John Wilson, President, Morehouse College, says he doesn’t know if Trump’s HBCU executive order will make an impact.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered a civil rights icon now. He has a monument in Washington, D.C., a federal holiday that we celebrate this week and is revered as a man who sought to bring a divided nation together. He is oft-quoted as the antithesis of the Black Lives Matter movement which […]
Lee Roy Young Jr. grew up in Texas hoping to join the elite Rangers Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Young’s boyhood dream came true on this day in 1988 when he was sworn in as a Texas Ranger. Young was born January 8, 1947 in Del Rio, Texas. Raised by his grandparents […]
Rapper JR is a hometown hero with a lot of swag and a lot more support. Watch as he goes from sneaking backstage to being center stage at HOT 104.1’s Super Jam 2016! Above are a few of our favorite shots from his Super Jam debut too. BONUS! Check out his backstage interview with Shorty Da […]
Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. made history this past weekend after he scored the highest finish by a Black driver in the NASCAR Xfinity series. Wallace…
J.R. didn't know his song "Best Friend" featuring Trey Songz would blow up quite like it has, but now he's capitalizing off that success.
Charles Bolden Jr., NASA’s first Black administrator, was nominated for the post in 2009 by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate that same…
Production of the Tupac biopic All Eyes On Me is full speed ahead with the cast of the highly anticipated film slowly being revealed. This weekend, legendary music video director Benny Boom teased behind the scene photos of Pac’s character on Instagram, building hype around the spot-on casting of the late rap star. https://www.instagram.com/p/_WwjStCFTK/?taken-by=boomlife https://www.instagram.com/p/_ZtOojCFbD/?taken-by=boomlife […]
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