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Check out past pics of the week: Hottest Celebrity Pics Of The Week Jun 20-Jun 27, 2011 Are These BP Artists Good Enough to Get Signed? 2011 BET Award Winners & Recap FACT OF THE DAY: Foxy Brown Was Not Always Foxy FACT OF THE DAY: LL Cool J Dropped Out Of High School To […]

As you already know, the 2011 BET Awards were last night and celebs got glam, (or at least tried) for the big event. To be honest, it was easier for me to find worst dressed of the event rather than best dressed. Check out who I thought looked good, who I thought was a hot […]

Go get tested! Today is National HIV Testing Day, and with the African-American community hardest hit by this disease, we implore all to go get tested. The president spoke this weekend on the importance of this day. “National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested,” […]

New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage is a historic moment in time—not only for being the sixth and largest state to do so, but also for the irony it carries. On Friday, the New York Republican-controlled Senate approved the legislation in Albany with a 33-29 vote. Drones of gay and lesbian citizens and their allies […]

The 2011 BET Awards are underway at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and have been amazing so far! Mary J. Blige opened the show with a stellar performance and brought the legendary soul singer, Anita Baker, on stage during her set! Also hitting the stage was Chris Brown along with Busta Rhymes as […]

GEORGIA — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the target of an ethics examination, investigated by The NY Times, as to whether he misused his “prestige of office” to persuade his friend Harlan Crow to fund a museum in Pin Point, Georgia. Thomas, who is from Pin Point, introduced residents to Crow, who the Times […]

A new poll conducted by the largest social network for African-Americans, BlackPlanet.com, and NewsOne.com, shows that 88 percent of African-Americans believe the economy has been better under President Obama than former president George W. Bush. This stands in sharp contrast to a recent Bloomberg poll released last week that showed 44 percent of Americans believe […]

Patti Labelle was honored with the lifetime achievement award at last night’s BET awards, and a slew of individuals who we lost in the past year were remembered. Clarence Clemons, Nate Dogg, M-Bone, Gil-Scott Heron, and Teena Marie’s lives were all reflected upon with musical tributes, as well as kind words from artists. Cali Swag […]

BET Weekend continues with tonight being the main event: the 2011 BET Awards. Last night, BET Chairman Debra Lee hosted the Pre-BET Awards Celebration Dinner in Culver City, California. Among the attendees of this 5th annual dinner included Keri Hilson, Terrence J, Rosci, Ashanti, Jessica White, Lala Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony and many more. Check out […]

Rev. Al Sharpton said this past weekend that by courting the Black vote, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich “assumes [Blacks] are stupid,” accusing the politician of trying to “cover up the fact that his campaign is falling apart.” Sharpton called Gingrich’s attempt to reach out to Black voters “an insult,” enraged with the conservative for […]

NEW YORK — 100 years ago Tuesday, the New York Police Department welcomed its first Black officer, Samuel Jesse Battle, championing color barriers and becoming the first Black sergeant and lieutenant. However, at 6-foot-2, 240 pounds, Battle faced racial opposition. Though he scored high enough for an appointment with the police department, upon showing up […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Police have identified the man killed when someone opened fire Saturday near DC’s Caribbean Festival Parade.  Forty-three-year-old Robert Foster, of the District, died at the hospital.  Three others were being treated for gunshot wounds.  Police are not confirming reports the violence may have been gang-related, but investigators also believe it had nothing to do […]