The saints were tuning in to Empire last night and were not prepared for what came on the screen. During the premiere of FOX Television’s hit show, Empire, the writers targeted gospel artist Donnie McClurkin. In a recent article in Hollywood Reporter, we learned that actor Sean Penn took legal action to defend his name and character. Gospel […]

Trai Byers (Andre) and Grace Gealey (Anika) don’t play very likable people on Empire. That doesn’t mean they aren’t good for each other, though. The castmates…

Everybody and their mama will appear on the second season of Empire, and now you can have your shot at it, too. Fox will charter a bus…

When you’re the co-creator of a show that arguably saved a television network when it comes to the ratings race, good things tend to happen…

Confronting the stigma that millennial artists are less inclined to marry their craft with social issues, the 2015 BET Awards stood out as not only…

Emmy contenders Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis spoke on how they’ve managed to handle race and sexism in Hollywood with The Hollywood Reporter. The…

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In 1794, a Portuguese slave ship, dubbed Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, sank near Capetown while en route from Mozambique to Brazil. Now over 200 years…

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Last month, a Zion, Ill. police officer fatally shot 17-year-old Justus Howell in the back — and like many of the recent incidents involving police…

As part of Radio One’s St. Louis Radiothon for Ferguson Relief, he served as a co-host and provided a screening of the second episode, which raised…