I recently came across a report out of the Guardian newspaper that says that US gunmakers are going after America’s youth in an attempt to bolster gun sales. Yeah, you read that right! GUNMAKERS going after OUR YOUTH! Shouldn’t there be a law somewhere against that? According to the article I read, youth will be [...]

As some of you know, former Jay-Z protege, Beanie Sigel, is dissing Jay-Z with a song entitled, “How I Can Kill Jigga Man.” I swear there was absolutely NO CREATIVITY involved in this track. It was like Beans said, “What can I write to shock everyone?” Two minutes passed. Then he said, “Oh, I know, [...]

Janet Jackson will be on In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts on Wednesday, November 18th at 10pm EST on ABC. This will be her first interview talking about her brother Michael’s death. I can only imagine how hard it was to have the interview. Sometimes you never get over losing someone who is close to [...]

John Allen Muhammad, also known as the DC sniper, is set to die by lethal injection tomorrow, seven years after he and his teen accomplice terrorized the DC Metro area. I’ll never forget ducking to pump gas or running to go inside of a service station. I was beyond terrified. My friends from out of [...]

Last week was a busy week– so busy that two teens in Northern Virginia who killed themselves in a suicide pact went largely unnoticed. But, in catching up in my reading, I found in The Washington Post that Desiree Patrick, 17 and Quirinius Williams, 18 apparently died of gunshot wounds in the attic of her [...]

The 14-year-old boy that is accused of killing 4-year-old, Alex Mercado is being tried as an adult. The case takes place in Mendota, CA where Mercado’s body was found in a clothes dryer after he had been raped and drowned on this past Saturday. *SMH* I cannot imagine why a 14 year old would do [...]

As recently reported on www.hiphopwired.com, rap artist, Lupe Fiasco says that hip hop was a factor in Derrion Albert’s murder. Albert was the teen who was beat to death in Chicago last month.The article went on to say: “Speaking with the Chicago radio station 107.5 WGCI, Fiasco opened up more on how rappers must take [...]