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Fab Boy Boochie With R.I.P. Bars For ‘Cupcake’ (Video)
October 30, 2019
Shout to Birmingham’s (Alabama) Fabboy Boochie (aka Charles Smith) for this timely rhyme I caught on the Facebook feed. I think we will all feel this one for a while. We should. We must do better by our children.
We keep losing our babies in the most heinous ways. Recently, Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney was kidnapped from a party, and her remains were found a week later (more after the jump). Damn.
– @ojones1
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Tags: Alabama, Birmingham, Charles Smith, child death, Cupcake, Fab Boy Boochie, Fabboy Boochie, Kamille McKinney, Kidnapping, MURDER | 
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Sports: NBA To Crack Down On Verbally Abusive Fans (Video)
October 30, 2019
Okay. I’m for this. I mean, I would hear the old argument, “That’s what they get paid millions for… to put up with fans’ outbursts.” But I was ALSO a proponent of once your mouth ‘writes that check’ that 6’7″ brother you slurred should get to ‘cash you out court side’ (fines issued on a case-by-case basis, of course). I mean, hey, ALL speech is free… but no one is free from the consequences (just saying).
Nowadays, though, why don’t we just mandate some decorum on both sides. If you don’t think your seat was worth what you paid for it, don’t feel like you can “get your money’s worth” with hateful heckling. Nah, son. That day is done.
I especially like that even a ‘borrowed’ season ticket seat can be lost if the borrower acts out of pocket.
Only potentials issue I see: No ‘instant replay’ in the stands. A lifelong fan losing that season ticket seat for a ‘misheard statement’… well, taking that L would hurt a fan working for $50K a year way more than that athlete who earned $5MIL last year.
Let’s see how this plays out. Let those players play in [relative] peace from now on.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, News, Progressive, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: Fans, Free Speech, Hecklers, Heckling, NBA Cracks Down On Hecklers And Fans, Rick Strom, The Young Turks, TYT, TYT Sports | No Comments »
Intentional Act Of Kindness Earns Kids A New Friend, Clothes, Cash & A Special Visit (Video)
October 7, 2019
That is exactly how human beings are supposed to interact with one another… It’s not more complicated than that… Somebody’s having a hard time, and you help them.
Tearjerker alert. Mondays are Mondays. Watch this though. You WILL get hit in the feels. And you can blame Ellen and Will for ‘chopping them onions’ and ‘making your eyes rain’ as they celebrate these kids and their awesomeness!
#BeKindToOneAnother
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, Inspirational, Interview, Relationships, Series, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: anti-bullying, Antwain Garrett, Ellen, Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Degeneres Show, Kindness, Kristopher Graham, Michael Todd, Will Smith | No Comments »
Politics: Jeff Johnson Leads A Power-Packed Panel Of Pundits In Discussing Today’s Black Agenda And Campaign 2020 (Video)
September 16, 2019
This feels like what a TV station calling itself REVOLT should be doing with its platform, at least in significant part. Very varied viewpoints from and in the Black community are presented and explored here, which is a good thing. Folks (e.g. we and the people who want our votes) need to understand that we are not a monolith, a block, a sector, a checklist item, etc. for the campaign… nor do we necessarily ‘win’ when ‘our candidate’ (whatever that means) wins.
Go get a snack and a beverage, and come back focused. ‘Bout to be some real talk. Necessary talk!
T.I., Killer Mike, Candace Owens, Steven Pargett Of Trap The Vote, Katrina Pierson, & Tamika D Mallory have an open and honest conversation about politics, and the culture we live in today.
– REVOLT TV
Be forewarned: You will get agitated and frustrated. Hang in there. Especially because there is thoughtful, useful insight shared EVERY TIME we get a chance to hear from Killer Mike. Much respect and respek on the name Michael Render!
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Celebrity, Cover Story, EVENTS, Hip-Hop, Panel, Politics, Videos | Tags: Candace Owens, Katrina Pierson, Killer Mike, Revolt, Revolt Summit, Revolt TV, Steven Pargett, T.I., Tamika D Mallory, TI, Trap The Vote | No Comments »
Sports: Ex-Raider Marshawn Lynch To Be Co-Founder Of The Oakland Panthers Indoor Football Franchise (Video)
September 11, 2019
Ah. So Beast Mode is called it a career and is officially retired (again). Now he can get into football (wait what??!)! However, he will NOT be going to Vegas with the Raiders franchise. Marshawn Lynch is getting into Indoor Football!
Don Ford reports on Indoor Football League franchise founded in part by NFL great and Oakland native Marshawn Lynch.
– KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
And how dope it is that Lynch’s new team is named in honor of the Black Panthers important players in the history of Oakland, the United States and the world as we know it!
Hit the jump to check out the press conference for the Oakland Panthers joining the Indoor Football League.
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, Human Interest, News, Sports, Television, Videos | Tags: Beast Mode, Indoor Football, Indoor Football League, Marshawn Lynch, Oakland Panthers | No Comments »
Rashon Khan Reveals That Richard Pryor Wanted Paul Money Dead & The Reason Why (Video)
September 2, 2019
This is HEAVY.
You (should) know there are too many stories… truths… that go unconfessed about that favorite family friend, uncle, aunt, big cousin, etc. that took advantage of youth. Okay, molestation. That is the word. And it is UGLY; the word and the act. And if this is facts… Damn, Paul. Damn.
Rashon Khan, author of upcoming book ‘Everything Wasn’t Funny,’ would find himself brushing shoulders in Hollywood, and would be known for years as Richard Pryor’s bodyguard and trainer. In his talk with CH he shares how Pryor wanted longtime friend Paul Mooney gone after violating his young son.
– Comedy Hype
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Kanye West Makes The August Cover Of Forbes & Discusses His Billion-Dollar Business (Video)
July 10, 2019
Where’s Kanye? Well, he and Waldo don’t hang out like that… In fact, have you ever ‘found’ Waldo on the cover of “Forbes” magazine?
Let’s catch up with Mr. Yeezy.
Posted in Business, Celebrity, Cover Story, Fashion, Hip-Hop, Interview, Videos | Tags: Cover Of Forbes, Forbes, Forbes Magazine, Kanye West | No Comments »
Sports: LSU Freshman Breaks An NCAA Track Record (Video)
June 13, 2019
GeeeeYOTdam!!!
She blazed that race like a video game voice should yell, “SHE’S ON FIRE!” So… now I’m a Sha’Carri Richardson fan (hella cute, too).
LSU Freshman Sha’Carri Richardson hit the gas 🔥
10.75 in the women’s 100 meters to break the collegiate record
– SportsCenter
Can I say that her ‘gram game is on FIRE, too? Too late!
MORE SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON ON INSTAGRAM
– @ojones1
Posted in Cover Story, News, Sports, Videos | Tags: 100 meters, ESPN, Louisiana State University, LSU, LSU Track, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, record, record breaking, Sha'Carri Richardson, Sports Center, SportsCenter, track & field, track and field, women's 100 meters, women's track | No Comments »
Jon Stewart & First Responders Testify Before Congress To Fight For Continued Funding (Video)
June 12, 2019
Dear famous people: THIS is how you use your platform! Stand up for those who stood tall and ran toward the danger we tried to escape… for ours and our families’ & friends’ sake.
Jon Stewart was not the only one to get a standing ovation in a House hearing room today. 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez got a standing ovation too, the day before his 69th chemotherapy treatment.
– MSNBC
Grab a tissue. You’ll cry. And the tears (of pride, sorrow, righteous anger) will be heated.
– @ojones1
RIP Bushwick Bill (Video)
June 11, 2019
There was a lot of back-and-forth, is he or isn’t he? But later on into Sunday we got news we were not ready to hear…
Sad to report it when we got final confirmation, but relieved that the brother’s suffering has ended. Our deepest condolences to his family and our thanks, as part of a Hip-Hop Nation that was blessed by his light. Check out the video montage showing some of Bill’s brilliance above. He will be missed.
#RIPBushwickBill
– @ojones1
Posted in Cover Story, Hip-Hop, News, Videos | Tags: Bushwick Bill, Geto Boys, Richard Stephen Shaw, RIP Bushwick Bill | No Comments »
Chris Long & The Waterboys Bring ‘High Quality H20’ To Tanzania (Video)
May 30, 2019
After 11 years in the League, son of Raider Nation legend Howie Long, former Eagles D-lineman (Philly son!) Chris Long has retired and moved on… Not out to ‘greener pastures’ or just to sit idle, nah… Long is off to make the world a better place. Not a life of privilege, but apparently seeking to live a life of purpose. Salute!
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Cover Story, Environment, Human Interest, Sports, Travel, Videos | Tags: Africa, charity, Chris Long, Clean Water, Clean Water Crisis, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Tanzania, The Waterboys, Waterboys | No Comments »
Principal Akbar Cook Is Still Taking Care Of His ‘Babies’ With His ‘Lights On’ Program (Video)
May 27, 2019
First, a spot on Ellen (see our post here). Now, CNN is covering the Newark (New Jersey, USA) principal. This brother Akbar Cook and his amazing work should keep getting the spotlight on big awesome platforms as an example of what normal people who dare to show extraordinary care can do to make this world a better place!
“When it all gets down to it, we’re saving lives,” says Akbar Cook, the principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Cook founded and directs, a program that gives students a safe place to go on Friday nights, when crime and gun violence are prevalent. In the past three years, Cook says, West Side hasn’t lost any students to gun violence.
– CNN
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Education, Human Interest, News, Videos, Youth | Tags: Akbar Cook, at-risk kids, at-risk students, CNN, Lights On, New Jersey, Newark, Principal Akbar Cook, The Good Stuff, Westside High School | No Comments »
Sports: Magic Johnson Explains Why He Left The Los Angeles Lakers (Video)
May 24, 2019
Soooo, Lebron and Lonzo had their say on here. Now let’s hear from the man (and about the departure) they were talking about, shall we?
Magic Johnson explains that he wanted to fire Luke Walton, but Los Angeles Lakers executive Tim Harris wanted to retain him and identifies Lakers GM Rob Pelinka as the “backstabber.â€
– ESPN
– @ojones1
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Sports: Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale Ends With A First Round Knockout! (Video)
May 20, 2019
Sometimes you gotta just let them hands do the talking. However, in boxing, commentary helps make the moment. I have longtime ties to Tuscaloosa (Roll Tide) Alabama, so I was hollering BOOOOMMMB SQUAAAAD with the hometown hero Wilder. But when Breazeale caught that Thor’s Hammer to the jaw… It was the commentator’s WOWWW that got me.
Makes me keep playing this clip on repeat.
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber†Wilder delivered the 40th knockout of his career in devastating fashion, sending mandatory challenger Dominic “Trouble†Breazeale flat on his back with a trademark right hand in front of a raucous crowd at Barclays Center.
– SHOWTIME Sports
– @ojones1
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Michael Franzese Speaks On Everything From Joining The Mafia To Michael Jordan’s Gambling (Video)
April 23, 2019
Talk it, rap about it… gangsters and mafiosos… Well, here’s Vlad getting one to open up, on camera, in real life! And what he speaks on (and sort of ‘pleads the 5th’ on) is craaaazy! And we have ALL the interview clips released thus far. Start with Part 1 above and keep going after the jump. And keep an eye out for more on the ‘Tube: Vlad keeps dishing out these plates because he knows we’ll keep eating them up!
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, Interview, Series, Videos | Tags: DJ Vlad, DLVlad, mafia, Michael Franzese, Vlad, Vlad TV, VladTV | No Comments »
When They See “When They See Us” People Will Really Understand The ‘Central Park Five’ Story (Trailer)
April 22, 2019
“When They See Us” was conceptualized and co-written by Ava DuVernay for Netflix and it is coming to take hearts and minds and twist them… to make us feel everything the falsely accused (and eventually exonerated) Central Park Five.
Just LOOK at who is attached. The exec producers (Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro) all the through to casting (Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood)… they will draw MILLIONS of viewers! We must learn. ALL of us.
Based on a true story that gripped the country, “When They See Us” will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four-part limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise. Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the series will span 25 years, highlighting their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014.
“When They See Us” premieres May 31 only on Netflix.
– Netflix
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Minister Louis Farrakhan Speaks In Honor Of Nipsey Hussle At The Marathon Clothing Store (Video)
April 16, 2019
He smoked reefer. Me, too.
How dope is this! The Minister came to speak life where it was taken. Real talk. The realest. I (and you, I’m sure) keep finding that we miss Nipsey Hussle more and more each day… at least for now. Beautiful words. Lyrical. In celebration of Hussle the hood inspiration #RIPNIP
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks on Nipsey Hussle at The Marathon Clothing Store in Los Angeles, California on April 10, 2019.
– The Nation Of Islam
– @ojones1
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Nipsey Hussle’s Memorial Service: Black Sam’s Speech (Video)
April 15, 2019
Courtesy All Ohio TV.
Get your full issues of tissues because you will cry real tears here. Truly touching and REAL speech from Nipsey’s brother Black Sam. You will feel pain, and joy, and remorse, and pride by the time this clip is done. What a legacy Black Sam speaks life to. And it is not done. The Marathon Continues!
And the whole service is embedded after the jump, courtesy PBS NewsHour. Yes, Nipsey got full coverage on PBS like be was Mr. Rogers. He kind of was. RIP to Neighborhood Nip from Crenshaw and Slauson.
– @ojones1
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RIP Nipsey Hussle (Video)
April 1, 2019
I hoped against all hope that it was not true, but CNN and major news and online reporting outlets confirm that Nipsey Hussle died tragically, the result of a shooting near his clothing store, in the area of Crenshaw and Slauson. Born Ermias Davidson Asghedom, he was 33 years old.
Beyond the obvious, what is really saddening is that while Nip lived a lifetime in his short years, he had so much more to live for. He was fresh off a well-deserved Grammy nomination and consistently recognized for his solid body of work in rap, his noteworthy successes in business, and his neighborhood activism in keeping with global thinking and local action. But he was due for more: J. Cole and Drake both shared that they were set to do songs with him and would miss his presence. He was in the final stages of buying up the block [where his business operates] and bringing peace & brotherhood to his hood. And we just posted on the committed relationship and family life he had built with Lauren London on here.
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing store he owned, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin discusses with DJ HeadKrack.
– CNN
Such a loss for us all. In time, we will heal. But for now, we will mourn. Rest In Peace, Neighborhood Nip.
– @ojones1
Watch This Clip On A “Labor Camp” In Belle Glade, Florida, In 1960 (Mini-Documentary)
March 18, 2019
My Dad saw a similar story on TV in the mid-1980s and it prompted him to go looking for his older brother. They’d only been in sparse contact with each other, but Dad knew Uncle DeWitt was in Florida working on a farm similar to their sharecropping days. It turns out that Uncle DeWitt was caught up at a place like this.
Check out this footage of these kids and their mother at a “labor camp” in Belle Glade, FL in 1960. Gotta see it to believe it.
– UNSTRIPPED VOICE
We got him out of there. But places like that even existing in the 20th century. Makes me feel a way. Watch and you’ll likely feel it, too.
– @ojones1
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