Cassandra Wilson, one of the premier jazz vocalists of her era, amassed a stellar career with the recognition from her peers and accolades to match. According to a note from her manager, Cassandra Wilson passed away on Wednesday (September 2) morning surrounded by her family and loved loved ones. Cassandra Wilson was born on December 4, 1955, in Jackson, Mississippi. As a young girl, Wilson was trained to play the […]
Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty An interesting turn of events has occurred in D4vd’s ongoing murder case. Blair Berk, Marilyn Bednarski, and Regina Peter have stepped down from representing the singer, according to reports. “This morning the court granted our request to withdraw as counsel and appointed the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, after it was determined David qualified for appointed counsel.” The attorneys also confirmed that D4vd will […]
Source: Instagram / Family of Pierre Damas Bel On Monday morning, a Haitian immigrant parked on the shoulder of Interstate 70 in Springfield, Ohio, got out of his vehicle and walked into westbound traffic, allowing himself to be hit by a tractor-trailer and killed. That Haitian immigrant had reportedly been fitted with an ankle monitor after losing his temporary protection status (TPS), which was revoked by the Trump administration, not […]
Fernando Macias Romo We unfortunately live in a world where child abduction occurs on a daily basis, with some stats even narrowing it down to every 40 seconds. However, the state of Florida recently made successful efforts in reversing those odds thanks to a human trafficking sting operation that rescued hundreds of children. Through the work of Operation Statewide Shield, a reported 163 children between the ages of two months […]
Source: Omaha World-Herald / Getty On Monday, the California state legislature passed a bill that would ban law enforcement from using electric shock gloves. The New York Times reports the bill is a direct response to the Trump administration spending $20 million to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with the devices. San Diego Assemblywoman LaShae Sharp-Collins introduced the last-minute bill, calling the gloves “unproven” and a “new and […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering the stories that matter most to our community. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the birth of a baseball icon, here is what she wants us to carry into the week. Meta Faces Historic $17 Billion Settlement Over Youth Safety Meta reached a landmark $17 billion settlement with California and 46 other states last week, resolving […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering the stories that matter most to our community. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the birth of a baseball icon, here is what she wants us to carry into the week. Thousands Stand Up to Defend the Vote Friday brought powerful images to Washington. Thousands of civil rights advocates, students, and union members gathered at the […]
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Hip-Hop began as a platform for Black youth to document their daily survival under poverty and city neglect, offering a raw dispatch from the streets, capturing police abuse and surveillance, prison expansion, and the systemic pressures facing politically maligned Black neighborhoods. By the time Hip-Hop was born on the streets of New York City, organizers from the Black liberation movement had spent decades fighting to […]
Source: Pool / Getty After nearly thirty years, one of Hip-Hop’s most notorious unsolved murder cases has been solved. On Monday (Aug. 31), a Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty in the murder of rapper/actor Tupac Shakur. As reported by the Associated Press, the jury took less than three hours to reach its verdict. It found Davis guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly […]
