Society

With the United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day rapidly approaching, global superstar Beyoncé and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos paid a visit to CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss the initiative and Bey’s partnership with the UN. [...]

Grammy-winning singer, heralded MC and popular television personality Cee Lo Green looks to add “protector of the environment” to his long list of titles with the launch of the GreenHouse Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to help make “green education” more accessible and to “educate, inspire and influence school-aged children in disadvantaged [...]

Global superstar Beyoncé will be joining the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations on August 19th to launch World Humanitarian Day, where the singer will use her influence to encourage and promote good deeds. Beyoncé is not only putting her name to the movement but will also be donating her song “I Was Here” taken [...]

Yesterday Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, better known to the world as Lupe Fiasco, was as guest speaker at the Memphis Music Foundation. Whilst there the ingenious lyricist gave the audience an unreserved insight into how life was for him and his family growing up in the notoriously violent and impoverished West Side of Chicago. [...]

A masked gunman shot dead at least 12 people and injured up to 50 others after an attack on moviegoers on Friday in Denver, USA, according to reports. The attack occurred in the early hours of the morning, as the masked and armed 24 year old, reportedly identified as 24 year old James Holmes, shot at [...]

Terrence Adegbenle‘s collection is currently being displayed at the Bernie Grant Art Centre as part of the “More Than XY” exhibition. Titled “Street’s Disciples,” the collection features some amazing portraits that combine Adegbenle’s oil drawings with his friend Dapo Adeola‘s black-and-white illustrations. Inspired by Adegbenle’s dissertation for his Fine Arts degree and named after Nas‘ [...]

While speaking with The Independent about topics ranging from the grief he’s felt since losing his daughter Amy Winehouse last year to the memoir he’s published about her tragically abbreviated life, Mitch Winehouse expressed his frustration with his country’s treatment — or lack thereof — of its drug and alcohol abusers. [...]

Oft taking up a large portion of the charts and the hearts and minds of much of the population, hip-hop has undeniably grown leaps and bounds from where it started. With an undeniable amount of power, the social impact the genre has on those who identify and associate themselves with it is a subject that [...]

George Zimmerman was released from a Florida jail Friday afternoon after posting a $100,000 bond. [...]

In the midst of the chatter surrounding singer Frank Ocean‘s recent revelation about his sexuality, another singer from across the globe has followed suit. Jamaica-hailing Reggae singer Diana King recently admitted to being a lesbian in a note posted to her Facebook account. [...]