ESSENCE MAGAZINE FRONT COVER (AUGUST ISSUE) USHER & USHER V
R&B star Usher and his cute son Usher V, grace the cover of August’s edition of Essence Magazine. Source
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FEMALE RAPPERS UNITE TO FORM ‘FEM MOVEMENT’
Four of the most recognizable – and possibly most underrated – female rappers in recent years are being united by a new project that aims to renew the female emcee’s presence in commercial Hip-Hop. Babs Bunny, Lady Luck, Amil, and the Lady of Rage have come together to create the Females Earning Money, or FEM Movement. The four women are hoping to reap the benefits of unity without losing their individual solo status, explained co-executive producer Uneek, who developed the new Movement […]
PICS OF THE DAY: THE ESSENCE FESTIVAL (DAY 3) – NEW ORLEANS
Singer Solange with her father/manager Matthew Knowles Comedian Chris Rock Singer Keyshia Cole with friend Mary J Blige Mary struts her stuff Actress Keisha Knight Pulliam (Rudy from the Cosby Show) UK artist Estelle
UK NEWS: EX-BOXING CHAMPION CHRIS EUBANK (AND FORMER WIFE) GIVE UP TEENAGE SONS FOR ADOPTION
Chris Eubank poses with family for 2003 reality show. (Chris Junior and Sebastian are standing at the back). Chris Eubank has secretly given up his two teenage sons for adoption in America, it was claimed yesterday. The bankrupt ex-boxing champion is said to have handed over the boys to a Las Vegas woman after a chance meeting in Paris. Chris Junior, 18, and 16-year-old Sebastian are living in the Nevada gambling mecca with single mother Irene Hutton, 51. Eubank, 41, was accused of visiting his sons […]
UK NEWS: DIZZEE RASCAL HIT THE UK NO.1 SPOT
Rapper Dizzee Rascal has captured his first UK number single, which has gone straight in at the top of the chart. Dance Wiv Me won its battle with dance act Basshunter’s song All I Ever Wanted, which came in at number three behind Ne-Yo, last week’s chart topper. Dizzee’s previous high in the singles chart was 11 with Stand Up Tall. (Source) I’m not the biggest Dizzee Rascal fan but I do like this track! Congratulations Dizzee!
PICS OF THE DAY: THE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL
The annual Essence Music Festival (Day 2) took place yesterday (July 5th) in New Orleans Louisiana, USA. Bill Cosby and Al Sharpton LL Cool J Patti La belle Jill Scott Jill Musiq
VIACOM WINS RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUTUBE RECORDS
Google has been ordered to surrender the data of users that watch YouTube videos, including videos streamed on other websites, to Viacom. The ruling was made by Judge Stanton of the federal court for the Southern District of New York. YouTube user data now available to Viacom includes usernames, videos viewed and IP addresses, which Viacom can use to identify some individuals through ISPs – making users potentially liable for copyrighted material they consumed, the same way the RIAA pursued peer-to-peer file sharers. […]
UK NEWS: FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 16 YEAR OLD SHAKILUS TOWNSEND
Murdered: Shakilus Townsend Five people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Shakilus Townsend, police said today. Officers arrested one person around 9pm yesterday and the others this morning, Scotland Yard said. Shakilus, 16, was stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat in an attack in Thorton Heath, south London, on Thursday. He died from his injuries the following day. Two men aged 22 and 18, and two teenage boys aged 16 and 17, and a 16-year-old girl have been […]
EBONY MAGAZINE COLLECTORS EDITION – THE 25 COOLEST BROTHERS OF ALL TIME
Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Denzel Washington, Billy Dee Williams, Samuel L Jackson, Muhammed Ali, Marvin Gaye and Prince, all grace the cover of Ebony Magazine’s August collectors edition. View more covers here
LONDON’S 18TH STAB VICTIM THIS YEAR: VICTIM’S PARENTS THANK WOMAN
Beaten and stabbed to death: 16 year old Shakilus Townsend The parents of a 16-year-old knife victim have paid an emotional thank you to a woman who scared off his attackers and desperately tried to save him. Shakilus Townsend’s mother Nicola Dyer and father Derek visited the scene of their son’s death in Thornton Heath, south London, on Friday night. They and other relatives thanked Sharon Simpson, 47, for her brave actions. Shakilus was repeatedly stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat […]
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