August 3, 2009
This Light Skin vs Dark Skin vehicle is pointless and who are those idiots ‘hamming’ it up for the camera? What was the brief from the director/producer – ‘We want to cause a stir, so say some controversial s**t, because we desperately want this documentary to be a talking point within the community’. Whatever…. The light skin / dark skin ‘debate’ is BORING! MOVE ON!!!!
August 2, 2009
Up and coming black British film Find Her Keep Her (God Son Pictures) starring comedian Kojo and video model turned actress Rachel Ritfeld. Via The Guardian It’s a Sunday afternoon in Notting Hill in west London. People are milling around the foyer of the Coronet cinema, in anticipation of the film that’s about to start. It’s not the latest Harry Potter or Hollywood action blockbuster, though. These 300 people – mostly black British men and women age 25 and upwards, with some […]
August 2, 2009
Via BBC News Israeli police are searching for a gunman who killed two people and wounded at least 10 at a gay support centre in the city of Tel Aviv. Gay leaders say it is Israel’s worst hate crime against the community. Most of the victims were gay teenagers who were meeting at the centre on Nachmani street when the gunman entered and started firing indiscriminately. Police have ordered the temporary closure of the city’s gay clubs and are releasing few details […]
August 1, 2009
Source Slum Village group member Baatin (real name Titus Glover), has died. The cause of death is not yet known but producer 9th Wonder confirmed the rapper’s death via Twitter. Baatin was a founding member of the group Slum Village, a long with T3 and the late J Dilla. Rest In Peace Baatin.
August 1, 2009
R&B/Rap’s great light skinned hope Drake, fell on stage during a performance last night. This is pretty bad because Drake was already suffering from a severe leg injury, so the pain experienced last night must have been excruciating. Get well soon.
July 31, 2009
I knew Eminem would come back with a diss record after Mariah dropped ‘Obsessed’, but I didn’t think he would bury her six feet under! For the record though, I do believe that Em and Mariah were once an item and that he speaks the truth. Mariah must be sitting somewhere bawling her eyes out while her hubby Nick Cannon tries his very best to comfort her. Click here to listen Your thoughts please…
July 31, 2009
Former international footballer and former England Manager Sir Bobby Robson has died at the age of 76 following a long battle with cancer. Rest In Peace Sir Bobby Robson.
July 30, 2009
I came across this video today and it put a huge smile on my face. I now want to party! Jamaicans just love to create some strange dance moves. LOL! I love it! Watching this and hearing those particular tracks also makes me want to book a flight to Jamaica ASAP!!!! I need to go back to the land of wood and water soon! Anyway from what I understand Global Bob ( the light skinned dude with the small afro) won Jamaica’s […]
July 30, 2009
Photograph via Mercury Today David Michael, the first black policeman to serve in the London Borough of Lewisham, will appear in a Cancer Research UK commercial later on this month. Michael was diagnosed with having prostate cancer in December last year, but later went on to have keyhole surgery to remove the tumour and has now made a full recovery. The former policeman went on to achieve the rank of detective chief inspector, and is now adviser for community relations to Lewisham […]
July 30, 2009
Rodell Vereen Via The Metro A man was filmed having sex with a horse after the owner installed CCTV cameras in the stable – because the same man had previously been convicted of molesting the same horse. Rodell Vereen, of South Carolina, was apprehended after the animal’s owner caught the act on videotape, then staked out the stable and held him at gunpoint. Vereen pleaded guilty last year to having sex with the same horse, and was sentenced to probation and placed […]