Strange is Good: The Cosplay Evolution admin Friday, May 27, 2016 Feature, Lifestyle By: Jing Yang, contributing intern (@jing5233) The majority of citizens in the United States will only dress up like cartoon or movie characters during Halloween. In recent years, dressing in drama clothes...
Gucci Mane Out of Prison, Now Cut the Check admin Friday, May 27, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Rapper Gucci Mane is finally a free man. Just 4 months sly of his official release date, the judge agreed to set him free after recognizing previous time served. Gucci's lawyer, Drew Findling, told TMZ that...
Asian Immigration and the $700 Billion American Come-up admin Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt By: Jing Yang, contributing intern (@jing5233) American citizens are not perplexed by Asian immigrants. Asian-owned restaurants, cloths shops, and nail stores seem to be everywhere in the United States....
10 Acts You Forgot Were Signed to Bad Boy admin Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio 1 Comment By: Kira Demund, contributing intern (@kiracarinaa) When talking memorable rap record labels, Bad Boy Records, among many others, probably come to mind. Twenty-one years later, Junior M.A.F.I.A's...
VH1 Hip Hop Honors to Put Ladies First admin Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio 1 Comment It's about time that the ladies of hip-hop are being recognized by their peers. This year, VH1's Hip Hop Honors will return and this time, the network will honor the women who've paved the way. For 2016, the...
Adele Signs Unprecedented $130M Deal With Sony admin Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio 2 Comments Sony broke major bread with U.K. recording artist, Adele. The British songstress reportedly signed a whopping £90 million ($130 million USD) recording contract, making it groundbreaking for the entire...
Soulja Boy’s $400M Deal Is Based on “Potential” Earnings admin Monday, May 23, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Soulja Boy might have jumped the gun last month when he announced that he inked a $400 million deal. Many wondered which company offered Soulja Boy the deal and a breakdown of what it was comprised of. Well,...
Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Hummer Sold for $337K admin Monday, May 23, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Just one month before his death in 1996, Tupac Shakur purchased a brand new, fully-equipped American Motors Hummer H1. The Hummer was recently auctioned off by RR Auction in Boston, MA and sold for...
16 Affordable Kylie Lip Kit Substitutes admin Monday, May 23, 2016 Fashion & Beauty, Feature, The Runway, Trendsetters, What's Hot, What's Not By: Shawnna Gracee, contributing intern (@shawnnagracee) Loving Kylie Jenner’s new lip kits from Kylie Cosmetics, but can’t seem to get your hands on them. Or are the kits a little out of your price...
Puff Daddy, Busta Rhymes, Ma$e Reunite on ‘Today’ Show [VIDEO] admin Friday, May 20, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family hit the "Today" show stage on Friday morning (May 20). The family performed all Bad Boy's greatest hits including "Coming Home," "I Need A Girl," and "Mo Money Mo...
5 Shopping Tips That Will Save Your Life…. and Your Money. admin Friday, May 20, 2016 Fashion & Beauty, Feature, Lifestyle, The Receipt, The Runway By: Shawnna Grace, contributing intern (@shawnnagracee) Shopping can be one expensive hobby in life, so here are 5 tips to make your shopping experience even better for both you and your...
Erykah Badu, Machine Gun Kelly Stars in ‘The Land,’ Executive Produced By Nas [TRAILER] admin Friday, May 20, 2016 5-4-3-2-1, Feature, Film & Television, The Script Rap icon Nasir Jones aka Nas has put on his executive producer hat for a film festival favorite, "The Land." Starring Erykah Badu, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael Kenneth Williams, and others, 'The Land' is a...
18 Women, One Pastor & Mama Lola All Join Cast of ‘Match Made in Heaven’ For Stevie Baggs Jr. [PHOTOS] admin Thursday, May 19, 2016 Events, Feature, Film & Television, The Script, The Vault, Tune In By: Alex Ro, contributing intern (@alexrolive) Former NFL/CFL football linebacker, entrepreneur, father and philanthropist Stevie Baggs Jr. is the latest eligible bachelor that is gambling for love on...
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Costs $10 Million Per Episode admin Thursday, May 19, 2016 Feature, Film & Television, The Script, Tune In "Game of Thrones" is not only one of the most popular scripted series-to-date, but also one of the most expensive ever made. The show, which is an adaptation from the novel "A Song of Ice and Fire, started...
Rickey Smiley Talks His Childhood and New Season of ‘Rickey Smiley For Real’ admin Thursday, May 19, 2016 Feature, Film & Television, Script Xclusive, The Script, The Vault, Tune In 1 Comment By: Kira Demund, contributing intern (@kiracarinaa) Hot wings, *Coming To America* references, and a few occasional gutter balls made for a great night yesterday at the Rickey Smiley Foundation's celebrity...
‘Black-ish’ Recreates ‘Good Times’ For Season Finale [Sneak Peek] admin Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Feature, Film & Television, The Script, Tune In The season 2 finale of "black-ish" will premiere tonight with a blast from the past. For the finale, the Johnson family will go back in time to the 1970's and recreate Black culture classic television...
7 Ways to Achieve Success in the Fashion Industry admin Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Fashion & Beauty, Feature, The Runway Whether you are a fashion designer, wardrobe stylist, or model, being successful in the fashion industry takes a lot more than what you think. As students, starting off by gaining knowledge and internship...
Rick Ross to Invest in Checkers? admin Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, Power Moves, The Receipt 1 Comment The MMG CEO has made major strides with Wing Stop. Now, it looks like Rick Ross got his savory palette set on burgers and fries. In a recent slew of SnapChat videos, Rick Ross was spotted at a meeting with...
A3C Launches Competition for Social Change; Application Opens May 17 admin Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Feature, The Connect via press release... A3C is proud to relaunch its continued partnership with Atlanta’s Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) for A3C Action. A3C Action is a national competition to find, support, and invest...
RushCard Customers Wins $19M Settlement admin Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt RushCard has agreed to pay $19 million to settle the class action suit, which was brought on by a technical error. The 2015 fiasco prevented customers from using their RushCard for several days (in some...
FOOLERY: Alabama Woman Accused of Stealing $100K in Church Funds to Live Fab Lifestyle admin Thursday, May 12, 2016 Feature, Lifestyle 40-year-old Tamika Lanese Bailey has been accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a popular Birmingham church. Authorities say Bailey was arrested after the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church accused her of...
Fox Network Greenlights Gossip Show, ‘Page Six TV’ admin Thursday, May 12, 2016 Feature, Film & Television, The Script, Tune In Fox Television Network is taking another stab at a gossip show with "Page Six TV." Not to be compared with TMZ, "Page Six TV" will pull from the pages of their own witty gossip columns in the New York Post....
Iggy Azalea Threatened With $1.5 Million Lawsuit admin Thursday, May 12, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Rapper Iggy Azalea is being threatened by her former music producer with a lawsuit for $1.5 million. Jon Jon Traxx is claiming that Azalea finessed him to get in the rap industry and didn't bother paying...
Stephen Curry Becomes 2x MVP admin Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Feature, Sports, The Game Golden State Warrior point guard, Stephen Curry, earned his second Most Valuable Player win on Tuesday (May 10). The panel of 131 judges awarded Curry with his second MVP win, which made him the 11th player in...
Should Grammy’s Allow Mixtape Nominations? admin Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio There's a petition floating around that suggests that non-commercially released music be considered for Grammy nominations. So far, 23,648 supporters seem to think so. Per the Change.org .... Ridiculously...
Survey Reveals Most Americans Are Against Reparations admin Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt This week's episode of "Point Taken" takes a dive into the building of America and how African Americans and other races feel about reparations. A national survey conducted in April and May 2016 by The...
Rihanna to Grant Scholarships Up to $50K admin Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Rihanna has announced a global scholarship program that will give scholarships to U.S.-based and international students. The Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF), in which Rihanna founded in 2012, will grant full...
She’s Smart: Blac Chyna Copyrights ‘Kardashian’ Name admin Monday, May 9, 2016 Feature, Lifestyle Socialite Blac Chyna isn't wasting any time protecting her rights to the Kardashian name. In documents obtained by TMZ, Blac Chyna and her legal team has filed for copyright protection of "Angela Renee...
Director’s Tax Refund Project, Now Netflix Series admin Monday, May 9, 2016 5-4-3-2-1, Feature, Film & Television, The Script All things are possible if your money is used properly. This is evident in the success of "Dear White People," a film by writer and director Justin Simien. Simien's 2012 concept trailer, which was funded...
Denzel Washington and Wife, Pauletta, Raises Millions for African American Museum admin Monday, May 9, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Denzel Washingston and his wife Pauletta recently used their Los Angeles home to help raise millions for Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. One of President Barack Obama's...