Brandi Johnson (pictured above) was awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages last week, after she sued her boss Rob Carmona (pictured below) over a four-minute N-word…

It’s a new guy at the playground! Check out my guy Harlem! He’s all about the wordplay, and he wants to show y’all that lyrically, he’s quite nice on the mic! If you’re looking for versatility, he says he’s a versatile artist and to be on the lookout for more! This is just a taste […]

Cuffing season is officially underway but how can a single guy in the big city increase his odds? Al Thompson, creator of the new web…

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/JRSportBrief My FaceBook: http://on.fb.me/9X1qpE Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto stopped by the Apollo Theater in Harlem to promote their May 5th Welterweight fight!…

Drake visited the Best Buy in Harlem last night, and thousands came out to meet and greet the YMCMB MC. In addition to signing copies of his brand new album Take Care purchased at the store, Drake took pictures and talked to his fans. Take a look at the thousands of people who stood online […]

A recent report from the New York City Health Department cites central Harlem as having the highest death rate of any community in the city. East Harlem also ranked first in the city for drug related deaths as well as for liver disease and cirrhosis. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. NYD.com reports: […]

Check out the first visuals from Harlem World’s “Start It Up.”It is the first music video from the group since being reunited after the death of HUD 6. As you all may have heard, “them boys” are back this time without Mase and a few other members. Cardan, Meeno, Suga J and Blinky Blink are […]

The rumors started circulating soon after Howard Dodson announced this spring that he would step down as director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He had been forced out, some said. The 10 million holdings of the center, a research unit of the New York Public Library, would be moved to the […]

Chris Brown is a beacon for literacy! Yeah, sounds funny right? C. Breezy read “Superhero School” to some Harlem youngsters in hopes that it would promote the importance of literature. Brown is so noble that he tweeted about it most of the time he was there. Kudos to you Chris but we’ve come up with […]

A movie about late Wu-Tang Clan rapper ODB will be hitting the big screen next week.  According to AllHipHop.com, the ImageNation Cinema Foundation will premiere the film “Dirty: One Word Can Change The World” in Harlem next Tuesday.  The film was directed by ODB’s cousin, Raison Allah, and documents the emcee’s life via interviews with […]