Rapper believes recent conviction of suspected terrorist was rushed.In advance of his involvement in last weekend’s “Black August” benefit concert in New York, Mos Def made his feelings known regarding the criminal justice system in America.
 
      Organized by The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, “Black August” is designed to promote awareness about the cases of people [...]

Lil Wayne has been hit with a $1 million lawsuit from a woman who claims she was trampled during his concert at Morgan State University after he tossed money into the crowd.
 
      Tyrique Layne says the rapper caused a mini-riot when he began to “make it rain” over the audience. Layne, who was injured along [...]

The minister husband of televangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum took the pulpit at his church just two days after surrendering to authorities on charges he beat his wife.
Thomas W. Weeks III, known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, faces charges of aggravated assault and making “terroristic” threats in a confrontation outside a hotel Aug. [...]

Oscar-nominated director John Singleton was driving a Lexus SUV when it struck and killed a jaywalker who stepped in front of the car, police said Friday.
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Singleton, 39, immediately stopped his car and waited for police to arrive after the accident Thursday night in the city’s Jefferson Park neighborhood, [...]

The 78-year-old rock ‘n’ roll pioneer was listed in stable condition at a Florida hospital Tuesday after suffering a heart attack, according to his publicist, Susan Clary.
Diddley reportedly complained of dizziness and nausea Friday during a routine medical checkup and was taken to North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainsville, near his hometown of Archer.
He [...]

Shortly after suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick plead guilty to illegal dogfighting charges and held a press conference to apologize for his actions, team owner Arthur Blank said it was not in the organization’s best long-term interests to cut the convicted star from the squad.
 
      “We cannot tell you today that Michael is cut [...]

The Atlanta Falcons quarterback was expected to formally enter his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge Monday. Then, it’s up to U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to decide whether to accept it.
Capping one of the most rapid and startling falls from stardom in U.S. sports history, Vick will make official the agreement [...]

Entrepreneur/rapper Master P. (Percy Miller), and his son Romeo have teamed up with T-Mobile to promote the new Sidekick LX. The campaign reportedly was created in an effort to show that the Sidekick is still one of the most popular and preferred “smartphones” in the urban communities. “Everywhere I go I take my Sidekick with [...]