Nelly has a new plaque to hang on his wall. The St. Louis rhymer’s Country Grammar album is now certified Diamond, signifying over 10 million units in sales and streaming equivalents. Representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America presented the award to Nelly earlier this week during a show in Philadelphia Country Grammar joins 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me, The Notorious B.I.G.’s Life […]
Michelle Obama publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton for the first time during a primetime address in Philadelphia, giving her full support to her husband’s former secretary of state. The first lady, who is one of the most popular political figures in the Democratic Party, said “in this election — I’m with her.” “When she didn’t win […]
A Persistent Divide: New Federal Data Explore Education Disparities A deep gulf between the educational experiences of traditionally disadvantaged student groups and their peers on a broad range of indicators persists in U.S. public schools, according to new federal data. Here are some major highlights from the latest Civil Rights Data Collection—data on more than […]
Eating for a higher vibration! Let’s try something new. Let’s consider what we eat in terms of energy, not nutrients. Everything in this world has its own unique vibration, depending on its content, quality and characteristics. This includes our bodies, and the food we eat. The faster our mind and body is vibin’ the more […]
Stay Focused Music Group artist Tee Time releases his first EP Perfect Timing on July 5th. The first album from the youngin in charge is high energy riding music, sprinkled with a few gems for the ladies. Tee Time released the first single from the album, Racks, earlier in the year. Available on itunes, tidal, and […]
The Roc has a new artist in their roster. Rapsody, the rhymester down with 9th Wonder, has joined the house that Jay Z bui The consummate emcee made the announcement at the annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, where Rap was one of the starring performers. The concert also boasted shows with Nas, Talib Kweli, Fabolous, and […]
Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic primary in large part because he failed to win the hearts of black progressives. It didn’t have to be that way. But his campaign never explained how black people fit into his vision of a radically changed America. And, according to a series of Fusion interviews with former staff members, campaign […]
South Carolina State University sophomore Keith Gillard, known as KG the Artist, is helping raise money for his HBCU through music. KG, a dean’s list student studying mass communications wrote the original song “#HBCU” as an anthem for SCSU, and Historically Black Colleges Universities as a whole. The anthem features the SCSU’s Marching 101 Band […]
