Aspire TV has announced that they will be premiering Butter + Brown, a culinary series created and co-executive produced by Issa Rae. Issa Rae is the creator and star of HBO’s Insecure, a dramedy series developed from one of…

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WE’VE known since 1964 that cigarette smoking is harmful to your health. We’ve known for more than 40 years that alcohol damages the developing brain of a child. We’ve known since the mid 70's that asbestos causes cancer and other…

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Lynch and Starbucks have created a new drink, called a "Beast Mode Frappuccino." Twenty-four
cents from every drink sold in Washington state and Oakland, Calif., Lynch's hometown, will aid
Lynch's Fam 1st Family Foundation, which he founded with Bills quarterback…Read more

Rachel Dolezal, the civil rights activist accused of lying about her race, has resigned from the NAACP chapter
in Spokane, Wash., where she served as president.

“It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement…Read more

Ahead of his "Rally 4 Peace" concert in Baltimore on Sunday (May 10), Prince has shared shared a moving
new tribute song to the city following the death of Freddie Gray.
 
The four-and-a-half-minute track was recorded in early May at…Read more

On Oscar night, one of the attendees catching everyone's eye wasn't even a nominee. It was
18-year-old Disney Channel actress Zendaya. And she wasn't even getting attention for her
dress but for how she styled her hair in dreadlocks.Something E!…Read more

Destiny Jones, daughter of rap star Nas and model Carmen Bryan, has grown up to be her own business woman. She's launched
a line of organic lip gloss called "Lipmatic." The gloss is available in four flavors: plum, peach, cotton…Read more

Veterans Day is a great time of year to volunteer, donate or simply thank someone
who has served, or is serving, in the U.S. military. And you won’t be the only one
showing appreciation. Many companies see Veterans Day as…Read more

Ferguson, Missouri, has seen a surge in voter registration since a white police officer fatally
shot black teenager Michael Brown in early August, USA Today reported. Of the 4,839 people
in St. Louis County who have registered to vote since…Read more

Turning up the heat on subway perverts, the MTA will put surveillance cameras in hundreds of 
new train cars expected to be ordered in a few years. The MTA for the first time committed to
the security move in a…Read more

The US government has agreed to pay $554m (£339m) to the Native American Navajo
tribe to settle a legal dispute. It is the largest payment ever made by the government to
a single tribe. The litigation included claims that dated…Read more

The world's top food and drink companies announced a raft of measures to try to
improve the industry's image, including stopping advertising junk food to children
by 2018, harmonizing nutritional labeling and fighting deforestation. The Consumer
Goods Forum (CGF), an…Read more

In the wake of a January report on the dismal jobs landscape for young black males in Chicago —
92 percent are jobless — the Urban League teamed with actor/rapper Common and songwriter Che
“Rhymefest” Smith in an effort to…Read more

Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to spend $50 million this year building an anti-gun-
violence organization that he hopes will ultimately outmuscle the NRA. The Bloomberg LP founder
intends to establish a nationwide grass-roots network designed to motivate voters…Read more

  
The United States Postal Service has released a new stamp featuring Jimi Hendrix. The
new stamp shows the late guitarist playing the instrument with colorful stripes as the background.
"Combining influences from rock, modern jazz, soul and the blues with…Read more

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch officially signed an endorsement deal
with the Skittles.The deal will pay Lynch an undisclosed endorsement fee and include a
$10,000 donation to his Fam First Foundation every time he scores a touchdown in the…Read more

RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MUSIC CAN.....Help Physically:

1. Ease pain. Music can meaningfully reduce the perceived intensity of
pain, especially in geriatric care, intensive care, or palliative medicine
(an area of healthcare that focuses on preventing and relieving the…

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Hip Hop publicist Arie Goode is here every week answering
your email questions on industry how-to's and important
Do's and Don'ts.

This week's question:
Is social media replacing the celebrity publicist? – JB

Of course not, on the contrary! Publicists…Read more

Hip Hop publicist Arie Goode is here every week answering your email
questions on industry how-to's and important Do's and Don'ts.

This week's question:
  Arie, Is it my publicist's job to book me for shows? ____@hotmail.com Ummm NO! [Laughing]… Read more