We already know Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins as a hip-hop star who made the hit records “Holla Holla,“Always on Time” with Ashanti, “Put It On…
Lyfe Jennings has had his ups and downs in life and love, but his pain has been a gift to his fans through his talent…
Cornel so crazy. I’m talking about Cornel West, of course, and his recent anti-President Obama rant. BlackAmericaweb columnist Michael Cottman has more than adequately and…
Ever since Adam Lanza, egged on by insanity and an itchy trigger finger, slaughtered 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in…
Actor Wesley Snipes, 50, is a free man. Snipes was released from federal prison where he was sentenced to three years on tax charges. Snipes was sent to prison in 2010 for refusal to pay his 1999, 2000 and 2001 tax returns. However, Snipes was acquitted on felony tax fraud and conspiracy charges. According to […]
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on this date July 18, 1918 in South Africa. Mandela was the first ever to be elected President in a fully representative democratic election 1994-1999. He was an anti-apartheid activist, leader and co-founder of Umkhonto We Sizwe. The group was affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC). Mandela was […]
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s request that he be released from jail because the low-quality food and water have threatened his health was denied by a Las Vegas judge who says he should eat and drink what is being given to him behind bars, reports AP. Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa wrote in her […]
Former Boxing Champ Mike Tyson’s Las Vegas stage show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, has revealed even more details out Tyson’s troubled past, but apparently he didn’t include everything. In a recent ESPN interview, Tyson mention what he left out of the show. “I didn’t talk about getting a prison official pregnant,” he revealed. “Oh yeah. […]
The Richmond Circuit Court will look into a complaint filed challenging the Virginia’s lethal injections. The court document names the Virginia Department of Corrections Director and other prison officials as defendants. The document alledges that correction officials are using the unlicensed practice of medicine, pharmacy and anesthesiology. Spokesmen for the Department of Corrections and the state […]
Although actor Wesley Snipes is currently a prisoner at McKean Federal Institute, after his release, Snipes may get back into the swing of things working for filmmaker Spike Lee. “Yesterday I went to Pennsylvania to spend two great hours with my man Wesley Snipes,” said Lee via Twitter. “Mr. Snipes is in great shape, mentally, […]
Despite recommendations for a more lenient punishment, federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds to a 15-month prison term. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors objected in court papers Thursday to a probation officer’s recommendation that Bonds only receive probation when he is sentenced Dec. 16 on […]
Despite recommendations for a more lenient punishment, federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds to a 15-month prison term. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors objected in court papers Thursday to a probation officer’s recommendation that Bonds only receive probation when he is sentenced Dec. 16 on […]
