Archive for June, 2010
Happy Juneteenth! [Learn Why Today Is Important]
Jun 19th
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.
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Manute Bol Dies At 47
Jun 19th
Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other professional teams, and who devoted his post-basketball life to improving the lot of his fellow natives of Sudan, died June 19 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 47.
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Will.i.am Receiving Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame (Does He Deserve It?)
Jun 19th
will.i.am (16 years old) started rapping in late 1991 under the name “Will-1X” after being discovered by Compton rapper and former N.W.A. leader Eazy-E and signed a deal to Eazy’s Ruthless Records. will.i.am’s first rap song was “Merry Muthafuckin’ Xmas” from Eazy-E’s 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick. Shortly after Eazy-E’s death in 1995, Will left Ruthless to start a group that would later be called the Black Eyed Peas. will.i.am was also featured in 2004, singing “Secrets” on Dexter’s Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment for Dexter’s Laboratory on Cartoon Network.
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Based Off One Picture: Is Shorty Fat To You?
Jun 18th
she’s a lil out of shape!
but i’ll tear it down!
Jay-Z Free Show In New York Cancelled Over Security Concerns
Jun 18th
A surprise Jay-Z concert in New York has reportedly been cancelled after threats of overcrowding forced officials to abandon the idea.
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Kelly Rowland Says Matthew Knowles Can’t Speak For Destiny’s Child
Jun 18th
Kelly Rowland has slammed former manager Matthew Knowles for suggesting that Destiny’s Child will never reunite.
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Sean Levert widow awarded $4 million for jail death
Jun 18th
The widow of R&B singer, Sean Levert, has been awarded $4 million after suing Cuyahoga County for her husband’s death while in jail.
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