Demeka "Nicety"'s Blog – April 2018 Archive (34)

Lezley McSpadden, the bereaved mother of Michael Brown, announced during a panel discussion on police violence at Harvard University on Monday that she is thinking of running for a seat on the City Council of Ferguson, Missouri.

Mother…

A judge Monday set a September trial date in the murder case of former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, whose dramatic court saga stretches back more than three years.

The Death Row Records co-founder is accused of intentionally ramming his…

The bond for accused Waffle House shooter, Travis Reinking, has been revoked following public outcry from the community.

Reinking was taken into custody Monday afternoon and charged with four counts of criminal…

Travis Reinking was arrested and charged with four counts of criminal homicide in the Waffle House mass shooting. His bond was set for $2 million, but many were outraged by the fact that he was even given a bond.

According to Nashville…

Kelly’s daughter is stuck between loyalty to her family, and glaring disagreement with her father’s behavior—making it all the more depressing how drastically the singer’s activities are affecting his children. According to TMZ, Joann Kelly—an artist otherwise known as Buku—says that “It’s hard…I feel…

 Toni Braxton and Birdman are planning an extravagant wedding, inspired by everything from Sex and the City to The Great Gatsby.  

Speaking with PEOPLE, the 50-year-old icon gushed about her fairytale wedding. “This is my second wedding, and I’m over 40,” she said (via Page Six).…

R. Kelly is famous for being an R&B singer, but he is just as known for alleged sexual misconduct with women and underage girls. Earlier this month, his former girlfriend Kitti Jones claimed in a BBC3 documentary that she was groomed by him, and forced to have sex with him and others at least 10 times in a “ex dungeon.” She…

Across Nashville, the mood was oscillating from shock to grief to anxiety just before the suspect in a shooting at a Waffle House was captured Monday.

More than 160 police officers were looking for suspect Travis Reinking.

Nashville public…

MTV is once again looking to its past to find some guidance for its future.

Just months after it relaunched "Total Request Live," MTV has announced plans to "reinvent" "YO! MTV Raps," the iconic late '80s and early '90s program that lifted the visibility of rap and hip-hop…

"I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular person," said James Shaw Jr., who police say saved lives by disarming a man who opened fire Sunday at a Waffle House in Tennessee. Shaw insists he acted only to save himself — but many others are calling him a hero for stopping the violence.…

Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Michelle Williams and more are speaking up for the legendary Clark Sisters after Wendy Williams threw a bit of shade their way on her popular talk show.

While discussing the gospel charts during her “Hot…

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed a measure into law that allows wine and liquor sales on Sunday.

The controversial plan allows grocery stores to sell wine on Sunday beginning January 1, 2019, while liquor stores can immediately begin operating seven days a…

In late January, the Compton, Calif., rapper Kendrick Lamar lost the Grammy Award for album of the year to Bruno Mars. “DAMN.,” Mr. Lamar’s fourth LP, was his third straight to be nominated but ultimately fall short of the trophy, considered by most to be the top prize in popular music.…

The program will give $25,000 each to Xavier University, Wilberforce University, Tuskegee University and Bethune-Cookman University.

Beyoncé will give $25,000 to four historically black colleges and universities for the 2018-2019 school year as part of a new scholarship program that…

(CNN Money) -- T-Mobile has agreed to pay a $40 million fine over accusations that the company tried to cover up poor rural cell service with "false rings."

The settlement, announced Monday by the Federal Communications Commission, also…

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Nelly is still embroiled in rape allegations from multiple women. Now one of his accusers is giving the graphic details on what she alleges happened the night the reported sexual assault took…

A viral video of two black men being arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks has elicited three very different responses from police, the company and community members.

In the video, which was posted to Twitter Thursday by Philadelphia…

When Beyonce was announced as the headliner for day two of the Coachella festival in Indio, California, fans expected something incredible from her but no one had an idea that the artist was going to achieve some other level of greatness.

Staying…

Khloe Kardashian has given birth to her first kid ... TMZ has learned.

Khloe delivered a baby girl early Thursday morning -- around 4 AM EDT -- at a hospital outside Cleveland ... according to our Kardashian sources. We're told the little…

Pop star Mariah Carey has been silently struggling with bipolar disorder II for nearly two decades.

In an exclusive interview with People, Carey explained that a 2001 hospitalization lead to her diagnosis, where "she didn't want to…