As further proof that there is nothing new under the sun, the documentary “Manchild” tells the story of Schea Cotton who came before LeBron James. He came up during the time of Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett but had the…
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Feb 11 2016
Ryan Coogler to support the next generation of UK Talent as Creative Talent Ambassador
Creed helmer and co-writer w has been appointed as the first Warner Bros Creative Talent Ambassador. The studio’s program supports the next generation of UK talent, with scholarships that provide work placements, mentoring, apprenticeships and training courses.
Coogler himself was…
Feb 10 2016
Serena Williams lends her hand to build a school in Jamaica
Never mind the fact that Serena Williams has 21 Grand Slam titles. Or that she’s the greatest athlete ever. It’s the work that she does in her spare time off the tennis court that should be highlighted. Over the last…
Read moreFeb 9 2016
Cameron Newton responds to his Super Bowl critics masterfully
Cameron Newton responds to all his critics after the Super Bowl and basically says what no one wants to here and that is I am my own person and choose to live and make decisions according to my values.
…Read moreJan 29 2016
Fresh Water for Flint by Jon Connor feat. Keke Palmer
Unless you’ve been totally hidden from society you have probably seen or heard about the Flint Water Crisis. A systematic poisoning of an entire city in Flint, Michigan via the negligence and out right disregard of the water delivered to…
Read moreJan 26 2016
11yr old Marley Dias starts reading campaign to encourage diversity
Marley Dias is a leading revolution. Frustrated with the lack of diversity in her reading curriculum, the 11-year-old New Jersey student started a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks, which collects and donates books in which black girls are the main characters.
The…
Jan 6 2016
House Of Lies set to be the First U.S. Scripted Series to Film in Cuba
Hollywood is taking another step toward the normalization of the relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Showtime’s dark comedy series House Of Lies is heading to the Caribbean island to film its fifth-season finale, marking the first time an American…
Read moreJan 4 2016
A computer can grade you by watching you learn, avoiding test
A new algorithm could both improve your knowledge and do away with formal tests altogether. Developed by researchers at Stanford University and Google in California, it analyses students’ performance on past practice problems, identifies where they tend to go wrong…
Read moreDec 29 2015
Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios’ will be carried on AT&T and DirecTV after Bias Suit settlement
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has a carriage deal with AT&T and DirecTV a little more than a year after it joined in a $10 billion lawsuit that accused the distributors of carrying too few minority-owned services.
The telco’s DirecTV picked…
Dec 27 2015
Chinese Medicinal Herbs may help US Farmers gain a new income stream
Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports…
Read moreDec 24 2015
Yahoo now warns users if they're targets of government hackers
Yahoo will now warn users if they have been targeted by state-sponsored attackers.
Bob Lord, the company's newly appointed chief information security officer, said in a blog post that it will notify users if it suspects suspect that their…
Dec 22 2015
Stephon Marbury has his own museum in Beijing to go along with his statue
Stephon Marbury is so big in China that he's been immortalized with his own statue and postage stamp.Now a museum dedicated to the former NBA star is set to open Dec 28. Marbury attended the grand opening for the…
Read moreDec 20 2015
History was made with DJ Con 125 DJ's on 125th Street
History was made with DJ Con back on Nov 19, 2015 in Harlem, New York when 125 DJ's rocked on125th Street at the Apollo Theatre. It was sponsored by The 125th St. Business Improvement District. If you missed it don't…
Read moreDec 10 2015
First Lady of the US Michelle Obama and SNL’s Jay Pharoah promote college
How's this for a college recruitment video
Dec 9 2015
Future Football Mouthguards will detect dehydration and Head injuries
The humble mouthguard that C-shaped piece of plastic that protects an athlete’s teeth has remained relatively unchanged for the past 60 years. But today, the most unassuming part of a football player’s gear is poised for a technological makeover that…
Read moreDec 8 2015
Dr. Bennet Omalu says children should not play football
WE’VE known since 1964 that cigarette smoking is harmful to your health. We’ve known for more than 40 years that alcohol damages the developing brain of a child. We’ve known since the mid 70's that asbestos causes cancer and other…
Read moreDec 8 2015
Most American colleges and universities are producing failing students
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) released the 2015–16 edition of What Will They Learn?,
a review of more than 1,100 institutions across the country. The results show that most colleges and universities
are failing students by allowing…Read more
Dec 3 2015
Masai Ujiri, Raptors GM to honour Nelson Mandela before Warriors game
Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri will host his second annual benefit in support
of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the charity that he co-founded in 2003, The Giant of Africa
on Dec 5.
Ujiri, born in Zaria, Nigeria,…Read more
Dec 2 2015
TV show "My Friend 50" being developed by 50 Cent and Will Packer
50 Cent is reportedly developing a new comedy TV series based on the day-to-day of a member
of his crew. The veteran rapper (real name Curtis Jackson) is teaming with Will Packer to produce
the My Friend 50 comedy for…Read more
Nov 24 2015
Kardinal Offishall talks about rap come up in Toronto and his latest music
Seeing names like Drake or the Weeknd appear on the Billboard Hot 100 is commonplace today.
But 10 years ago, there was zero Canadian hip hop on those charts. That was until Kardinal Offishall
became the first Canadian rapper to…Read more
Nov 21 2015
Peter Boyce founded a VC that's helped college kids raise over $130M
Startups founded by college students that turned into billion dollar companies is the tech industry's dream.
Think Dell, Google, Facebook ...
Venture capitalists would like to prowl college campuses to find the projects that could be the next hit.
Unfortunately,…Read more
Nov 10 2015
3 yr old DJ Arch Jnr Wins South Africa's Got Talent
There's child prodigies, and then there's child prodigies: DJ Arch Jnr, the three-year-old DJ
from South Africa who just became the youngest winner ever of South Africa's Got Talent, is
giving new meaning to the term. The toddler, whose already-enviable…Read more
from South Africa who just became the youngest winner ever of South Africa's Got Talent, is
giving new meaning to the term. The toddler, whose already-enviable…Read more
Nov 4 2015
Queen Latifah, Jermaine Dupri launching unscripted series "The Rap Game"
Lifetime is getting into the hip-hop game. Following the success of Fox's Empire, the female-skewing
cable network is teaming with Queen Latifah and Jermaine Dupri for a new unscripted series called
The Rap Game. The eight-episode series, set to premiere…Read more
Nov 2 2015
TIDAL is expanding to original TV programming with Money & Violence plus more
Tidal, the streaming-music subscription service launched by Jay Z, is expanding its content mix to include
original scripted and unscripted programming. The company has ordered two new series: Brooklyn street-life
drama “Money & Violence” season 2, with new episodes slated…Read more
original scripted and unscripted programming. The company has ordered two new series: Brooklyn street-life
drama “Money & Violence” season 2, with new episodes slated…Read more
Oct 30 2015
AKON to release his new albums on his own Stadium app
Akon, a hip-hop star who's collaborated with everyone from Eminem to Andy Samberg, is about to release
his first albums in seven years but you won't find them in stores or on streaming services like Spotify.
Instead, he plans to…Read more
his first albums in seven years but you won't find them in stores or on streaming services like Spotify.
Instead, he plans to…Read more