A recent study indicates that of the major ethnic groups impacted by unemployment during the current U.S. recession, Black men have experienced the greatest job losses since the crisis officially began in November 2007.
"What's missing from national media coverage of this recession is plainly a great deal of [honesty] about who's losing their jobs. This is overwhelmingly a blue-collar, retail sales, low-level recession," said Andrew Sum,… Continue
Last week Roccett performed live in NYC's Times Square Arts Center he performed his tracks 'No Way You Can Win', and 'Ride Wit A G'. Shouts to… Continue
Keshia Knight Pulliam, best known for her role as Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” and Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail” has signed on with the Oxygen network to be filmed in a new reality series. The networks cameras will follow Pulliam (30) and her live-in boyfriend Kaseem Penn, an ATL entrepreneur for a new series titled “Keshia and Kaseem,” scheduled to debut this fall. The show is said to explore what it’s like to be young, rich, single and… Continue
V-103’s Greg Street kicks knowledge about Independent Retail Day, which is today. Greg wants you to get out and support the few local record stores still doing business in our community. Our music will not survive if all the record stores in our communities shut down because the majority of our people aren’t buying songs off iTunes. If the record labels can’t sell our music then it dies.
A lot of readers email me asking about advice on making it in the music… Continue
Mo’Nique might be coming to late-night TV, so nuccas with shows oughtta just start making way before they get that ass trampled:
Fans of Mo’Nique who fretted over her departure from radio may just be in luck. Word is that BET is offering a new late-night show to advertisers next week that will be hosted by the “Queen of Comedy” and called “Breakin’ Up With Mo’Nique,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Monica is also a part of the new programming… Continue
Smyrna police today announced the arrests of the two thugs wanted for questioning in the death of a Smyrna woman.
Two men suspected in the Saturday killing of a Smyrna woman were captured Thursday after officers chased the suspects on foot at the Concord Chase Apartments in Smyrna.
Smyra police announced the arrests Thursday afternoon, but did not immediately release the names of the suspects.
*“What U See Is What U Get” is considered by some to be one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time. But, it's the furthest thing from the truth when talking about Alvin Joiner otherwise known as Xzibit.
The West Coast legend has become somewhat of a chameleon in recent years. X to the Z has morphed his edgy, tough guy image into one that is camera friendly; and the move has certainly paid big dividends.
April 15, 2009. MediaTakeOut.com just received some earth-shattering news. Apparently a member of Germany's leading female pop band has been arrested and charged with infecting a man with HIV.
Here’s what went down. MediaTakeOut.com learned that German prosecutors claim that Nadja Benaissa, a 26-year-old singer with the multi-platinum German group No Angels, had unprotected sex with three men in 2004 and 2006. And now one of the three men is HIV… Continue
Jadakiss’ third album, “The Last Kiss,” debuts with 135k records sold. With today’s horrible album sales, 135k is a very solid debut, congrats to Jadakiss. Did these numbers exceed your expectations?… Continue
Rihanna might be lying low lately, but the 21-year-old star is reportedly staging a major comeback. Sources say the singer is slated to perform for as many as 25,000 people on May 28 in the United Arab Emirates. And while Rihanna and Chris Brown haven’t been seen together in weeks, his mother recently paid a visit to singer at her LA home.
Vibe Events Management Agency, the Dubai-based company that is producing the event, says they are thrilled… Continue