Legendary poet, musician and spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron is to have his memoirs published on January 16, 2012. The late great artist’s memoirs will be titled “The Last Holiday” and is set for release through publishers Canongate. The release date falls on the same day as Martin Luther King day, which is fitting because [...]
December 16, 2011
Kwame Wilson
Books & Poetry, Society
TV channel Smithsonian Channel has announced that it will air a documentary in February next year containing some recently unearthed new local news footage, collected by some professors from the University of Memphis, of the murder of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, most of which hasn’t been seen on television since [...]
December 10, 2011
michelle
Arts News, Film & TV, Society
Haitian President Michel Martelly has said in an interview with The Associated Press, that he will host Oprah Winfrey when she visits Haiti this weekend. Having expressed his interest in her assisting in Haiti’s ongoing recovery from the 2010 earthquake that displaced thousands of people, Martelly has plans to meet with Winfrey on Monday. [...]
December 10, 2011
michelle
Arts News, Society
50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson has long since had more than music on his mind. The rapper turned business mogul has announced plans to release a fitness book through publishing house Avery Brooks. [...]
December 10, 2011
Kwame Wilson
Books & Poetry, Health
Prior to his album dropping Mac Miller promised that if he’d reached $50,000 pre-orders of his album Blue Slide Park that he would donate $50,000 to Make-A-Wish Foundation, a charity which brings “hope, strength and joy to children around the world with life-threatening medical conditions” through granting their wishes. [...]
December 10, 2011
Toney
Arts News, Society
50 Cent is on a roll when it comes to taking on different business ventures. From mineral water to new record label G-Note, we now see the rapper turned business-man taking on another audio headphone line. Teaming up with Feeding America alongside his Street King campaign, 50 Cent launches not one but two new sets [...]
December 7, 2011
Cheyenne Davis
Arts News, Music, Society, Tech
Continuing to spread the word of his much respected Street King Energy drink venture, the beverage that was set up with the help of the United Nation’s World Food Program to help feed impoverished people in Africa and many others around the world, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has now unleashed the SK campaign‘s latest comedic commercial starring himself and world renowned writer/public speaker/doctor Deepak Chopra. [...]
December 5, 2011
I Am Ayo
Society, TV
Having well and truly established herself in the hearts of many, even being nominated as Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for Pink Friday in the 2012 Grammy Awards, the words ‘Its Barbie Bitch’ have become well and truly synonymous with Nicki Minaj. Therefore perhaps it comes as no surprise that Young Money’s leading [...]
December 4, 2011
Alya Mooro
Arts News, Culture, Society, Style
Following the claim that British reggae legend Smiley Culture aka David Emmanuel died after stabbing himself through the heart during a drugs raid at his Surrey home in March this year, the IPCC (Independent Press Complaints Commission) investigation into Emmanuel’s death has concluded there was no evidence to justify pressing criminal charges against any of [...]
December 2, 2011
michelle
Arts News, News, Society
Topman has long been a go to high street retail outlet that seems to cater for many peoples tastes, but now they are changing things up a little piece. November 30th sees the launch of Generation; a multi-platform monthly online editorial, which will feature stories, opinions, culture guides and multimedia extras, headed by former Dazed [...]
November 30, 2011
Aamir Yaqub
Style, Tech