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Via SingersRoom.com: Ashanti has been spending much of her time putting finishing touches on a follow up to 2008s “The Declaration”. While the singer has been keeping much of the project under wraps, sources say a certain NRJ Award nominated DJ/producer could make the album. Click here to read more.

Via BET.com: According to web reports, it appears as though ATL rapper Waka Flocka Flame has been shot in attempted robbery at a gas station! The “O Let’s Do It” rapper was reportedly shot twice in the arm. A motive for the robbery has yet to be determined.

Via: WRAL.com 18-year-old Joseph Mendez of Louisburg is accused stabbed his mother and sister yesterday… His sister, 14 year old Julianna Mathews later died of her wounds and her mother Lydia is still in critical condition at UNC Hospitals… Investigators are trying to figure out a motive for the incident… Mendez is charged with murder […]

Via: WRAL.com Yesterday a Harnett County deputy shot and killed an armed 13-year-old boy in a confrontation outside a Cameron convenience store… The officer was also shot during the incident… The name of the teen has yet to be released… There are reports that the boy was an Overhills Middle School eighth-grader that lived in […]

Check out this week’s Episode of Let’s Talk about Pep. Pep and the girls go on a cutie run and she almost catch an animal… VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip

Check out This week episode of Fantasia For Real…… Teeny leaves to go stay with the roaches after spending too much of Tasia’s money… VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip

Was there a better decade for black films than the 1970’s, when the Blaxploitation era was in full effect? Though it was a controversial era for African-Americans, Blaxploitation cinema was a creatively rich period that broke down racial barriers for many black actors and filmmakers. Names like Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, and Melvin Van Peebles […]

Via : Youtube.com and HipHopWired.com Jay Electronica (Je’Ri Allah) is a rapper and producer known for his use of percussionless film soundtracks as a background for his abstract lyrical style, and his associations with Erykah Badu. He is actually her baby daddy! Now he’s on his way to being “the next BEST thing” Originally from […]

Via: WRAL.com Today The Wake County Board of Education will give final OK to end mandatory year-round school assignments. Earlier this month, board members voted to give parents more options on where their children attend school. The board’s new majority has indicated that they want to end the school system’s decade-old diversity policy by implementing […]

Via: WRAL.com The financial literacy program called  “Your Money Bus” will pull into Raleigh today… The program was set up to help Triangle residents figure out ways to reduce there personal debt and save money. The financial adviser’s don’t charge fees, and may be available for longer-term work…  The Bus will be in Raleigh on […]