News began circulating yesterday that tech giant Apple was looking to acquire Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine‘s Beats By Dre company for a cool $3.2 billion. Although the deal hasn’t been publicly announced yet, Dre basically confirmed it will happen while chilling in the studio with Tyrese. Apple will not only acquire the headphone line but the recently-launched Beats music service. This […]
Lady O is on top again. Yes, Forbes has released its list of “The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities” and, surprise, Oprah Winfrey tops the list after two years in second place. “A couple of years she’s taken a couple of beatings — she dropped to number two. Oh no! I think right now she’s probably […]
Hello Beautiful Oprah Winfrey has been unseated as the world’s richest black woman by a Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon named Folorunsho Alakija. Folorunsho is also a fashion designer and philanthropist who is worth at least $3.3 billion, $500 million richer than the big O whose wealth Forbes magazine estimated at $2.7 billion in September. According to […]
Congrats are in order for Dr. Dre, Beyonce and Rihanna who top Forbes “Highest Paid Celebs” list. Dr. Dre is the ringleader once again (he was number one on the magazine’s “Hip Hop Cash King” list) with $110 million. Rihanna comes in at number 12 with $53 million (not bad!) and Beyonce is close behind […]
All of this talk of “poor black kids” and technology has me reflecting on my own “get out of the ghetto and into graduate school” trajectory. I was a poor black kid once. But I eventually went on to earn a B.A. in English, an M.A. in Russian, an M.S. in multimedia journalism, acceptance into […]
Days after Forbes columnist Gene Marks wrote the highly controversial and viral “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” article, numerous pundits and opinion leaders from around the Web have weighed in. SEE ALSO: If Obama Loses, What Will He Do Next? Writer and Director of Digital for The Onion, Baratunde Thurston offered a satirical retort, underhandedly accusing […]
Baratunde Thurston, a writer and comedian and one of the founders of the African American news site, Jack And Jill Politics has responded to Gene Marks article in Forbes Magazine, entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid. Thurston uses humor to negate several of Marks points and critique his article in a blog on […]
Earlier this week Forbes contributor, and also (White American) Gene Marks did the unthinkable, and suddenly became a poor black kid. After reading his article…
Gene Marks, a contributor to Forbes Magazine has written an article entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid.” The premise of the article is that despite economic and racial inequalities, education and technology is the new equalizer. Marks states that if he were a poor Black kid, he would utilize technology and attempt to […]
President Barack Obama tops Forbes’ Most Powerful People in the world list this year, beating out the likes of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Bill Gates and even Mark Zuckerberg. See also: What President Obama Could Learn From President Clinton See also: Washington D.C. Hotel Lobby Swankier Than a Club Surprisingly, […]
You've been hearing and seeing Rihanna, Beyonce, and Gaga EVERYWHERE this year, but who did enough to earn the acclaimed title?
according to eurweb.com Oprah Winfrey has reclaimed her title as world’s most powerful celebrity in a poll conducted by Forbes magazine. With 315 million dollars in earnings, Winfrey, 56, who next year is set to launch her own television channel, dethrones Angelina Jolie as the top power player with the actress slipping from No. 1 […]
