BIG FREEDIA to Headline First-Ever Mass Registration of Women for Clean Economy Jobs in New Orleans Special Guest ANI DIFRANCO and Leyla McCalla to Join Historic Free Event Mobilizing 2,600 Attendees for High-Paying Careers in Louisiana’s Skilled Trades and Clean Economy On September 27, 2024, the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, will headline a landmark… Continue reading BIG FREEDIA Headlines First-Ever Mass Registration of Women for Clean Economy Jobs in New Orleans
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Lil’ WeezyAna Fest Taking Place on November 2 at Smoothie King Center
LIVE NATION URBAN ANNOUNCES SEVENTH ANNUAL LIL’ WEEZYANA FEST FESTIVITIES TO KICK OFF NOVEMBER 2 @ SMOOTHIE KING CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS, LA LINEUP TO FEATURE A HOT BOYS REUNION WITH LIL WAYNE, JUVENILE, B.G. & TURK, PLUS PERFORMANCES FROM ROB49, MANNIE FRESH & MORE New Orleans, LA (September 3, 2024)—… Continue reading Lil’ WeezyAna Fest Taking Place on November 2 at Smoothie King Center
LL COOL J Releases THE FORCE
GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING HIP-HOP ICON LL COOL J RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM, THE FORCE ALBUM FEATURES NAS, EMINEM, SNOOP DOGG, BUSTA RHYMES, SAWEETIE AND MORE LEAD SINGLE “MURDERGRAM DEUX” FEATURING EMINEM AVAILABLE NOW STREAM THE FULL ALBUM HERE NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 – Today, Rock & Roll Hall… Continue reading LL COOL J Releases THE FORCE
Football Player Myles Garrett Invests In Former NASA Scientist’s Energy Company
Cleveland Browns player Myles Garrett took up an unexpected endeavor when it was announced that he had invested in a National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee’s energy company. Johnson Energy Storage (JES), owned by former NASA Scientist, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, announced that the NFL defensive end has invested in the company. View this post… Continue reading Football Player Myles Garrett Invests In Former NASA Scientist’s Energy Company
Deion Sanders Recruits Elevations Credit Union To Open Bank Accounts For Children Of Players on Football Team
NFL Hall of Famer and current University of Colorado Boulder football coach Deion Sanders has partnered with Elevations Credit Union to give eight of his football players with children a bank account and starting them off with $2,121. Elevations Credit Union posted a video of the football head coach speaking to the young fathers and… Continue reading Deion Sanders Recruits Elevations Credit Union To Open Bank Accounts For Children Of Players on Football Team
Charles Barkley Makes First Payment Of Promised $1M To New Orleans Prep School
In May, NBA Hall of Famer, Charles Barkley, after seeing “60 Minutes” feature two former students of a New Orleans school revealing the girls used trigonometry to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem, pledged to donate $1 million to the institution. The TNT analyst reportedly sent an installment of $100,000 recently to the school. According to… Continue reading Charles Barkley Makes First Payment Of Promised $1M To New Orleans Prep School
Keke Palmer’s Saving Our Daughters Partners with Concord Theatricals
Keke Palmer, Saving Our Daughters CONCORD THEATRICALS PARTNERS WITH KEKE PALMER’S SAVING OUR DAUGHTERS’ LITTLE CINDERELLA REPORTERS INITIATIVE The Collaboration Seeks To Inspire Elementary Aged Girls In Career Arts Development New York, NY (August 29, 2024) – Saving Our Daughters, co-founded by actress & philanthropist Keke Palmer, is excited to announce its partnership with Concord… Continue reading Keke Palmer’s Saving Our Daughters Partners with Concord Theatricals
Jim Jones Enters Tech Space With Social Media App SneakyLinks
Harlem-bred hip-hop recording artist Jim Jones has entered the world of technology by releasing a social media app named ‘SneakyLinks.’ After the exclusive unveiling of the app in Atlanta last month at Invest Fest 2024, the On My Way to Church rapper and investor Daniel Gamble has officially announced the public launch of SneakyLinks. View this… Continue reading Jim Jones Enters Tech Space With Social Media App SneakyLinks
Martin Shkreli Has To Give Up His Copies of Wu-Tang Clan ‘Once Upon A Time in Shaolin’
The Wu-Tang Clan’s album, “Once Upon A Time in Shaolin,” which is currently owned by PleasrDAO was once owned by convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. PleasrDAO has successfully sued Shkreli after accusing him of keeping unauthorized copies of the album and distributing it without the company’s permission. According to ArtNet, in a case before Judge… Continue reading Martin Shkreli Has To Give Up His Copies of Wu-Tang Clan ‘Once Upon A Time in Shaolin’
Chicago Bears Settle Lawsuit With White Man After Complaint Of Not Getting ‘Legal Diversity Fellow’ Role
Jonathan Bresser, a student at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the NFL‘s Chicago Bears after they posted they were looking to fill a position for a “legal diversity fellow” and he claimed he was denied because he is a white man. The football team settled the case on August… Continue reading Chicago Bears Settle Lawsuit With White Man After Complaint Of Not Getting ‘Legal Diversity Fellow’ Role
NFL Expands Loans from Minority Banks to Nearly $100 Million
League Reinforces its Commitment to Drive Economic Opportunity in Underserved Communities NEW YORK – August 29, 2024 –The NFL is expanding its commitment to support diverse enterprises across the country to help drive economic opportunity in underserved communities. Last year, the league secured $78 million in funding from 16 Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), Community Development… Continue reading NFL Expands Loans from Minority Banks to Nearly $100 Million
Eric Bellinger Releases The Rebirth 3 Remixes & More EP
Eric Bellinger Expands His R&B Empire with The Rebirth 3 Remixes & More EP The Grammy-Winning Artist Taps Ty Dolla $ign, Sevyn Streeter and More for a Fresh Spin on his Chart-Topping Album Click Here to Listen to ‘The Rebirth 3 Remixes and More’ PHOTO CREDIT: ERIC BELLINGER (LOS ANGELES, CA) August 30, 2024 –… Continue reading Eric Bellinger Releases The Rebirth 3 Remixes & More EP
Styles P’s Farma Cares Hosting Westchester’s First Plant-Based BBQ On 8/31
Styles P‘s Farma Cares To Host Westchester County’s First Ever Plant-Based BBQ Event The event will take place in the rapper’s hometown of Yonkers, New York and feature music from DJ Large Professor this Saturday (8/31) New York, NY (8/29/2024) — Veteran New York rapper Styles P of the legendary Rap trio The LOX has dedicated over a decade… Continue reading Styles P’s Farma Cares Hosting Westchester’s First Plant-Based BBQ On 8/31
Court Case Of Bernard Bronner vs. Rainforest Films, Will Packer and Rob Hardy Set To Start September 16
BERNARD BRONNER VS. RAINFOREST FILMS, WILL PACKER, ROB HARDY, AND TRF PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Trial date set for September 16th in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, GA — August 28, 2024. The trial in the case of Bernard Bronner vs. Rainforest Films, Will Packer, Rob Hardy, and TRF Productions, LLC is set to begin on September 16th, 2024, in Georgia.… Continue reading Court Case Of Bernard Bronner vs. Rainforest Films, Will Packer and Rob Hardy Set To Start September 16
Another Kobe Bryant Memorabilia Sells For Over A Million At Auction
Another Kobe Bryant memorabilia was sold for over a million dollars over the weekend on August 18. According to a social media post by Goldin Auctions, an Upper Deck trading card of Kobe Bryant, signed by the late Los Angeles Lakers legend was sold for $1,584,643. The item was a 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection… Continue reading Another Kobe Bryant Memorabilia Sells For Over A Million At Auction