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As the Tom Joyner Cruise sailed along the Caribbean Sea in the direction of the Cayman Islands, Tom Joyner and I shared laughs with Salt-N-Pepa and a few other celebrities late one night, when I was suddenly struck by a sad premonition: this party will soon come to an end. Little did I know that…

Super producer and Blackstreet singer Teddy Riley breaks his silence about his ongoing feud with former bandmate Chauncey Hannibal. Riley is accusing Hannibal of fraud and blames him for not booking concerts. This has driven Riley straight down to the courthouse to take the legal action of demanding a restraining order against former Blackstreet member…

Tyler Perry’s appearance and performance at the ultra-popular Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage served to further fuel reports that he is going to direct a movie based on the popular annual urban cruise. Perry appeared with his singers at the beach resort Blue Lagoon in Nassau, Bahamas on the final day of the Tom Joyner Cruise.…

Tom Joyner and Reach Media had a plethora of photographers on deck to capture the best happenings of the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2013. Despite this, however, there were instances, pictures and happenings that only fans and the celebrities themselves could capture a slice of and most of it was uploaded on Instagram and other…

Tom Joyner and his son, Oscar, made sure that the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2013 commenced and concluded with some serious musical fireworks. It began on the deck of the Carnival Glory ocean liner in Miami with actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx, who blaze through a set of his biggest hits before inviting on…

NASSAU, Bahamas — Comeian Rodney Perry (above) was ravaged during the Tom Joyner Cruise light-skin, dark-skin water gun fight, basically taking one (well a lot more) for his team on the pink beaches of the Blue Lagoon. Perry’s valiant efforts went for naught as much lighter-hued comedian Myra J declared the light-skinned team the winners…

NASSAU, Bahamas — The final day of the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2013 took place a half an hour shuttle boat ride from the Nassau port and passengers took full advantage of the merciless ultraviolet rays and balmy beach to floss their bodies and get fully immersed in the concerts, food and games at the…

Many celebrities are repeat offenders on the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage — meaning they return year after year to immerse themselves in the same activities and events as the rest of the cruisers. They end up having such a good time that many of them, including comedienne and actress Kim Whitley, bring their relatives (Whitley…

She has been dismissed by the press. She has been summarily denounced and hated on by a brigade of Barbies from the Nicki Minaj fan club. But on the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2013, she and MC Lyte got the loudest ovations of the entire day because of how Kim unleashed her lyrical genius on…

As Jamie Foxx prepares to burn up the stage on the deck of the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage’s opening night — setting the table for his superstar musical brethren to shine during the weeklong excursion through the Caribbean Sea — we take a quick look back at the best photos and activities of the TJFV…

And you thought the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage (TJFV) was over-the-top before. Ford Motor Company is taking it to even higher levels. Ford, the presenting sponsor of the Tom Joyner Cruise for the past two years and the sole exclusive automotive sponsor for the past seven TFJV cruises and Tom Joyner Foundation, is doing so…

The celebrity performance lineup for the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage Cruise 2013 is wickedly good and is the perfect marriage of new millennium music mixed with old-school sensibilities. When you have Gen-X and Gen-Y superstars Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Ludacris on one hand, and also have legends of the Baby Boom era like Frankie…

When you book a cabin on the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage, also called the “Tom Joyner Cruise,” you have signed up for one of the funnest and most invigorating weeks of your life. First timers have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. Those who have been on the cruise more than once (and some…

Fans of radio legend and Hall of Famer Tom Joyner were saddened to learn, albeit late, that the “Fly Jock” has divorced Donna Richardson, his wife of 12 years. The New York Daily News reported that the famous couple parted ways weeks ago in a “mutual but not exactly amicable” separation, while eurweb.com states that the…

Shawn Thompson, multicultural marketing manager for Ford Motor Company spoke with rolling out about the automotive behemoth’s seven-year affiliation with the Steve Harvey Hoodie Awards in Las Vegas. Thompson, based in Dearborn, Mich., is usually the one who performs the perfunctory duty of giving away a Ford Fusion or Explorer to a lucky person or,…

Ford Motor Company’s Shawn Lollie’s gregariousness, effervescence and open managerial style are the attributes that make it ideal for her to attend and maximize opportunities at the crème de la crème of annual urban events such as the Tom Joyner Cruise, the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans and the ultra-popular Steve Harvey Hoodie Awards…

NASSAU, Bahamas — This is an island city of considerable beauty and wealth, and when the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage steamrolled into Paradise Island, many were awestruck by its man-made and natural magnificence. From it’s world-class hotels, grandiose resorts, aquamarine golf course, translucent waters and captivating skyline, first-time cruisers to this Caribbean country were simply spellbound.…

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica — As many places as I have traveled across the globe — as a kid, in the military and during my journalism career — I had never had the opportunity to set foot in Jamaica and had never met a non-Americanized Jamaican woman. That all changed when the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage…