By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Looking at the television commercials these days, comedian and Oscar winning actor, Jamie Foxx, is quite excited about betting on sports events on his phone. So is the also very popular comic and movie star, Kevin Hart. The former entertainer is on the BET MGM app
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO The Rev. Jerome Stephens is a transplant from Plain Dealing, La., a small town north of Shreveport, La., 15 miles from the Arkansas line. Nearly 50 years ago, after graduating from college, Stephens bought a one-way ticket and caught a Greyhound bus to Baltimore. The plan was to
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Friday were set to release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating a Black man whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality. Family members of Tyre Nichols pleaded for any protests to remain peaceful. The officers, all of
By “Lady” Brion Gill, Special to the AFRO “The Black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the Negro’s’ reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.” – Sonia Sanchez Recently, the Washington Post ran a Jan. 6 article highlighting a painting of Thurgood Marshall by the renowned Baltimore artist, Ernest Shaw. The article prompted this
Gospel music icon, CeCe Winans has premiered the official video for “No Greater,” off of her chart-topping and Grammy-Award-winning album, “Believe for It”. The performance-concept visual features clips of some of CeCe’s beautiful moments with family, her show/conference ‘Generations’, her visit to Good Morning America, and other memorable cuts. “No Greater” is a high-energy worship
NOSA is back with New Music and it’s “Your Majesty!” The “We Raise A Sound” crooner teams up with Fuji-maestro, Mike Abdul, for a God-exalting Afro/Fuji fusion and addictive uptempo sure to keep you on your toes dancing away all of life’s stresses. Available now on digital platforms, “Your Majesty” is a song of gratitude
UK-Based Singer and Worship leader, Purist Ogboi unveils her new single/video “YESHUA,” – a song of hope, declaring God’s sovereignty over everything. The faith-inspiring track is available today on digital platforms. Speaking about the song’s inspiration, Purist shares “During the pandemic we lost a lot of people and I personally lost a real special woman
Rick James performs live – on stage with Eddie Murphy file photo 1983 – GettyImages *Many old heads still listen to “Party All The Time,” one of the R&B hits from the 80s. It is, of course, impossible to listen to the song and not think of comedian Eddie Murphy who sang it, and the
Tyre Nichols after being beaten by Memphis cops – screenshot *Let’s be clear, the five former Black Memphis police officers got everything they deserved for beating Tyre Nichols to a pulp. They were fired and charged with second-degree murder, two counts of official misconduct, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of official oppression, and
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