Posts by Terry Shropshire
Whitney McClain charges up fans with inspiring single ‘Top Spot’ (video)
Music connoisseurs and consumers have often discussed the healing properties contained in musical melodies and lyrics. Singer Whitney McClain is demonstrating that music can also empower and motivate you to achieve your life’s goals. McClain’s soulful and angelic vocals propel her latest single “Top Spot,” a personal testimonial about pushing through the layers of traumatic…
Read MoreLeBron James says riot at US Capitol proves ‘we live in 2 Americas’ (video)
Despite LeBron James’ half-billion-dollar fortune, his NBA championships, his worldwide fame and playing for the crème de la crème of sports franchises, he has not been detached from reality nor from the plight of everyday Black Americans. James, 36, publicly endorsed the views of Joy Reid, the host of MSNBC’s “The Reidout,” when she said Black…
Read MoreBow Wow ridiculed for crowding multiple women onto tiny boat (video)
New year, new Bow Wow jokes. The 33-year-old retired rapper and “Growing Up Hip Hop” producer was living his best life, or so he thought, on a boat with a bevy of attractive women. But the video he posted for his 4.6 million Instagram followers incited a new round of laughs, memes and criticism. Scores…
Read MoreMichelle Obama says BLM treated worse than White rioters at US Capitol
Michelle Obama poured out the contents of her soul regarding the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Obama, 56, was startled by the stark disparity between the way that Black Lives Matter protesters were treated in the summer of 2020 and White thugs were handled this week by Capitol police.…
Read MoreFamilies of George Floyd, Eric Garner and Jacob Blake speak out (video)
The families of George Floyd, Eric Garner and Jacob Blake are inextricably intertwined with each other due to police brutality and their shared belief that they “are not looked at like humans.” The three families are members of an exclusive club after their lives were “changed within seconds” after the men in their lives were…
Read MoreZonnique Pullins gets extremely graphic about giving birth (video)
Zonnique Pullins, the daughter of Xscape singer Tiny Harris, got extremely graphic when she shared her worst fears and actual experience with childbirth. She was very candid about her worst fears to her co-hosts on her return to the FoxSoul’s “The Mix” show. Anton Peeples asked Pullins to “tell all the moms out there what…
Read MoreDr. Dre finally agrees to pay estranged wife $2M she requested
Dr. Dre is now agreeing to pay his estranged wife the $2 million dollars she initially requested months ago but was denied by a Los Angeles County judge. However, it is a one-time payment, not the monthly stipend Nicole Young had sought. The 55-year-old hip-hop luminary seems to have had a change of heart ever…
Read MoreTwitter outraged Vivica A. Fox called Young Thug a ‘sexy cockroach’ (video)
Vivica A. Fox has come under fire for describing rap star Young Thug as a “sexy a– looking cockroach.” During the airing of the latest episode of Fox Soul’s “Cocktails With Queens,” Fox was asked what she thought about Thugger, and she proceeded to fumble and bumble through her answer. “You know he’s, like, just…
Read MoreBarack Obama condemns lawless mob that stormed US Capitol
Former President Barack Obama categorically condemned the throngs of thugs that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and desecrated the interior of the edifice on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Obama, 59, described the violent insurrection that was inspired by the sitting president as “a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation.” Political…
Read MoreDemocrats take control of US Senate as Jon Ossoff wins in Georgia
The state of Georgia turned an even darker shade of blue Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 6, 2021, after it was announced that Democrat Jon Ossoff had defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Ossoff’s win in Georgia follows the victory of the Rev. Raphael Warnock over incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler earlier Wednesday morning, making the Atlanta…
Read MoreSerena Williams’ husband rips tennis official for sexist comments
Serena Williams’ husband is usually content to hang back and let the tennis legend get all the shine. But the first week of the new year was different. Businessman Alexis Ohanian let out a couple of roars in defense of his barrier-breaking wife, who was targeted for sexist comments by a tennis tournament owner. Ohanian,…
Read MoreMegan Thee Stallion responds to the DaBaby and Tory Lanez collaboration
Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby have both experienced meteoric rises in their musical careers within the past two years. The two good friends have frequently collaborated, including on Megan’s debut album Good News. Therefore, fans were outraged when they discovered that DaBaby had collaborated with Megan’s former friend-turned-enemy Tory Lanez. Lanez has been indicted by…
Read MoreDr. Dre responds to massive fan concern after he suffered brain aneurysm
Dr. Dre let his fans know that he’s going to be alright. After all, he is a “doctor.” The legendary music mogul was awash in the tidal wave of fan concern after the 55-year-old suffered a brain aneurysm at his home on Monday evening, Jan. 4, 2020. He was rushed to the world-renowned Cedars Sinai…
Read MoreLeBron James wants to buy WNBA team from defeated Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler
LeBron James wants to put together an ownership team to buy the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream franchise from outgoing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler. James, 36, made the comments in the wake of Loeffler’s loss to the Rev. Raphael Warnock in the Senate runoff election in Georgia on Jan. 5, 2021. Think I’m gone put together an…
Read MoreRaphael Warnock wins Senate runoff election in Georgia
The Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler in their hard-fought Senate runoff race in Georgia, CNN and NBC have projected. With 98 percent of the votes counted, Warnock has secured 2,230,231 votes, or 50.6 percent, so far. Loeffler currently has 2,176,048 votes, which translates to 49.4 percent of the Georgia electorate. The race…
Read MoreDr. Dre in ICU after suffering medical emergency
Rap revolutionary Dr. Dre was rushed to the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles area hospital after suffering a medical emergency, the media has reported. According to ExtraTV.com, the 55-year-old super-producer born Andre R. Young suffered a brain aneurysm on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. He was taken to the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in…
Read MoreBeloved bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey is dead at 59
Eric Jerome Dickey, the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author who was as prolific as he was dynamic with his novels on Black love and relationships, passed away on Jan. 3, 2020, after a long bout with an undisclosed illness. He was 59. Dickey’s death was announced by his publicist and confirmed by family member…
Read MoreKevin Durant to miss games due to COVID-19 exposure as the Nets struggle
Kevin Durant’s campaign to supplant LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers from the NBA throne has gotten off to a very rocky beginning. Durant, 32, has been ordered into isolation, per NBA protocol, after being exposed to someone who contracted the novel coronavirus, according to CBS Sports. Contact tracing was able to determine that…
Read MoreVon Miller allegedly told ex-fiancée he’s ‘praying for a miscarriage’ (photos)
Last year, Dr. Dre and estranged wife Nicole Young took the award for the nastiest celebrity breakup. NFL superstar Von Miller and his former fiancée Me’Gan Denise are early candidates to take the prize in 2021. According to text messages posted by Denise, the Denver Broncos defensive end allegedly sent her a series of vulgar…
Read MoreShaq clowns Rudy Gobert’s $205M contract and he responds
NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is having a field day clowning current NBA player Rudy Gobert, who has secured a colossal $205 million contract despite producing pedestrian stats during a short, unremarkable career. Although Shaq, a four-time NBA champ, is known more for his philanthropy and growing business empire these days, the “NBA on…
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