City Post-Hurricane Resident Advisory Richmond, VA – Hurricane Irene has caused a substantial amount of damage to structures, down trees and power outages throughout the City of Richmond. The City has implemented its Emergency Response Operations Plan and has crews removing downed trees, picking-up debris, and ensuring all City streets are passable. The City […]

Hip-Hop Wired caught up with Big Boi this week as he discussed his new endorsement deal with Crown Royal whisky, “The Crown Life.” The hip hop legend and one half of OutKast also gave an update on the supergroup with him, Pill and Killer Mike as well as few more insights inside the world of […]

Atlanta is considered a hotbed of hip hop these days, but that wasn’t the case in 1995. ATL’s own Dungeon Family crew would change that forever. Consisting of OutKast, Goodie Mob, Cool Breeze, Witchdoctor, producers Organized Noize and others, the Dungeon Family put real Atlanta hip hop on the map. Before Cee-Lo blew up with […]

American writer, Maya Angelou survived a tough childhood and early adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer. In 1993, she came to much…

John Love invented the pencil sharpener in 1897. His invention was a very simple and portable pencil sharpener. The same kind of pencil sharpener that many artists use or that can be found in an office or school room. Johm Lee Love’s pencil sharpener was patented on November 23, 1897 (U.S. Patent # 594,114).

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Source From http://www.bvnewswire.com   Thurgood,’ the one-man Broadway play starring Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, will debut Feb.24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT during Black History Month, exclusively on HBO. Told in the first person by Fishburne in the role of Marshall, ‘Thurgood’ […]

President Barack Obama is set to sign the bill authorizing payment of $4.6 billion to settle claims that arose in class-action lawsuits.The White House said the president would sign the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 and make remarks at the ceremony next week, but offered no further details. The House passed the bill on Tuesday. […]

1940-The Supreme Court ruled that whites can’t bar African-Americans from white neighborhoods. 1913-Pioneering surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, becomes a  member of the American College of Surgeons. For more historical facts check out Blackfacts.com.

The Richmond Slave Trail Commission is planning and working toward establishing a nonprofit foundation. This foundation will guide efforts to develop a slave heritage trial and museum in Shockoe Bottom. Plans to open a slavery museum in Hampton and Fredericksburg are also being discussed. The commission is now working with attorneys to establish the foundation, […]

This cut from Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty" is probably about as close as we're going to get to an OutKast reunion on his album. "You Ain't No DJ" featuring Yelawolf was produced by Big Boi's partner in OutKast, Andre 3000.

Def Jam Records held a pre-BET Awards party in L.A. featuring a few of its artists, including Atlanta's own Big Boi of OutKast. The show also featured Big Sean and Jermiah. Big Boi closed out the show doing a melody of OutKast hits and songs from his solo album, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty," due out July 6th.