Month: April 2011

Grammy award winning rap group Salt-N-Pepa rocked the stage in Atlanta over the weekend celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1986 debut album, “Hot, Cool, & Vicious.”

The trio kicked off their “Legends of Hip Hop” tour on February 4th, 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio and will finish on April 9th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The tour also features a star-studded roster of old school veterans including: Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte, Slick Rick, Whodini, Kool Moe Dee, Rob Base, Naughty By Nature, and Biz Markie.

In this week’s “When I Was 17,” Actor/Singer Tyrese Gibson talks about growing up in his neighborhood, his high school experience, his audition for Coca Cola that changed his life and more.

CBS’ Harry Smith interview comedian Chris Rock who is currently perfromong on the Broadway stage in the play “The Motherf**ker With The Hat.” Here what the charismatic comedian had to say…..

Two months ago, Flavor Flav’s Chicken restaurant opened in Clinton, Iowa drawing national media exposure. This past Friday, the restaurant held it’s official grand opening but some say it wasn’t so grand as employees started coming forward saying their paychecks are bouncing.

One of Flava Flav’s employees said several banks refused to cash her pay check, so she drove to Freedom bank in Rock Falls where the account is held. As a result, the bank still wouldn’t cash the check citing insufficient funds.

R&B singer Toni Braxton participated in the Autism Speaks celebration event of World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month at the New York Stock Exchange this past Friday.

During the celebration event, the 6-time Grammy Award winner got emotional when speaking about her autistic son Diezel. “When I first found out he was autistic, I was a mess,” Toni recalled. “I blamed myself, I thought it was something I’d done. And out of nowhere, Suzanne Wright reached out to me and said, ‘You’re not a victim. And together, we’re gonna hold hands and we’re gonna walk through this and we’re gonna help your son Diezel.’”