Obituaries

Prayers are order and are being thrown over to cover Snoop Dogg. Mother Day weekend 2021 Snoop Dogg summoned prayer warriors to pray for his mother Beverly Tate, Snoop did not divulge the reasoning for the prayers, but God’s children understand that no reason is required for prayers to go up so that blessings can […]

Philadelphia rap icon Freeway is mourning the death of his daughter, Harmony. She was just 21.

For many, this honor is long overdue. Sean Taylor was fifth in the NFL draft in 2004 and played with the then Washington Redskins until he was murdered in 2007. Now no one else in this franchise will ever wear the number 21 again.

Lons' struggle with addiction had been documented in numerous BET reality shows.

He was just 21 years old.

The coroner's office for LaSalle County in Illinois confirmed that the body police found in the Illinois River at the beginning of the month of September was that of missing graduate student Jelani Day.

Jelani Day, a graduate student from Illinois who went missing nearly a month ago, was found dead earlier this month before being positively identified on Thursday. The lack of media attention to his disappearance stood in contrast to cause célèbre Gabby Petito.

Melvin Van Peebles, a true giant of Black cinema, has passed away. He was 89. https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1440784276866301959 Van Peebles is best known for 1971’s  Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, a cult classic film that he wrote, directed and self-financed and released independently. The groundbreaking film proved that a Black director could be successful and had an audience, […]

Actor and comedian Anthony "A.J." Johnson has reportedly died at the age of 56. A GoFundMe online crowdfunding effort has begun to help pay for his funeral and support his family.

Johnson had numerous roles in the '90s and early 2000s on the big screen, famously playing neighborhood thief Ezal in the first Friday film as well as Blue in Master P's big-budget comedy I Got The Hook Up.

We lost Tupac Shakur 25 years ago today in 1996. The world continues to remember Tupac's legacy years later, sharing their fondest memories, favorite songs and the immense pain fans felt when he left us here on Earth. We remember Tupac with a thread of some of his most influential and perennial work over the years. 

Tupac was 25 years old when he died 25 years ago. Tupac Amaru Shakur, born in Harlem, New York on this date in 1971, is considered by many to be one of the most influential artists of all time. 25 years after his death, his legacy continues to resonate with Hip-Hop fans around the globe. […]