Archive for June, 2010

ARTIST LAURYN HILL FINALLY BREAKS HER SILENCE IN RECENT INTERVIEW, by Zoe Chace
NEW YORK (Rap-Up.com) – Lauryn Hill hasn’t granted many interviews as of late, but NPR managed to score some one-on-one time with the reclusive singer during her visit to the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, Calif., earlier this month. Reporter Zoe Chace was [...]

Dana Carroll, Sex & Relationships
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY “YES” TO A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL? by Dana Carroll

KANSAS CITY – If someone gets down on one knee, hands you a diamond ring and asks you, “Will you marry me?” Do you have to say yes? Surprisingly a lot of people say you do. It is the [...]

EMBATTLED SINGER CHRIS BROWN PAYS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON, by Brad Wete
LOS ANGELES (Music Mix) – As far as I’m concerned, there’s only been one Michael Jackson tribute. On Sunday (June 27) Chris Brown finally got his shot at paying homage to his fallen idol, Michael Jackson, at the BET Awards 2010. Jackson’s brother Jermaine [...]

HOW TO RAISE YOUR CREDIT SCORE AND IMPROVE INTEREST RATES, by Liz Pulliam Weston
(Money Central MSN.com) – In our post-crisis economy, good credit isn’t just nice to have — it’s essential if you want to level the playing field with lenders. Credit scores are three-digit numbers lenders use to gauge your creditworthiness, and until the [...]

Michelle Ruiz, Contributor
FALLING TREE BRANCH IN CENTRAL PARK KILLS BABY; INJURES MOM. By Michelle Ruiz
NEW YORK – A New Jersey father was snapping a family photo on a sunny Saturday in New York’s Central Park when a falling tree branch injured his wife and killed his infant daughter, officials said. Police confirmed the 33-year-old mother [...]

ALVIN WILLIAMS LAUNCHES NEW VENTURE: Industry veteran Alvin Williams announces the launch of A Williams Entertainment Group, LLC, a multi-faceted entertainment company housing four divisions–management, live entertainment, book publishing, consulting and marketing. The goal of this venture is to identify multi-faceted talent and enable them to serve on multiple platforms.
Williams’ first release under this banner [...]

WORLD CUP: SOCCER IS STILL THE WORLD’S GAME, FOR NOW. By Kevin Blackistone
RUSTENBURG, South Africa – The Man of the Match on Saturday night in a field in the shadow of the Pilanesberg Mountains in northern South Africa was a 20-year-old, Andre Ayew, the French-born son of Ghana’s greatest soccer player, Abedi Pele. He hemmed [...]

Charles Rouse III, Sports Editor
WIZARDS’ NEW STADIUM TAKING FORM FAST; SHOULD OPEN IN 2011. By Charles Rouse

KANSAS CITY – It’s an exciting time for the game of soccer, aided in large part by the 2010 World Cup now going on in South Africa, which is galvanizing soccer and sports fans all around the world. Everywhere [...]

BOOK REVIEW: PAT BENATAR’S “BETWEEN A HEART AND A ROCK PLACE.” Real Rock News
(RealRockNews.com) – It’s been almost a week since Pat Benatar’s new book hit store shelves. Being a bit of a slow reader (mostly due to time constraints), I just finished reading it last night. Normally, I would conclude that only Pat Benatar [...]

RAP STAR DRAKE: THE ALL HIP HOP INTERVIEW PART 2, by Chuck “Jigsaw” Cheekmur
NEW YORK – In Part 1, Drake addressed a myriad of topics from critics to Rihanna, haters to Nicki Minaj, Thank Me Later to Lil Kim’s present beef. In Part 2, Drizzy is already thinking about the next move to further his [...]