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2012 in black cinema can be best described as “For Us By Us.”  No longer depending on the Hollywood machine to greenlight their stories, a…

New York rapper Fat Joe is ending 2012 on a sour note. The “Another Round” rhymer just plead guilty to tax evasion in the state…

Christmas really should be about the spirit of giving, but we’ve all gotten that one gift that we gave the side-eye. Then there are those…

Former Murder Inc. executive Irv Gotti might be on his way back to the top of the music industry. Gotti is said to have become…

Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane has been issued a cryptic warning about an upcoming Georgia concert. Gucci has been receiving threats that he will be shot…

If we could all be so lucky… Rihanna was given a Porsche by Jay-Z and the whole Roc Nation management for Christmas. Adorned with a…

Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco is putting a muzzle on his opinionated Twitter account, at least for the time being. The outspoken rapper has deleted all…

Comedian Katt Williams has been in the headlines for the past few weeks due to his erratic behavior. One of the most head-scratching incidents was…

Owner and chef of the Austin, Texas, restaurant Thai Noodle House (pictured) Eddie Nimibutr is being bombarded with vitriolic Facebook posts for posting incendiary comments about the…

Writing for NBC, veteran Chicago political journalist and author, Edward McClelland, described “Don’t Like” rapper Chief Keef‘s debut album on Interscope Records, Finally Rich, as a…

Lamar Odom seems to really want his kids to be apart of his new television family — with all the cameras around. According to the…

50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. may not be the friends they used to be, but the boxing champ says he wishes the rapper turned…