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CNN reported early Thursday morning that in another radical move by the Trump administration, will allow states for the first time to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. This historic move would be a significant change in how the government health insurance program operates and would finally fulfill a longtime Republican goal. For example, states, could […]

TMZ caught up with O.J. Simpson in Vegas over the weekend, to finally addressed the conspiracy theory that’s been floating around for decades … that he secretly knocked up Kris behind Robert Kardashian’s back 34 years ago. In the video caputured by TMZ, the photographer stopped OJ and his daughter if congratulations were in order regarding Khloe’s pregnancy. […]

Essence Communications Inc.is back in the hands of black owners. The 48-year-old multiplatform brand that owns Essence magazine and the annual Essence Festival, been acquired by Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American-owned company, which was founded and is chaired by Liberian-American Richelieu Dennis, who also is the founder of SheaMoisture. As reported earlier by Journal-isms […]

Yesterday H&M was in the hot seat for a very racially insensitive advertisement that set the internet on fire. After releasing a public apology from the H& M headquarters, several dissatisfied critics took it to social media about how they really felt about the ad. Canadian singer The Weeknd announced on Twitter that he would no […]

Southside Chicago rapper, Ro$$ Mac celebrated his birthday on Friday with a premier of his latest video, “Faygo” and a party that boasted close to 1,000 attendees. This as he prepares for the release of his EP, “Gordon Gekko” – a fitting moniker from an Ivy League Graduate and former Wall Street trader. Ro$$ ended 2017 on […]

Racism in advertising as PR stunts has worked well in the past for other corporations, but will this be the case for International retailer H & M? The international retail giant H&M featured an ad with a black child model wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the phrase “coolest monkey in the jungle.” The ad was for an online advertisement […]

Oprah Winfrey wore an all black couture gown, showing her support for the #WhyWeWearBlack campaign to accept the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. An award where she is the first African-American Female recipient of the award, Oprah used the Golden Globe platform to address racial inequality, sexual misconduct, and gender power Imbalance […]

Melodic, smooth, sensual, and profound are just some of the words used to describe Atlantean artist Yani Mo. Her artistic musical influences range from Toni Morrison, Al Green, Lauryn Hill, and Dilla, to every artist she’s met since her spoken word days. Yani Mo is a Lithonia native that has commanded the growing subculture of […]

Cartersville Georgia police decided that less than an ounce of weed was justification for arresting 63 youths attending a teen party even though some of the partygoers were honor students and star athletes. Many view the actions of the police as nothing less than racism. Would this had occurred if the youths were not people […]

Dr. Boyce Watkins was disinvited to speak at  UCLA Saturday morning. He was a panelist at  ‘A Social Justice Conversation’ a UCLA event that featured a conversation with  Common and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “Apparently, my views are  inconsistent with the views of the UBAA brand.” Dr. Boyce Watkins was scheduled to join a powerhouse panel discussion that included himself,  Dr. Kelly Lytle-Hernandez, Interim […]

Superstar musician Bruno Mars and Bronx rapper Cardi B lit up the internet this past week with the release of Finesse which is reminiscent of the 90’s sound. They followed up with a music video that paid homage to 90’s comedy show “In Living Colors.” Remember Cardi B is from Bronx and so was Jennifer […]

Famed YouTuber Logan Paul who is also the younger of Disney Channel star Jake Paul, has found himself in a big bowl of controversy. TMZ obtained a video of the YouTuber hanging with friends late at night near Palm Springs during a Coachella weekend last year. Jake was freestyling over Rae Sremmurd’s “Throw Sum Mo” beat, and […]

“Play my Shit” is 15 years of pain, passion and persevering crammed into a 4 minute song. After turning down a 30 million dollar baseball contract, Reuben Cannon spent many years trying to beat down the doors of the entertainment industry. Finally he just said “F**k it!” ill stand up for myself and say the sh%# […]

One of hip hop’s power couple have decided to part ways after many public displays of affection. Nicki Minaj and Nas has been dating since June 2017 but have decided that things between the two are just better as friends. Because the two lived in separate cities, that too put a strain on their relationship. […]

Finland resident by way of Connecticut, Pete Santos, grabs stunning Scandinavian songstress Sara Sayed for the second offering from his forthcoming project, “Paint the Picture” expected in the spring. This time the former Air Force brat laces us with a dab of Euro on a song about picking yourself back up when you fall. With […]