What if I told you that the largest slave rebellion in American history was one no one knows about? Well, we commemorate the successful end of one such rebellion 173 years ago this week… Some of you may have heard of the Black Seminoles, the free blacks and fugitive slaves who allied with Seminole Indians […]

On the day that Mandisa released her new single, Stronger, she stepped on her scales and learned she had lost her 100th pound. That moment marked a milestone for her: Not only had 100 pounds been a personal goal for the former American Idol finalist, but it was a long, long way from where she […]

On April 5th, 2006, former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa was eliminated from the popular show. But today this unfortunate date has transformed into a positive one, since it is the date of release from her latest project entitled “What If We Were Real.” Take a look at Mandisa’s special tweet about her big day and […]

It’s nearly prom time once again. The time of year when all hope of studying goes out the window, and all girls’ attentions are focused on what to wear, who to go with, whether or not the guy they like will ask them, where the after party is being held, hoping that no one else […]

Tick Tick tick.. that is what greets each of us every day of our lives. It is the sound of time ebbing away. What we do and how we manage that time  is completely up to us. There are exactly 86400 seconds in each day. It never changes. It’s exact. Unfortunately, many of us do […]

Star Jones appeared on “The Joy Behar Show” on Monday night to chat, for the first time since 2006, with her former ‘The View’ co-host, and you could see the tension in the air! Star was promoting her new novel “Satan’s Sisters,” which, appropriately, revolves around a daytime television talk show host. Wonder how much […]

I have said over and over again never let a chance pass you by.  This weekend I will have the experience. I am hoping you get the chance to  have the experience. What do you do when the greatest voices in Gospel hit the stage? You go  of course! R&B and Gospel icons BeBe & […]

Atlanta — Bernice King called into one of our radio sites, Praise 102.5, and spoke with Rhodell Lewis today on what is the 43rd death anniversary of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saying that today is a sad day for her on a lot of fronts, she talked about all of the problems […]

Antonia “Toya” Carter set Twitter ablaze recently when she tweeted her opinion on gay teenagers. The reality show star tweeted: “It breaks my heart to see kids under 18 Gay.” She later deleted the message, but it was too late. Plenty of personalities, including Necole Bitchie, had retweeted Toya’s controversial opinion. She continued, “I didn’t […]

PHILADELPHIA-Mahlon Graham, a 5th grader from Philadelphia has been named a hero for alerting authorities about a fire that trapped several senior citizens. The Fire Commissioner in Philadelphia has already called him a hero. View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com. RELATED STORIES Mother Dies After Saving Children From Townhouse Fire 8-Year-Old Dies Trying To Save Baby […]

Fred Hammond’s next album will not be what we’ve grown to expect from him: uplifting and spiritual lyrics over outstanding beats. Instead, Hammond will focus more on love, because church folk need that, too, as he explains to Praise 103.9’s CeCe McGhee. But the business of music has made Fred Hammond’s new direction a little […]

Misery loves company.We have all that countless times in our lives. Actually the real version of it is  “Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.” Today is the day we stop embracing things like this. Today and every day after we  will begin at our best. Of course we have to begin at the beginning – that […]