September will be an eventful month for Biggie fans who love themselves a good documentary. Next week A&E sets off the first of two major hip hop biographies they’ve got coming down the pike, when ahead of a late year Tupac doc showing, the network airs Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G., on Labor Day. FOX is set to do one better, and combine both subjects when on September 24 it premiers the two-hour investigative crime special Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? Continue Reading

Matthew Stafford became the NFL’s highest paid player after agreeing to a five-year extension with the Lions that will pay him $27 million per year on average, or, $135 million over the life of his contract. Continue Reading

On Monday’s [August 28] episode of Ebro In The Morning, Ebro Darden addressed remarks football legend Jim Brown made pertaining to Colin Kaepernick during an interview last week. Brown told a reporter from The Post Game that while he empathizes with the reason Kaepernick is protesting and would like to back him, he’d never disrespect his flag or his country, and would suggest that Kaepernick re-evaluate whether the NFL is where he wants to be if he’s going to continue on with such a demonstration. To Darden’s determination, Brown’s statement only shows how out of touch he’s grown with resistance. Continue Reading

In the rap game, women are often pitted against each other as if there can only be one who’s very successful. For many years, Nicki Minaj was alone at the top with no other female rapper even coming close. Cardi B has since been added to the mix with her hit single “Bodak Yellow” catapulting her to stardom. Continue Reading

Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta takes to social media to announce he’s heading to Houston to offer aid to Hurricane Harvey victims. The hurricane that swept through Houston and other parts of Texas has left the thousands displaced. A number of celebrities have already offered contributions to relief efforts, most notably, Kevin Hartand J.J. Watt.

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After a week-long investigation that culminated with a search party combing through Fargo, North Dakota, the body of a woman who was pregnant when she went missing the weekend before last, was recovered by a group of kayakers in the Red River on Sunday, August 27. The gruesome discovery came days after her infant was found alive in the apartment of a neighboring couple. Continue Reading

Oscar De La Hoya is not letting up on his criticism of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight, which he has for months bashed as an embarrassment to the sport. Following a promotional event for his upcoming Golden Boy Promotions match between Canelo Alvarez and GGG, the former Mayweather rival once again dismissed the cross-sport fight as “a fraud,” and alleged that the event was such a money grab that the 50-0 great was literally trying to cash in up until the very last second. Continue Reading

Donations to help aid the relief of Hurricane Harvey victims are pouring in, thanks in part to a call to action voiced by Kevin Hart on Monday, August 28. One celeb who promptly accepted the #HurricaneHarveyReliefChallenge was Chris Brown, who quadrupled the suggested $25,000 contribution with a pledge of $100,000. Continue Reading

On the surface, Bernie Sanders is the long serving Senator of Vermont who has blazed his own trail as an Independent in government since 1979. At the moment he is traveling the country on a book tour to promote his new young-adult title Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, thus, he is also a best selling author. But to millions of people young and old on the left, Sanders is on a deeper level, the father of what they foresee to be a Democratic Revolution in America. For millions of people, he is already their candidate for President in 2020. Continue Reading

54 years to the date Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have A Dream” speech, a statue of the iconic civil rights leader was raised in the town he grew up in. A sculpture in King’s likeness will now stare in the North East direction towards King’s birthplace and the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he developed his gift as an orator, from the Georgia State Capitol grounds upon which it stands. Continue Reading