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Terrance Howard. | Source: Facebook.com/bishopaaallen A hospital where a college football player died last week is speaking out following viral claims of organ harvesting at the medical facility in North Carolina. Terrance Howard, 19-year-old Texas native and student at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), died on Thursday, weeks after he suffered injuries in a car accident that reportedly left him brain dead. During Howard’s hospitalization at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical […]

Source: MARK FELIX / Getty Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, one of the Black sororities in the National Pan-Hellenic Council (a.k.a. “The Divine Nine”) is the latest organization to introduce a new class of honorary members. The 13 new members of the sorority were initiated during its 60th International Biennial Boule in Houston, TX last week, in the presence of over 10,000 attendees. According to the official announcement: This 2024 […]

Source: Courtesy Sotheby’s / Sotheby’s At the end of July it was reported that Kobe Bryant’s personal locker from the Staples Center would be up for auction, with an estimated value hovering around $1.5 million. Well, the auction has officially closed and according to Raw Story, the NBA legend’s personal locker sold for an impressive $2.9 million. Not a bad haul for a piece of history that was almost chucked […]

Laila! is a young artist on the rise and has already gone viral with her vibey “Not My Problem” track and it appears that as the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. During a recent interview, Laila! confirmed that Yasiin Bey, the former Mos Def, is her father but she isn’t hamstrung to compete in the spaces he’s occupied. If you’ve been under a rock, Laila!’s […]