SHOWTIME SAYS… Wednesday marked the end of an era in the Triangle.  The area’s YWCA closed it’s doors in downtown Raleigh after being open for over 100 years. The YWCA is an organization that has been working for women’s rights and eliminating racism since 1901.  The organization is being forced to close due to financial […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Tyra Banks and her America’s Next Top Model franchise are back.  Tyra’s hit show premiered on The CW earlier tonight. This season has a little bit more of an edge to it.  Banks said that “There will be tears, emotion, and some girls will be pissed off.  You can only imagine a girl […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Chris Brown is coming back with a bang.  Be on the look out for Breezy’s 5th studio album will be released on May 8th.  Mr. Brown turns 23-years-old three days after the release of the new project.

Former NBA superstar Michael Jordan is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But prior to proposing to his longtime girlfriend, Yvette Prieto, in December, the couple moved out of his 32,000 square foot Chicago mansion, and into a modest 2,600 sq ft house in a suburb of Miami. According to the Huffington Post, the asking […]

Police are seeking to question rapper Rick Ross, after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in front of his Miami home. TMZ.com reports that the man was found dead in front of Rick Ross’ Miami Gardens mansion. Police said they found the man shot to death near a gate, in front of the rap […]

February 29th – Ja Rule was born Jeffrey Atkins in Queens, New York on this day in 1976. Ja Rule made his debut on wax in 1995 on Mic Geronimo’s track “Time To Build” which also featured Jay-Z and DMX. In 1998 Ja Rule collaborated with Jay-Z and Amil on the smash hit “Can I […]

On October 3, 1992, after a three year courtship, President Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson were pronounced man and wife by Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright…

Nicki Minaj has been making her way around Mercedes Benz’ Fashion Week in bold outfits and colorful hair. Since the femcee has debuted on the…

R&B diva Kelly Price reflects on her childhood and what inspired her to write her first song “Way Black When.”

You pronounce his name Wah-Lay! Born the son of Nigerian immigrants and raised in our nation’s capital ( Washington D.C. ), Wale was exposed to all sorts of music growing up that has helped to influence his unique sound. Twenty-six-year-old Wale Folarin first broke out and broke ground in 2005, appearing in the Source Magazine’s […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME…