Urban radio has a lot of relevant real time content to discuss when it comes to people of color. Independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have vowed to continue reporting, following their arrests after covering an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, and Fort, a Minnesota reporter, were

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Mario has welcomed his first child with his girlfriend Esmeralda Rios. he U.S. singer, best known for his 2004 hit Let Me Love You, has confirmed that he and Esmeralda have welcomed a baby boy. Mario, whose full name is Mario Dewar Barrett, announced the happy news on Monday night via his Instagram. He wrote over

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Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. “A devoted father, actor, author, and minister, Demond lived a life

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Former CNN host Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and filmed anti-immigration enforcement protesters as they disrupted a service. Lemon, now an independent journalist, was taken into custody by federal agents on Thursday night while in Los Angeles covering the Grammy Awards, according to his lawyer Abbe Lowell. “Don will fight

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The Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced that the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee will begin accepting suggestions for the 2026 induction class starting Sunday, February 1. The nomination window will remain open through Tuesday, March 31 at 11:59pm PT. Suggestions for potential honorees can be submitted online at radiohalloffame.com and will be reviewed by the

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Kanye West has denied claims that his recent apology was an attempt to “revive” his career. The rapper made headlines on Monday after publishing a full-page apology addressing his previous antisemitic and racist outbursts. Shortly after the apology appeared in The Wall Street Journal, social media users suggested it had been timed to coincide with the release

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Snoop Dogg will “celebrate and uplift” athletes as Team USA’s first-ever honorary coach at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. On Thursday, officials from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced that they had partnered with the hip-hop icon to help support American athletes at the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina

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Nicki Minaj publicly stand for President Donald Trump, declaring her his “No. 1 fan.” On Wednesday, January 28, the rapper showed support to the president while speaking at the Trump Accounts Summit held in Washington, D.C. Minaj started with talking high of the government’s newly launched baby investment initiative, which focuses on U.S. born children. She then

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Urban radio content that is relevant and in real time and should be talked about: President Trump, without evidence, suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) staged an incident during her town hall Tuesday night when a man sprayed her with an unknown substance. “I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud,” Trump told ABC News. “She probably had herself sprayed,

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