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Jeezy Releases Tracklist for 'TM 104,' Out This Friday!
Album Features Meek Mill, Rick Ross, Ceelo Green, Gunna, John Legend & More
Fifteen years after Grammy®-nominated multi-platinum rap superstar JEEZY signed with Def Jam Recordings, and emerged from Atlanta as the singular pioneer of what would become hip-hop’s dominant trap genre with his trio of Thug Motivation albums, he has announced this week via Twitter and Billboard magazine that TM 104: THE LEGEND OF THE SNOWMAN, arriving in stores August 23rd via Def Jam Recordings, will be the final album of the career-spanning series. To mark this historic milestone, JEEZY will host the JEEZY Unplugged - TM 104 All White Concert in Atlanta at the Coca-Cola Roxy.
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“On Point: Zayd Saleem, Chasing the Dream” by Hena Khan
In your lifetime, you’ve done many amazing things. You learned to walk. Imagine how hard that was, and you did it! You learned to make words and put them into sentences, which is no easy feat, either. You know how to get to school, do math, read, and play ball. But, as in the new book “On Point” by Hena Khan, could something be holding you back from greatness?
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McDonald's and KFC warn of shortages and price hikes if there's no Brexit deal
McDonald's, KFC and Pret a Manger have joined with UK supermarkets to warn that crashing out of the European Union will result in "significant" disruptions to their supply chains.
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'Black Panther' win at SAG Awards has us ready for a sequel
- It's still "Wakanda forever." The superhero mega-hit "Black Panther" won for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a motion picture at Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Wells Fargo Closes $700 Million Loan Supported by Properties in Hawaii, Texas and Maryland
Credit facility to The Howard Hughes Corporation® will provide capital and refinance properties
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced it has closed a $700 million syndicated loan facility to The Howard Hughes Corporation® (HHC), a publicly traded company that owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the United States, including a portfolio of acclaimed master planned communities.
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Wells Fargo Closes $700 Million Loan Supported by Properties in Hawaii, Texas and Maryland
Credit facility to The Howard Hughes Corporation® will provide capital and refinance properties
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced it has closed a $700 million syndicated loan facility to The Howard Hughes Corporation® (HHC), a publicly traded company that owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the United States, including a portfolio of acclaimed master planned communities.
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Youth sports and other extracurriculars are spreading Covid-19, health officials say
The practice of finding new uses for old medications -- called repurposing or repositioning drugs -- is not new.
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is launching an energy drink
Can you smell what "The Rock" is cooking? The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur is entering the energy drink business with ZOA, a health drink made with natural caffeine and superfoods.
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A proposed Kentucky bill would make it a crime to insult or taunt a police officer
Kentucky state lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make it a crime to insult or taunt a law enforcement officer in a way that could provoke a violent response.
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Help Is On The Way
Now I don’t know how spiritual Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas is, but if I have to take an educated guess, I will say that he has done some praying in his alone time or maybe even on the bench during this current 18-game losing streak which is also a franchise record.
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HBCU Friends Build a Spirited Legacy of Inclusion and Giving Back at Houston Black-Owned Distillery
Jubilee Spirits Founders focus on expanding diversity and equity with premium products that give back to the next generation
Jubilee Spirits, a new Black-owned, Houston-based distillery, is making history while celebrating history, with a unique group of founders and the company’s first ultra-premium spirits product- General Orders No.3 (GO3) Vodka.
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Recap: LL Cool J Revives Rock The Bells Festival In NYC With A Star-Studded Lineup Of Rap Legends
Hip-hop is in a constant state of metamorphosis, finding new ways to reinvent itself with each passing era. However, there’s no denying the golden age from the mid ’80s to late ’90s that helped solidify rap as the most lucrative genre in music today.
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Houston mayor Sylvester Turner to deliver keynote address at TSU’s Fall Commencement on December 10
Mayor Turner will receive an honorary degree from TSU during ceremony
Houston mayor Sylvester Turner will be the keynote speaker at Texas Southern University’s Fall Commencement exercises.
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Man arrested 4 days after being sentenced to probation
Just four days after a Scott County judge sentenced him to probation on a burglary conviction, a Davenport man was arrested Sunday morning on a new burglary charge.
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Dining Out for Life fundraiser benefitting AIDS Foundation Houston returns July 24-31 Inbox
16 Houston-area restaurants (and counting) will participate in the annual fundraising event
For one week in July—July 24 through July 31, 2021—Houston-area restaurants are donating a portion of their proceeds to AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc. (AFH) through their participation in the annual nationwide event, Dining Out for Life.
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Exotic Pop Creates Scholarships and Financial Literacy Program to Give Back to HISD Students
Exotic Pop, a Houston-based beverage company known for offering rare and hard-to-find soda flavors, brands and snacks from around the world, is giving back to Houston Independent School District (HISD) students with a financial literacy program and scholarships to help students pursue their entrepreneurial dreams!
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Exotic Pop, Unity National Bank Award $500 CDs to Two HISD Students at Fleming Middle School
Exotic Pop, a Houston, Black-owned beverage company known for their signature sodas and exotic brands, and Unity National Bank, the only African American owned banking institution in Texas, awarded two Houston Independent School District (HISD) middle school students with Certificates of Deposit (CDs) last week at Fleming Middle School!
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30th Anniversary Bounce Trumpet Awards honoring Black excellence to world premiere on Juneteenth at 7pm ET
Bounce, the nation's popular entertainment television network serving African Americans, will present the 30th Anniversary Bounce Trumpet Awards -- a night of inspiration, history and crowd-rousing performances celebrating African American achievements and contributions on Juneteenth, Sunday, June 19 at 7 p.m. ET.
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KTSU turns 50!
Backyard Party celebrates half century of broadcasting excellence
More than 1,000 people came to support TSU’s KTSU 90.9FM as it celebrated 50 years of on-air excellence with an on-campus Backyard Party on Friday, June 24.
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Remembering the Life of Eric Hoffman Lawson
Born in St. Louis on July 15, 1959, Eric Hoffman Lawson is the third child and only son of Audrey Hoffman Lawson and William Alexander Lawson. While Eric was a toddler, his parents and eleven others founded Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the family living room. Like his siblings, young Eric was baptized by his father and began a lifelong membership at Wheeler Avenue. He was a member of the Chapel Choir, Communications Corps, and Boy Scout Troup 242, becoming an Eagle Scout at the age of fourteen.