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Rand Paul, who is running for Senator from Kentucky, has been critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He says he believes that private businesses have a right to discriminate against people by race. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow grilled him about it last night.
After parting ways from her previous Mathew Knowles management and getting dropped from her label Columbia, Kelly Rowland has just signed a deal with Universal.
Last night Mo’Nique she had hip-hop legends Slick Rick and Biz Markie on her show to perform. Slick Rick shared the inspiration for characters like “Dave The Dopefiend” and performed his classic “Children’s Story.” Check it out!
VEVO followed singer/songwriter Keri Hilson as the Decatur native traveled 32 hours to South Africa for the first time. Check the video out here!
LisaRaye and Stacey Dash partied it up at the Gold Room in Atlanta. Allen Iverson and Jermaine Dupri were also there for the fun. Check out the pics here!
Are children color blind in America? CNN has come to the conclusion that a large percentage of them are! CNN ran a pilot last night called "Black or White: Kids On Race" where they evaluated both white and black children on how they reacted to a color chart of cartoon kids.
Fresh off the announcement of his new television drama, "The Event," Hollywood veteran Blair Underwood has another major event — the release of his latest book. It’s called "From Cape Town with Love."
As we previously reported, the 2010 BET nominations have been announced and while Jay-Z is ahead of the pack, leading with 5 nods, Monica is the artist that has got everyone talking. The lack of recognition made by BET's head honchos to Monica and her recent overwhelming success has sparked a Twitter outrage.
In this video clip, comedian Paul Mooney recalls meeting President Obama at famous Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia's. Watch Paul say that he encouraged the future president to not give him that "white man handshake."
Nominees for the 2010 BET Awards have been revealed. This comes as no surprise, but Beyonce, Jay-Z and Rihanna lead all nominees this year.
Here she comes to save the day! Mariah Carey recently had to put out a fire...no seriously, she did! The singer took to Twitter about the incident as it was happening.
The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast attended the Dancing Stars of Atlanta Benefit in support of the Alzheimer’s Association. Check out Sheree, NeNe, Kim and Cynthia here!
