Kanye West must be feeling the ultralight beams flowing after achieving his latest accomplishment. According to the Pitchfork, Ye’s 2016 project, The Life of Pablo, has surpassed the one million equivalent album units mark, earning the rapper his eighth career platinum album. TLOP has been streamed over 3 billion times worldwide and has just hit 1.5 billion streams […]
The 89th Annual Academy Awards was probably the most talked about event of the year so far (besides Remy Ma vs. Nicki Minaj). The American people gathered around their televisions, phones and computers to escape some of the intense drama happening in our nation. People watched the Oscars this year, following last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, […]
CLEVELAND — A set of 16 postcards from civil rights activist Malcolm X to a woman in Cleveland has been sold at auction for more than $56,000. Nate D. Sanders Auctions says the handwritten cards from 1957, 1958 and 1964 went for $56,426.25 in Los Angeles last week. The cards were written to Gloria Owens. […]
Michael Jordan is trying to make up for the years people said he's done nothing for the African-American community.
A new Nick show called The Loud House just introduced its first-ever biracial gay couple.
Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost. See the gallery below! Your Thoughts? Jade West “Always On a Musical Quest” On-Air Personality/Producer/Public Affairs Host of “Community […]
Harriet Tubman isn’t the only African American or woman to get historic face time on U.S. currency. In addition to Tubman landing the $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew also announced today that Sojourner Truth, Marian Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be added to bills as well. The back of the […]
Music Mogul L.A. Reid stopped by the Old School studios to talk about his new book. But while there he took a moment to reflect on Black History and if he’s had to endure hardships throughout his career. Check it out.
Did you know that 100.3 Old School Cincy’s own Fredd E. Redd has some ties to some Black History Makers himself? Well we’ll let Fredd tell you himself. Check out Fredd E. Redd’s #MyBlackHistory story and many more during Black History Month
The sexiest man alive actor Idris Elba was snubbed this year by The Oscars for his role in “Beast Of No Nation”. But he made…
https://instagram.com/p/6vtpwTIg8m/ A 25-year-old Black woman is making history by becoming the youngest judge in the history of Easley, South Carolina. According to ForHarriet.com, Jasmine Twitty — a graduate of the College of Charleston — has long been recognized for her dedication to developing young people into professionals. Now, the young woman is solidifying her place […]
