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Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The genre has been producing chart toppers at this level
The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind. In Jamaica, government workers and residents began clearing roads in a push to reach
Tracy Morgan has been through a lot, and he has healed from a lot. During an emotional new sitdown with “CBS Mornings‘” Nate Burleson, the 56-year-old actor and comedian got candid about the loss of both his wife and fellow comedian, James “Jimmy Mack” McNair. In 2014, the limousine in
After being estranged for more than two decades, Cynthia Erivo isn’t so sure her life would be better if she reconciled with her father. As Harper’s Bazaar’s November cover star, the 38-year-old singer and actress opens up about her complicated relationship with the man who, she says, disowned her and
Zoom etiquette is still getting the best of us in 2025. In Detroit, the police department is doing an internal investigation after one of its cops showed up to a virtual court meeting, pantless. Officer Matthew Jackson was attending the hearing at the city’s 36th District Court on October 27
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday challenged the Trump administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program’s history because of the government shutdown. During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge
Serena Williams has been through a lot when it comes to rivals on the tennis court—from fights to feuds, and even at one point, accusations of witchcraft. On a recent episode of “Stockton Street,” the newly launched podcast Serena co-hosts with her sister Venus, the 44-year-old tennis legend recalled the
This week, social media users applauded Pastor Jamal Bryant after he announced that his church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, will be accepting food donations as a form of tithing during November, in an effort to help communities impacted by the government shutdown, unemployment, and cuts to SNAP
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton October 30, 2025 ‘This confirms our intent to appeal, and we look forward to the Court of Appeals reviewing that filing in the coming weeks.’ Attorneys for Canadian recording artist Drake have stated that the rapper is appealing his defamation case against Universal Music Group
by Sharelle B. McNair October 30, 2025 Protests sparked across the nation after news of Massey’s July 2024 death made headlines, adding another name to the lengthy list of Black people who have died at the hands of the police. The family of Sonya Massey, the unarmed Black woman who
Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The genre has been producing chart toppers at this level
The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind. In Jamaica, government workers and residents began clearing roads in a push to reach
Tracy Morgan has been through a lot, and he has healed from a lot. During an emotional new sitdown with “CBS Mornings‘” Nate Burleson, the 56-year-old actor and comedian got candid about the loss of both his wife and fellow comedian, James “Jimmy Mack” McNair. In 2014, the limousine in
After being estranged for more than two decades, Cynthia Erivo isn’t so sure her life would be better if she reconciled with her father. As Harper’s Bazaar’s November cover star, the 38-year-old singer and actress opens up about her complicated relationship with the man who, she says, disowned her and
Zoom etiquette is still getting the best of us in 2025. In Detroit, the police department is doing an internal investigation after one of its cops showed up to a virtual court meeting, pantless. Officer Matthew Jackson was attending the hearing at the city’s 36th District Court on October 27
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday challenged the Trump administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program’s history because of the government shutdown. During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge
Serena Williams has been through a lot when it comes to rivals on the tennis court—from fights to feuds, and even at one point, accusations of witchcraft. On a recent episode of “Stockton Street,” the newly launched podcast Serena co-hosts with her sister Venus, the 44-year-old tennis legend recalled the
This week, social media users applauded Pastor Jamal Bryant after he announced that his church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, will be accepting food donations as a form of tithing during November, in an effort to help communities impacted by the government shutdown, unemployment, and cuts to SNAP
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton October 30, 2025 ‘This confirms our intent to appeal, and we look forward to the Court of Appeals reviewing that filing in the coming weeks.’ Attorneys for Canadian recording artist Drake have stated that the rapper is appealing his defamation case against Universal Music Group
by Sharelle B. McNair October 30, 2025 Protests sparked across the nation after news of Massey’s July 2024 death made headlines, adding another name to the lengthy list of Black people who have died at the hands of the police. The family of Sonya Massey, the unarmed Black woman who