*The family released a statement to RadarOnline.com Thursday confirming the disco diva was “surrounded by her family at the time” she died. “Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith. While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can’t [...]

*Atlanta rapper Ludacris stopped by Dobbs elementary school to push his ‘Living Green and Luda Leadership’ inititiave. Ludacris’ first order of business: to teach gardening to a group of second graders. And the kids loved it. He stressed the importance of eating healthy and developing a healthy lifestyle saying, “You’re never to young to do the right thing.” The day came [...]

Louisiana rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch,who is currently serving eight years in prison for drug related charges, was found not guilty in his murder trial. The “Wipe Me Down” rapper was facing life in prison for ordering the murder of 35-year-old Terry Boyd. Back in 2009 Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie  plead guilty to a third-offense marijuana possession charge stemming from 2008 in which he [...]

Original audio source (nas-daughters-prod-by-no-i-d.mp3) New album Life Is Good drops July 17th. Nas’ Baby Mother Slams “Daughters” Nas explains the concept for his single ”Daughters”. Tweet Share on Tumblr

*Entitled, “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball,” he shares his dreams, his struggles, and his rewards of being a father. “As a child, I grew up with aspirations to one day be a professional basketball player, and I am living that dream every day as a proud member of the Miami Heat,” Wade said. “However, the [...]

On a trip to visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, President Obama took a minute to sit on the same Montgomery, Alabama bus that Rosa refuse to give up her seat. Obama later reflected on the moment at a fundraiser in suburban Detroit. “I just sat in there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that [...]

*For the third consecutive year, every single senior at Urban Prep Academy, the only all-black, all-male charter high school in Chicago, has been accepted to college, school officials announced. The academy also said that 83 percent of its first graduating class in 2010 has re-enrolled in a second year of college, a rebuttal to critics of the school who have [...]

The majority is calling it incest and the accused love birds are calling it love. Sources are telling the media that Bobbi Kristina could care less what her grandmother and the media is saying about her love for Nicholas Gordon being that they are not blood related. Whitney took in Nicholas Gordon 10 years ago after learning he had family [...]

*Ebony/Jet founder John H. Johnson is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service’s black heritage stamp for 2012. Johnson started Johnson Publishing Co. in 1951 with a $500 loan using his mother’s furniture as collateral. The Johnson stamp joins the ranks of other honorees like U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordon, singer Ella Fitzgerald, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, poet Langston Hughes [...]

McDonalds and Taco Bell banned the pink goo from their menu’s, so why would the same people advocating a change to kids diets allow this to happen? WIC programs and school lunches across the country have seen tremendous adjustments. 1st Lady, Michelle Obama traveled nationwide advocating healthy diets and more fitness programs. So what happened? Gerald Zernstein, Custer and microbiologist [...]

TMZ REPORTS: Bobbi Kristina is telling friends … she’s wanted to change her name for years — ever since her parents split — but Whitney wouldn’t let her. Now that Whitney’s gone, we’re told the 19-year-old feels untethered — and wants to finally change her name completely … making it simply “Kristina Houston.” We’re told Bobbi has made the decision [...]

The HIV rate among black women living in some U.S. cities is the same rate as that of some African countries, according to a new multicenter study presented Thursday at the 19th Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. The jarring findings acknowledge that HIV is not an infection that has been eradicated, but one that has been somewhat forgotten, researchers [...]

*Lady Gaga is expected to be joined by Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Harvard University for the launch of the singer’s Born This Way Foundation, reports the Associated Press. The Born This Way Foundation will address self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring and career development through research, education and advocacy. *EurWeb.com Tweet Share on Tumblr