photo credit: I’m friday // Shutterstock Iowa was the first stop for early predictions of who the Democratic presidential nominee could be, but the results are being withheld due to technical difficulties with a new app introduced to report vote tallies. The state Democratic party denies the technical issues, saying the delays are caused by “inconsistencies” in…… read more »
photo credit: Billion Photos // Shutterstock Two NBA players from Eastern North Carolina have made the NBA All-Star team for 2020. Kinston’s Brandon Ingram, who plays with the New Orleans Pelicans, was selected to play reserve. With Ingram being the only player averaging 25 points per game, shooting better than 40% from three-point range this season, and playing…… read more »
photo credit: sklyareek // Shutterstock Each and every Friday, Clarke Jones is keeping up updated on the new music release in hip hop, albums and singles! Check out what dropped this week, Friday January 31st: … read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock Former Bad Boy rapper turned pastor, Mase has had enough of Diddy’s facade, and he’s calling him out publicly. Over the Grammy weekend, Diddy received the Industry Icon Award during the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy gala, during which he gave a 50-minute speech, mentioning that the Grammy’s has never respected hip hop.…… read more »
photo credit: hxdbzxy / Shutterstock With more than 6000 confirmed cases, the coronavirus has been declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization. In China, where the virus began, there have been more than 7,800 cases with 170 death, it has also spread to 18 countries. The U.N. health agency defines an international…… read more »
photo credit: TY Lim // Shutterstock Over the most recently years, Mattel has gotten out of their normal Barbie molds and have began using the Barbie brand to promote the diversity of beauty seen around the world. Since the launch of their Barbie Fashionistas line, they have created more than 170 diverse dolls. Their newest additions to the…… read more »
photo credit: Debby Wong // Shutterstock Everyone is looking for a reason as to why the helicopter carrying Kobe & Gianna Bryant, along with 7 other people went down over the weekend. The helicopter manufacturer, Sikorsky, claims the specific model that Kobe had was an S-76B, built in 1991, which was not equip with the Terrain…… read more »
photo credit: Arturo Holmes // Shutterstock Offset and his crew were detained on Wednesday night after cops received calls of a person with a gun in an L.A. shopping center. Allegedly the person had a gun inside of the parking structure and was leaving the scene. A black male wearing all black. When cops arrived, they claimed…… read more »
photo credit: LunaseeStudios // Shutterstock During the Super Bowl this year, we will see just how much winning means to some of these presidential candidates. Commercials during the big game this Sunday allegedly cost around $5.6 million for 30-seconds worth of screen time, and being that its an election year, there are going to be more political…… read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock David Schwimmer, who starred as Ross on the hit sitcom “Friends,” recently did an interview with The Guardian in which he suggests there be an all-black or all-asian reboot of “Friends.” In the interview, David said, “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends. But I was well…… read more »