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Last month, Rick Ross got a big shock when his latest album, Black Market, was reportedly pulled from the shelves of Wal-Mart because of a controversial lyric that allegedly called for the assassination of presidential candidate Donald Trump: Assassinate Trump like I’m Zimmerman Now accept these words as they came from Eminem Democratic party sentenced to…

During Georgia’s tax-free weekend, recording artist Jeezy and his Street Dreamz Foundation teamed up with The Hip-Hop Professional™ Shanti Das (HipHopPro.Org) for her 4th annual Backpack Blessings Back to School Drive. Community leaders and customers supported the event with donations that included bags purchased on site and financial donations at the historic Walmart on Martin Luther…

Many elements of the mainstream media downplayed a recent three-state crime spree by a couple dubbed the teen Bonnie and Clyde. The pair are identified as Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13-year-old girlfriend, Cheyenne Phillips. The pair started their crime spree by stealing a pickup truck in Kentucky then traveled to South Carolina and Georgia.…

A White teenage couple is being hunted by police, for a 3-state crime spree that has covered Kentucky, South Carolina and Georgia. The couple has been identified as Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13-year-old girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips. According to family members of Hayes, Phillips had fooled them into thinking she was 19 years old. Family…

The holidays are here and retailers are feeling the pressure to meet their yearly goals. In order to capitalize off of early bird shoppers looking to save a buck, retailers around the nation are opening their doors hours earlier than prior years. Hit the flip for eight stores to open on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27 below.…

It’s been several months since we’ve last heard from Tracy Morgan in regards to the massive lawsuit he hit Wal-Mart with, following his near fatal car incident in early June. As you may recall, the former “30 Rock” star put Wal-Mart on notice, after his limo bus was blindsided on the New Jersey Turnpike by…

Video footage of a black man being shot by police contradicts officer’s initial report. According to The Raw Report, John Crawford, 22, was shot in the back while leaning on a BB gun and talking on a cellphone at a Wal-Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio. Ohio’s attorney general allowed Crawford’s family attorney to view the…

A man in North Carolina was arrested for putting a woman’s foot in his mouth and sucking her toes while at Walmart. According to the Associated Press, Michael Anthony Brown approached a woman as she searched for shoes at Walmart. Brown told the woman he was a podiatry student and could help her find the…

One of America’s favorite snack food will be back on store shelves July 15. However, Wal-Mart stocked their shelves to sell the product July 12. Twinkies and other snack products have not been made or sold since November 2012, when Hostess Brands Inc. filed for bankruptcy to liquidate its 82-year-old business following a company strike.…

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and Points of Light, in partnership with Bloomberg LP, recently announced the results of The Civic 50, the first comprehensive scorecard of S&P 500 companies that best use their time, talent and resources to positively impact the quality of life in the communities they serve. “NCoC is proud to be part…

Rosalind Brewer, 49, has been promoted to CEO Of Sam’s Club, the warehouse retail chain owned by Wal-Mart. Previously president of Wal-Mart’s U.S. East business unit, Brewer is the first woman and African American to hold the CEO position at any of Wal-Mart’s (WMT) business units. Replacing Sam’s Club Mike Duke, Brewer will also…

The Wal-Mart Foundation awarded the American Cancer Society with a two-million dollar grant to set up community health advisors in select under-served communities. The grant will provide $300,000 each to increase access to breast cancer screening for African American women in three communities – Jackson, Miss. (Hinds and Madison Counties); Minneapolis, Minn.; and Portsmouth, Va.…

NeNe Leakes and her family are, once again, the talk of the town after her troubled son Bryson Bryant was arrested last Thursday, July 7, for allegedly shoplifting two razors worth $28 from a Duluth, Georgia Wal-Mart. According to RadarOnline, a police report from the Duluth County Police department claims that Bryant and his friend…

The NAACP sees Wal-Mart’s U.S. Supreme Court victory in the sex discrimination lawsuit as a substantial civil rights setback. This judgment counters two lower courts that ruled the women had proven their case. Some observers also view this as Wal-Mart’s long-held stance against workers uniting to form a union. In a 5-4 opinion, the nation’s…

Gospel music sensation, Yolanda Adams, is a multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning artist, radio show personality and mother. For the last four years, she has focused her energy on her hugely successful radio show, “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show,” which is now syndicated in 26 markets. The Houston native released her first album back in 1987, and…