Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to 3 months in federal prison for tax evasion, as well as another 3 months of home confinement. Additionally, she’ll serve a year of probation and must pay a $60,000 fine.
As part of her recent deal w/ Sony, Lauryn Hill released a new song “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix.” The track features rapid-fire spitting and biting social commentary, over a spastic beat.
In a recent interview, former President George W. Bush doubled down on his legacy, asserting that he has no reason to apologize for or defend any of his actions (or inaction) during his controversial presidency.
Republican Senator Rand Paul visited Howard University, making the case for the GOP as part of a party-wide effort to appeal to minorities. He asserted that big government hurts the black community, and that “the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.”
A$AP Rocky recently addressed the issue of homophobia in Hip Hop, asserting that the genre more forward thinking than many realize. “We’ve got people like Jay-Z. We’ve got people like Kanye. We’ve got people like me. We’re all prime examples of people who don’t think like that.
A potentially damning email will serve as the core of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother and children. It suggests that Jackson’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray was pressured into getting Jackson to rehearse in spite of health concerns.
Zoe Saldana responds to Nina Simone film controversy: “I’m doing it for my sisters and my brothers and I don’t care who tells me I’m not this or I’m not that. I know who I am and I know what Nina Simone means to me.”
The President’s visit was one moment in a longer struggle to radically improve the lives of black and Latino youth. Now that the President has come and gone we all have work to do!
18 year-old Janay Mcfarlane was shot and killed the same day her sister sat behind President Obama as he addressed the crisis of gun violence
The persistently high unemployment rates for youth and people of color remain sky high, and they must be addressed specifically and aggressively. What do you think needs to be done?
Chicago has officially reached 500 homicides in 2012, after a fatal shooting on the city’s West Side yesterday. What can we do to make 2013 a safer, more peaceful year?
Students at Chicago’s King College Prep High School staged a sit-in on Thursday, demanding that their principal, Shontae Higginbottom resign.
