NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.
LOS ANGELES WAVE — Compton superstar rapper Kendrick Lamar will follow his Super Bowl halftime show appearance by going on the road. The “Grand National Tour,” with...
Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, in 1966. After the Watts riots in...
Some people think of Kwanzaa as an alternative to Christmas, referring to it as Black Christmas. Karenga writes that Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, but...
In East Oakland, The Black Cultural Zone opens the weekly Akoma Outdoor Market with support from Councilmember Loren Taylor and many other community organizations. The Black...