Civil Rights Icon Dies

Coretta Scott-King passed away early this morning at the age of 78. Mrs. King suffered a serious stroke and heart attack last summer from which she never totally recovered. At the time of her death she was living in a holistic treatment facility in Mexico. Today after 4 decades, Coretta Scott-King was reunited with her husband.


At the close of 2005 several members of the King Family entered into negotiations with the Federal government to hand over control of the King Center in Atlanta. This has caused a rift within the King family. On one hand the family finds it difficult to keep up on the required maintenance of the deteriorating King Center while other family members feel that if the government takes over the center, changes will be made that the family does not approve.

Should the King Family relinquish control of the King Center to the Federal Government?

Slut for the Spotlight

Leave it to your favorite rapper's favorite rapper to stir up a new controversy every other month. I know Black America will toss this story around for days, weeks, maybe even a month (or until BIG media tells us what the next story of the moment is). Kanye, the same brother that made "gospel" music cool enough for the clubbin' crowd, has put on his crown of thorns to grace the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

Personally I don't have a problem with the cover... maybe Kanye thinks his path in life is similar to that of Jesus? He is not the first artist to dress this way, I'm sure we all remember Nas and Puffy (that was his name back then right) in the "Hate Me Now" video.

Is this cover photo as offensive as that video was? Maybe that is the intention of doing the photo. Controversy sells! People who don't usually buy this magazine are likely to purchase this issue just to see what the "mainstream backpacker" has to say. Deep inside, many of us want Kanye to say something that makes people say WTF?!? Admit it you have laughed at the infamous Kanye and Mike Myers mini drama from the Katrina benefit! That was hilarious, I can't even tell you anyone else who was on the show other than those two and the befuddled Chris Tucker. Rush Hour 3 should start out with that video footage!!!

Kanye wants this attention whether it is negative or positive. "All press is good press."

Are you offended by the cover? Do you subscribe to Rolling Stone? Will you subscribe this month only [via the magazine aisle in the grocery store and stand there to read the article]? Will the Passion of the Christ and the Jesus Walks supporters draw the line here and stop applauding for Mr. West?

Put your 2 cent in...

Oprah Gets Duped

The power of the "business machine" known as 'Harpo' has been proven time and time again. When the machine's leader speaks, it seems as though the world listens. When Oprah said that she doesn't trust beef, the cattle industry took major losses and ranchers filed suit (Oprah was found not-liable)... When Oprah tells her audience about her "Favorite Things" the products fly off of the shelf... When Oprah encouraged her viewers to buy a small rubber bracelet for $1 each to support cancer research (a cause that I am down for 100%) that day alone $900,000 dollars was raised...

So when Oprah crowned James Frey as the latest winner of the "book club lotto", as usual, millions of people marched to their local bookstore/coffee shop and forked over the cash.

Well now it seems as though Oprah has been, in her words "duped"... She feels "embarrassed and disappointed." Many people accept Oprah's words as gospel. R.Kelly is not the only Pied Piper in Chicago!!! Many of my friends quote Oprah like scholars quote Aristotle.

Do you feel that we blindly follow the words of Oprah without questioning? Why or why not?

...then this blog popped up

And my boring days at work ended!!! I hope you enjoy this little spot that was created for you to share your opinions on Team One Artists, your favorite entertainers, movies, TV shows, current events, and age old questions about relationships. Basically it's your world... just keep it respectful.