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January 10, 1947 - May 2, 2016 Afeni Shakur, political activist, philanthropist, and mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur passed at the age of 69. The Marin County Sheriff’s Department in California (in North San Francisco Bay Area) confirmed Shakur died late Monday night [May 2, 2016]. Officials have not released a cause of death. Born Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina in 1947, Shakur lived between New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and California throughout her life. She changed her name to Afeni Shakur when she joined the Black Panther movement. She and other party members were arrested in 1969 and charged with conspiracy to bomb multiple, busy city landmarks in a case where she defended herself (and was pregnant with Tupac at the time). In May 1971, she was acquitted on all charges and gave birth to ‘Pac just one month later. After Tupac’s 1996 shooting death, Shakur took over the late rapper’s estate, which reportedly earns about $900,000 eac...

I've stated this for quite some time now, and idk maybe it's because I understand Rock's sarcastic political humor, but he's the funniest comedian alive. Chris Rock's tone, subject matter, and facial expressions all feed off of his comedic style making them in sync with one another. Last night Chris Rock hosted the 88 th   Academy Awards Ceremony for the second time in his career and well with all of the adversary behind Jada Pinkett Smith calling for    Black people to "boycott" the Awards, as a fan of Rock I made sure I watched the show. The Internet has gone crazy since the show and audiences are divided; there's the people who's pissed at Rock because they really don't understand the comedy and are now offended and there's the people like me who thought it was genius, because Rock addressed all the tensions and racial issues that our world currently face with classic comedy. This was the first time I actually watched the entire Award...

With all the scrutiny Stacey Dash received for saying the Image Awards promotes segregation and should be canceled, I was more inclined to watch the award ceremony this year. Hosted by comedian Anthony Anderson the ceremony was expected to be entertaining and it was. I think Anderson did a great job speaking, and addressing important topics from a comedic stand point. I enjoy the humor of Anderson who also stars in ABC sitcom Blackish alongside Tracie Ellis Ross, who won an award last night for the show, so cudos to Anthony Anderson because he's a major reason for the success of Blackish.  The ceremony honorees came to no surprise and all but one winner were expected to take home the image award. The most shocking win to me was Michael B. Jordan for best motion picture in Creed over Will Smith in Concussion . Honestly I believe both Michael and The Smiths were all shocked by this win. You could feel the disappointment in the Smiths, but their faces never showed any salt to...

First of all I love Chris Rock; he's one of the funniest comedians of our time. So him alone is one reason that I'm not boycotting the Oscars. Usually I never watch the Oscars, but I planned to watch it this year, because of the honest theatrical comedy of Chris Rock. Secondly, where were the Smiths when the rap category winner wasn't shown at the 2015 Grammys? Let me answer that, they were watching the show. Award shows have been prejudice since their beginning and clearly in 2016 there hasn't been much of a change. If you're going to boycott the Oscars you should propose a boycott for all of the Award ceremonies.  Thirdly what are the actual motives behind the Smiths boycott? In 2015 over 10 innocent black teens were gunned down and I don't remember seeing none of the Smiths raising a "race" issue then during that time. Did they participate in any events with black lives matter? No. Did they use their money or fame to help any serious ca...