whether you watched it live or woke up to Mariah Carey being the number one trending topic on social media, by now you’ve seen videos from her New Years Eve performance. (If you haven’t, Watch below) Well, Carey has since responded to the criticism to her performance in a tweet, […]

What Really Happened With Mariah Carey’s Performance & Her Response: ...

January 1, 2017 in Entertainment tagged Mariah Carey / New Year's Rockin' Eve / NYE by William Carter