Entertainment

New York Undercover was one of the first police dramas that captured the sounds, aesthetics and grooves of a changing urban America. Set in the 1990s, smack dab in the middle of the golden era of hip-hop, the show featured the goings-on of two male New York City police detectives—an African American and a Puerto…

A Texas couple may have just made two new friends, all because they accidentally texted the wrong number. Dennis Williams received a text March 19, informing him that someone was having a baby. “We are at the hospital. Having a baby today!” the text read. “She has dilated to between 5-6.” “Congrats lol but I…

Just in case you didn’t know, the Milly Rock is a dance. And Kirk Franklin is a gospel singer. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, watch Franklin Milly Rock for Jesus at a recent concert. Milly Rocking for Jesus? Acceptable. Twerking for Jesus? Probably not.

There’s a biopic coming that’s focusing on Sam Cooke’s violent death. According to producer Romeo Antonio, Sam Cooke: The Truth is a “murder mystery” and will look into Cooke’s 1964 death. Cooke died after being shot by Bertha Franklin, a manager of a South Los Angeles motel. According to reports, Franklin was defending herself against Cooke and…

The Internet is full of talented people, from makeup artists to singers and everything else in between. And now there’s a fan of R&B singer-actress Brandy Norwood on Instagram who also seems to be a talented doll stylist.  The Instagram account for Barbie Brandy, created by Tyren Redd, is not only styled with cute, natural hairstyles…

Hustle Man—the character played by Tracy Morgan on Martin—always kept a job. You can talk about how he flip-flopped from gig to gig all you want, but his persistence at keeping the checks coming in and his eagerness to diversify his skill set were pretty impressive. Especially in Detroit. You have to give credit where credit…

It used to be that you would want to be associated with comedic icon Bill Cosby. Especially if you were a black comedian. But nowadays that’s not exactly the case. Kevin Hart sent Google a nice tweet Thursday, pleading for the search engine to remove Hart’s photo from a Google search of “Bill Cosby’s net…

Akilah Johnson of Washington, D.C., was one of 100,000 students who submitted their artwork for the Doodle 4 Google competition for young artists. And the 10th-grader’s art is now proudly displayed on today’s Google home page. Akilah, whose art honors her own African-American culture, is titled My Afrocentric Life and was made with color pencils, black…

Beyoncé went to her uncle Skip’s funeral in Texas this past weekend and took a few photos with her Beyince kinfolk—her mother’s side of the family. Yep, Beyoncé is named after her mother’s maiden name, Beyince. She snapped one photo in particular with two women who are reportedly her cousins Kelsi and Kristin, who are…

It’s hard out here on these Easter streets. With the holiday right around the corner, people are flocking to local malls just to get photos with the Easter Bunny. But visitors to a local New Jersey mall got more than they bargained for. On Sunday a Twitter user with the handle 2jrb123 was at the…