Tom Joyner Family Reunion ft The Jacksons,BabyFace, Kurtis Blow Plus More

For the last several years, radio host Tom Joyner has had a family convention and expo called the Tom Joyner Family Reunion that is full of entertainment for his radio listeners and fans during Labor Day weekend in Orlando. The event has brought out over 12,000 families in years past and continues to get bigger. Most recently, the event has been held at the Gaylord Palms. The entertainment at the 2014 event will include some of the top R&B, hip hop, jazz artist, and comedians. The 2014 lineup features Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, The Jacksons, Chubb Rock, Kid n’ Play, Kurtis Blow, and many more.
2014 Event
As in previous years, the 2014 event will be held during the extended weekend of Labor Day, August 28th, 2014 through Monday, September 1st, 2014 at the Gaylord Palms Resort. The event website has the phone number of 407-248-9191 listed to find out more information about the event.

For Tickets and more information visit http://blackamericaweb.com/category/tom-joyner-family-reunion/

Jody Watley Live ft Lillo Thomas @ Tower Theater Philly,Pa 11/15 Tkts On Sale!

This will be my only East Coast performance this year – don’t miss it! Get your tickets today  – don’t delay. It’s important to get advance ticketing to avoid cancellations (nervous promoters), to get the best seats and to plan ahead. Concert promoters monitor these things closely – so let’s pack this place out! Also on the bill Lillo Thomas for the ladies.

 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! http://www.philadelphia-theater.com/theaters/tower-theater/tickets.php?eventName=Jody+Watley+%26+Lillo+Thomas&cmsEventId=&buy=true&eventID=2397453&edate=2014-11-15UTC20:00

Sir Mix-A-Lot And His Anaconda Are Fans Of Nicki Sampling ‘Baby Got Back’

The 'Baby Got Back' MC tells some of the back story to Nicki's new single.

Nicki Minaj’s new single, “Anaconda,” has a bit of a musical forefather in the form of “Baby Got Back.” The ubiquitous 1992 hit from Sir Mix-A-Lot is sampled in the beat for the Young Money rapper’s new song, which dropped on Monday (August 4), and some of his iconic lines — “My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hun;” “Little in the middle but she got much back;” “Oh my gosh, look at her butt” — are used throughout.
“Initially, it was more the music, and she was trying to weigh out a chorus,” Sir Mix-A-Lot told MTV News, adding that her managers at first reached out asking to sample the song, and he and Universal cleared the move. “Next thing I knew, she was feeling good about it. And the ‘Anaconda’ version, I never heard until she was done; I heard it with everybody else.”

TO READ MORE http://www.mtv.com/news/1888826/sir-mix-a-lot-nicki-minaj-anaconda/

VIDEO- Nicki Minaj Performs Anaconda Live At 2014 VMA Awards

Suge Knight shot multiple times in Hollywood nightclub

 Former Death Row Records CEO is reportedly undergoing surgery following the shooting at an unofficial VMA pre-party

Suge Knight, the onetime Death Row Records CEO, was reportedly shot multiple times early Sunday morning (August 24) at West Hollywood nightspot 1 Oak. The imposing former label boss apparently was able to walk out of the unofficial pre-VMA party hosted by Chris Brown but was led to an ambulance by police, according to TMZ.
Details are few but the site broke the news, reporting that four shots were fired around 1:30 a.m. PT inside 1 OAK’s Los Angeles outpost on the Sunset Strip. In a 61-second video obtained by the website, a man resembling the exec (born Marion Knight Jr.) is seen being wheeled out on a stretcher by emergency workers; a number of police vehicles are on the scene. Knight’s family and sources close to TMZ seem to confirm his injuries were not fatal and that he was undergoing surgery in the pre-dawn hours.
At 9 p.m. PT on Saturday, Brown — an MTV VMA nominee at tonight’s show — posted a promo for the 1 OAK bash on his Instagram, adding the anticipatory caption, “We bout to turn the [f--k] up!!!!” But by Sunday morning, Brown had taken to Twitter to vent about the aftermath of the shooting, writing, “It’s disappointing that we as a society can’t have fun or enjoy ourselves without any altercations sometimes. Miss me with the bullsh–!!!”
TO READ MORE http://www.mtv.com/news/1908991/suge-knight-shot-twice-pre-vma-1oak/

Graphic Videos Police Violence Has Been Going On Forever

Protests continue following the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The marchers, though, are not just protesting Brown's slaying. They are also voicing pent-up anger at an old problem: police violence, often directed at black and brown people.
The horrific beating of Rodney King by five police officers in Los Angeles in 1991 -- and the subsequent acquittal of his assailants -- sparked the L.A. riots of 1992, leading to 53 deaths, some at the hands of police. It was also a video introduction to police brutality for those in America who may have doubted its severity.

Twenty years later, a police beating or shooting has a decent chance of getting caught on camera -- either the one on the phone in everybody's hand or the surveillance camera pointing down at the street. The latter captured Kelly Thomas, a schizophrenic homeless man, being beaten to death by authorities in Fullerton, California, after being mistaken for a suspect in a series of car break-ins in the area. They, too, were acquitted.
TO READ MORE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/23/police-brutality-michael-brown_n_5700970.html

Garcelle Beauvais' Children's Book, 'I Am Mixed,' Teaches Kids About Diversity

When actress Garcelle Beauvais first arrived in Massachusetts from Haiti, it was the first time she felt different from those around her. "When I went to school, I was the only black child, and the kids would touch my skin and feel my hair because they hadn't seen someone like me," she told parenting site Elizabeth St. "I never thought of myself as different until then."
Beauvais is drawing on that experience and that of raising three children, including bi-racial twin boys, in the first of a series of children's books entitled "I Am Mixed."
"[The book] is an invaluable teaching tool that all children from all races can learn from,” actress Halle Berry wrote in the foreword.
Like Beauvais' twins, "I Am Mixed" tells the story of siblings Jay and Nia as they explore the thoughts and emotions of being of mixed ethnicities. It's a topic Beauvais says she broached with her sons at a very young age -- 2 1/2. "I didn't want them to be asked why is your mommy brown and daddy white and not have them understand it themselves," she said in an interview with Lifetime's celebrity parents blog. "I wanted them to know that they're the best parts of us put together. What I wanted most of all is for them to be proud of who they are and celebrate themselves.”
"I Am Mixed" is the first in line of a larger series called I Am, which will tackle the issues of divorced parents and adoption in the coming months.

Make sure to support her a get your copy of her book

Visit our book store to get your copy http://www.whosthatladyent.com/#!Garcelle-Beauvais-I-Am-Mixed/zoom/cu0v/image1fsx or click the link http://www.amazon.com/Am-Mixed-Book/dp/0578110873