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by Jacques P. Lesure It’s no secret that boxing is a gladiator-esque game that draws in hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Those who watch the sport must remain flexible to a wide range of unpredictable outcomes such as knockouts, excessive bleeding, and swollen faces.  It was reported that the boxing rematch Deontay Wilder […]

  Celebrations for Michael Jackson’s birthday kicked off on Thursday in his native city of Gary, Indiana. What started off as just a simple block party has morphed into an annual three-day festival that stretches beyond 2300 Jackson St. in honor of the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson, who died in 2009, has always been near and dear to my heart. I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember, with my Aunty Lo-Lo blasting “Billie Jean,” “Remember the Time” and every other hit he made at least twice a week when I visited as a child. Last night, I […]

  After days of deliberation, promoters have decided to cancel the celebrity boxing match featuring former Florida neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Zimmerman became known for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012. How killing someone translates into celebrity status remains unknown. The highly publicized fight set to take place next month was cancelled after […]

A series of petitions have been created  in hopes of putting an end to George Zimmerman’s time in the spotlight. The petitions come on the heels of an announcement from the even’t promoters that rapper DMX was selected as Zimmerman’s opponent. The petitions, started by Los Angeles resident Janet Dickerson and Chicago blogger Rae Kae call for […]

Late last week we reported that former neighborhood watch captain and killer of Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman was participating in a celebrity boxing match for charity. If that wasn’t bizarre enough, Zimmerman has now requested that rapper Kanye West join him in the ring. 

With the three day weekend coming up in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr.’s legacy, promoters are using a less flattering image of the civil rights leader to push their parties. In one of the images, King is picture on the body of a man with a gold chain draped around his neck, accompanied by […]

45 years ago today, legendary civil rights activist and Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was gunned down by Chicago detectives and members of the FBI during a raid. As he slept next to his 8 month pregnant partner, the last moments of his life were stolen by the boys in blue. Like most of the […]

There is a quote that says “do what you love and the money will follow.” If you’re rapping simply because you love money, then your career is over before it starts. But if music is truly in your heart, then you have your work cut out for you.

Boston Club Apologizes for Discriminating Against Black Harvard Students Associated Press | February 25, 2011 BOSTON — The owners of a Boston nightclub issued a public apology and agreed Friday to pay a $30,000 fine to settle allegations that it abruptly shut down an event after the annual Harvard-Yale football game because most of the […]

Guerrilla Union, the promoters behind the annual travelling Hip Hop extravaganza that is Rock The Bells, announced earlier this week that Lauryn Hill is officially the latest addition to a line-up that includes The incomparable Wu-Tang Clan (performing every track from 36 Chambers), A Tribe Called Quest (performing their incredible Midnight Marauders album in its entirety), Snoop Dogg (who’s bringing the Dogg Pound, RBX and Lady of Rage along to perform all of his classic 1993 debut album Doggystyle), Rakim (who will be performing all of Paid in Full), and KRS One (performing all of Criminal Minded). Yeah, I know.