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Comedian Chris Rock made some interesting comments this week about President Barack Obama. Rock, who is a strong supporter of the president, felt compelled to argue that none of us should be fooled by the relatively passive, less than impressive first term of Obama. Instead, Rock says that we should look forward to the fact […]
Three young African American chess players from the New York City area have each become masters before their 13th birthdays. Fewer than 2 percent of…
After the secular girl group Destiny’s Child disbanded, Michelle Williams shifted to Gospel music by releasing her solo inspirational album Heart to Yours (2002). She released her second project Do You Know two years later and stayed in the Gospel lane. But in 2008, Michelle went back to the secular side with a R&B/Pop/Dance album. […]
InteractiveOne Chief Technology Officer Navarrow Wright appeared in tonight’s edition of Black in America 4 which focused on the lack of African Americans in Silicon Valley and the technology industry. During the show, Wright implored some of the members of the NewMe Accelerator to be harder on themselves, and to make sure they show up […]
Mario Armstrong has too many titles to even name. But we will this one time. He’s a tech expert, tech show host, commentator, digital lifestyle expert, small business technology advocate, and youth tech motivator. Continue livetweeting here With the exploration by CNN of Blacks in the technology industry in their newest Black in America series […]
Company: Playd Age: 25 Hometown: Newark, N.J. After graduating from high school, I was living a seriously bum life. I was sitting around doing nothing on the couch, playing the video games I’d loved for years. Eventually I knew I had to change something, and I had an itch to start creating. I started contributing […]
Black in America 4 premieres tonight at 8 p.m. EST and will take a look into the technology industry and the lack of African Americans in it. It will explore whether discrimination is the main reason for the lack of Black faces in Silicon Valley, or if there are just a lack of Black technology […]
Here’s an open letter from Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain….well, at least the one that I believe he’d like to write, especially after a fourth woman has come out accusing Cain of sexual harassment: To the American Public, Just a few weeks ago, I was worried. I couldn’t figure out how to sell books or […]
Presidential candidate Herman Cain is pulling all the stops to cover the intense damage that’s been done in the midst of his sexual harassment scandal. Cain has finally brought his wife Gloria out onto the campaign trail, perhaps to divert media attention and show that there is at least one woman on the planet who […]
Akon has made millions of dollars singing about subjects that no Gospel artist would touch, so many were surprised to hear Mali Music was partnering with him. Has working with Akon altered the type of message Mali Music delivers in his musical ministry? Hear him respond to his critics in this video, and get more of […]
Attention all radio listeners: There will be a National EST Test on all radio stations on today at 2pm. Don’t be alarmed when the test airs. It will only last 3 minutes and right after you will be right back to listening to all your favorite music on your favorite radio station. We always keep […]
With the passing of boxing legend Joe Frazier last night at the age of 67, we at NewsOne decided to further educate the public on the man who many call to be one of the greatest boxers of all-time. Here are the top 10 facts you didn’t know about Smokin’ Joe Frazier. See Also: Johnny […]