T-Boz from the group TLC has been battling Sickle Cell disease all of her life and 5 years ago she discovered she had a brain tumor. As a person with sickle-cell disease and an advocate for everyone fighting the disease, she is very passionate about encouraging everyone to learn the facts about marrow donation. More […]

After all the recent controversy surrounding Rihanna’s ‘Man Down’ video, today it seems she does have a kind heart after all. The New York Daily News reported that Rihanna and 50 Cent and “Gossip Girl” actress Leighton Meester have lent their mouths to a campaign to find a donor for baby Ayelet, an upper West […]

Dipset member Freekey Zekey has become the official Hip-Hop spokesman for Persevere Our Legacy to help educate rap fans about bone marrow awareness.<!--more-->

Shannon Tavarez was performing as the young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway when her legs mysteriously started to hurt. The pain made walking – not to mention dancing – difficult. In April came the devastating diagnosis: At age 11, she had an acute form of leukemia. Her struggle also struck a chord with […]