For better or worse – #OscarsSoWhite has become the anthem for this year’s awards season due to the realization that just like the year before – the pool of nominees in the major categories are all white – except for a handful of talent.
Hip-hop legend, Russell Simmons has cultivated a legacy seeped in the loins of a movement that seems to be thriving now more than ever. Never one to remain idle, Simmons is now taking on an ambitious project that is undoubtedly inspired by his allegiance to a genre that for better or worse keeps evolving but the roots remain the same.
Trayvon Martin could never have imagined the impact his young life would have as he walked home in the dark carrying his bag of skittles that fateful evening.
It was first reported by TMZ, that rapper Heavy D who dominated the music scene in the late 80’s and early 90’s with hits like Now That We Found Love, Somebody For Me, Who’s The Man as well as the theme song for cult favorite In Living Color, passed away suddenly Tuesday afternoon after being transported to a hospital in LA after he was found unconscious outside his home.