Radio One Exclusives
Isaac Carree was live on Praise 102/5 / 102.9 with KD Bowe when a listener called in to tell the gospel singer that she didn’t think he was “humble.” When Isaac asked the caller what she meant, she described an incident where they met at an event and said that he didn’t act very humble. The conversation […]
VIA Praise Detroit Donnie McClurkin And Fred Hammond hit Detroit for the Festival of Praise: Praise 102.7’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration. Both revealed current health conditions. Each outlining what they went through and how they are doing today. As you know Donnie McClurkin responded to rumors of throat cancer exclusively with Elev8 earlier this month, confirming […]
This is what happens when a major news publication doesn’t hire a Black writer to write about us. New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote a piece that was supposed to be about how Shonda Rhimes has changed the landscape for Black women on TV, but ended up being an under-researched piece that called Rhimes […]
Pastor David Cho Yong-gi, founder of one of South Korea's largest and most popular megachurches has passed away this Tuesday morning after being hospitalized...
Iyanla Vanzant is in town for Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want Weekend tour and stopped by Praise 102.5 / 102.9 to speak with Darlene McCoy. In this exclusive interview, Iyanla discusses overcoming life’s obstacles, what led to the rift between her and Oprah and how the two were able to mend fences. Watch below! […]
Douglasville teenager Bobby Tillman was killed at a house party in 2010 in an incident that made national news. Tillman — a freshman at Georgia Perimeter College at the time — was not involved in the altercation that started the fight. The house party was organized to celebrate two high school girls’ good grades, but the party was […]
Gospel artist Kierra “Kiki” Sheard has a new album out called “Graceland” and she stopped by Praise 102.5 / 102.9 to talk to Myronda about the project. Listen to the exclusive interview below to hear the meaning behind the album’s title and more: RELATED: Kierra Sheard Discusses Going To God About The Same Sin [EXCLUSIVE […]
Getty Images There are currently 64,000 Black women missing in the United States. Natallie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation and Avis Jones-DeWeever joined Roland Martin Thursday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss their efforts to bring more awareness to missing women on color. Listen to their conversation below. For more information about the […]
President Barack Obama’s town hall on Monday with 500 of Africa’s most promising young leaders provided an inspiring window in to what the future holds for Africa, and the world. The 500 participants in the Washington Fellowship program were selected from nearly 50,000 applicants from across Africa, as part of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative […]
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for jobs in other fields, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Commerce. That’s good and bad news for women and minorities, who are barely represented in one of the nation’s fastest growing job […]
Fresh from the 2014 BET Awards, Stephen G. Hill (President of Music Programming/BET) called in to “Watts & Watts” on Magic 95.9 to give April &…
The legendary soul singer Bobby Womack passed away this evening at the age of 70. A representative from Womack’s label, XL Recordings, confirmed the sad news to Rolling Stone. Although the cause of death is unknown, the singer had suffered health problems throughout his life and seven year storied career. Womack began his career alongside his […]