Source: AP / theGrio NEW YORK — Robinson Cano is switching agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and CAA Sports. Cano will be represented in baseball matters by CAA Sports’ Brodie Van Wagenen. The New York Yankees second baseman is making $15 million this season and can [...]
Source: Alexis Garrett Stodghill / theGrio Michael “Blue” Williams, CEO of Family Tree Entertainment, is used to calling the shots when managing the careers of successful rappers. But for his “Guns 4 Greatness” gun buyback program, the Bronx native plans to use his executive skills for the greater good. This Saturday March 30, in partnership with the NYPD and numerous entities, [...]
Source: AP / theGrio CHICAGO — Two men have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed at President Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities about a week before she died. Eighteen-year-old Michael Ward and 20-year-old Kenneth Williams pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including first-degree murder and attempted murder in [...]
Source: AP / the Grio SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia teenager shot a 13-month-old baby in the face while trying to rob the child’s mother, according to an indictment returned Wednesday that also charged the suspect with shooting another person in an unrelated robbery attempt earlier this month. The indictment by a Glynn County grand jury charges 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins on nine counts, including [...]
Source: Courtney Garcia / theGrio Few film roles exceed Angela Bassett’s qualifications, even those intended for a man. The Oscar-nominated actress returns to the screen this month in Olympus Has Fallen portraying the director of the Secret Service, a position never occupied by a female and a character initially written for a male actor. But so what, Bassett says. [...]
Source: AP / theGrio ORLANDO, Florida — A former lead singer of the soul music group The Spinners has died in Orlando. A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues group said Bobbie Smith passed away Saturday morning due to complications from pneumonia and influenza. He was 76. The statement says [...]
Source: AP / theGrio NEW YORK — Lil Wayne is out of the hospital, according to his Young Money associate Mack Maine. Mack Maine told his Twitter followers on Monday night that the multiplatinum rapper had left Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, where he had been hospitalized since last week. Mack Maine tweeted his thanks [...]
Source: Dr. Tyeese Gaines / theGrio Black children are less likely to receive a prescription antibiotic than their nonblack counterparts — even when treated by the same health provider — according to a study published today in Pediatrics. The findings are based on 1.3 million doctor visits with the same 222 providers, and were independent of age, gender [...]
Source: AP / theGrio ATLANTA – A lawyer for a woman who says Michael Jordan fathered her teenage son has withdrawn her paternity suit, but left open the possibility that it could be refiled. Pamela Smith “stands by the facts alleged in her original filing,” Atlanta attorney Randall Kessler told The Associated Press on Monday. Kessler said the [...]
Source: Courtney Garcia / theGrio Kendrick Lamar. Nicki Minaj. Childish Gambino. Chief Keef. From the profound to the profane, these rap artists represent the scale of hip-hop’s status quo. They are the heirs to one of America’s most authentically black art-forms, for better or for worse. While rap music began as a voice of youth rebellion in [...]
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