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After 32 years as a morning radio personality in Washington, D.C., Donnie Simpson bid an emotional farewell to his listeners. According to the Washington Post, Simpson wept as he played Lionel Richie's "Jesus Is Love," his traditional closing song. This followed a parade of calls from celebrity well-wishers and other supporters. His four-hour show on WPGC-FM (95.5) spilled over an extra two hours to accommodate the phoned-in farewells from Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Wyclef Jean and other musicians whom Simpson has championed during his decades on the radio and as host of Black Entertainment Television's 'Video Soul.'....Simpson, who will be 56 on Saturday, was gracious and warm throughout his final program on the air. He thanked his listeners repeatedly, as well as his wife, Pam, his producer-son, D.J., and his colleagues.... Following the show, he treated fans and friends to lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl, the same popular diner visited by President Barack Obama days before his inauguration.SOURCE: Washington Post

lyvain White's latest film, 'The Losers,' which stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, and Peter Macdissi, has debuted online.Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo comic books, 'Losers' centers around a Special Forces team, who are set up and betrayed by their enigmatic handler, Max, who soon discovers that you should never leave a bunch of black-ops commandos for dead. The Losers regroup for revenge, and to get their names off a pesky CIA death list. For issue after issue, they conducted covert operations against the CIA, and sought to uncover the plans and conspiracies of the powerful, secretive Max. Warner Bros. will release the film in theaters on April 9.Somebody in Lil Kim's camp must've had a come to Jesus convo with the hip-hop surged "I used to be afraid of the d*ck" poet. Kim recently appeared in public looking less like a Disney villain and more like an African-American woman with facial features that are movable. I must say, Kim is looking normal and damn good!Apart of Nightline’s “Face off” series, the much talked about debate “Why Can’t A Successful Black Woman Find A Man” airs tonight on ABC at 11:35pm (ET). Hosted by Vicki Mabrey and Steve Harvey, the panel features Sherri Shephard co-host of the “The View,” Jacque Reid co-star of VH1’s “Let’s Talk About Pep,” Jimi Izarel, author of “The Denzel Principle” and “CSI” star and author, Hill Harper. Umm…we can’t imagine what kind of new information will be shed on the issue. We’re all pretty exhausted with the topic. Are you watching? Check out some snippets her

Sistas sure do spend plenty of time putting our men in their places. Checkin’ them. Givin’ them the business. Letting them know when they’re wrong, how wrong they are and how quick they ‘betta’ get done with that wrongness. We have an arsenal of friends, sisters, Sorors and co-workers to dog them out with, ready to co-sign on black men’s trifling, no-good-doin’ ways. And we have a dozen or more media outlets we use to vent about their shortcomings and failings, their problems and issues, their failures and faults. (Essence for one, has a tumultuous love/hate relationship with them, always willing to dedicate a good amount of real estate vocalizing our collective complaints about black men and then giving us 12 instructional pages on how to find one.) SOURCE...CLUTCH MAGAZINE

Shocking news as the principal of Woodland Middle School in Henry County, New Jersey, has come under fire over rapper T.I.‘s recent appearance. Parent we offended that T.I. spoke to their children and were not notified. Clifford Harris is a great father and family man, he just happens to be the rapper T.I., it sounding like the parents just wanted to see the rapper. but the appearance has cause and huge issue at the school now.

According to AllHipHop, T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., appeared at the school on March 5th and spoke to students.Parents of some students took issue with the fact that they were not notified of who would be speaking to their children. T.I., who was recently released from a halfway house to house arrest with a curfew, served a year in prison for attempting to buy multiple machine guns with silencers. As part of his probation, the rapper was sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service, 1,000 of which were completed prior to his prison sentence.He flew around the country visiting middle schools, recreational centers and various Boys & Girls Clubs, where he encouraged teens to stay away from drugs, violence and gangs.

Well FORBES Magazine just released the 10 wealthiest Black Americans in the US. Wow, this is shocking though guess who dropped off the top 10. No 50 Cent? And Jay Z jumps up…no Diddy and Russell Simmons doesn’t make the top 20 cut.

Flip it to get it….

1. Oprah Winfrey – Net worth of $2.7 billion

2. Tiger Woods – Net worth $600 million

3. Robert Johnson – Founder of BET – Net worth $550 million (he took a hit during the recession)

4. Michael Jordan – $525 million

5. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr. – $500 million

6. Bill Cosby – $450 million

7. Sheila Johnson – Robert Johnson’s ex-wife – Net worth $400 million

8. Don Peebles – Runs Peebles Corp. a real estate development company – Net worth $350 million

9. Berry Gordy – Founder, Motown Records – Net worth $350 million

10. Quintin Primo III – Founder of real estate financing company Capri Capital – Net worth $300 million.

11. Don King – Net worth $290 million

12. Janice Bryant Howroyd & Family – Net worth $250 million

13. Herman J Russell – Net worth $200 million

14. Ulysess Bridgeman Jr. – Net worth $200 million

15. Tracy Maitland – Net worth $150 million

16. Alphones Fletcher Jr. – Net Worth $150 million

17. Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter – Net worth $150 million

18. Kobe Bryant – Net worth $140 million

19. Shaquille O’neil – Net worth $130 million

20. Kenneth Chenault – Net worth of $125 million

Below the line: (the ones who didn’t make the top 20 this year)

Russell Simmons – barely misses the cut with a fortune of $110 million.

John Mayer Apologizes for Using Racial Slur

After igniting a firestorm over sexual and racial remarks he made in a Playboy interview, John Mayer issued an apology on his Twitter page Wednesday – for some of his comments.

"Re: using the 'N' word in an interview, I am sorry," he Tweeted. "I should have never said the word and I will never say it again."

Mayer used the slur when discussing whether he's accepted by rappers like Jay-Z and Kanye West as one of their own.

"Someone asked me the other day, 'What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?,' " Mayer told Playboy. "If you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n---- pass But I said, 'I can't really have a hood pass. I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We’re full.' "

The remark didn't wash with his 3 million Twitter followers, who were unusually silent Wednesday. "They don't make rehab centers for being an a-hole," one wrote.

Mayer said nothing about his other controversial comments about his sex life with former flame Jessica Simpson – likening her to "sexual napalm" – but Simpson did appear to allude to them on her own Twitter page.

TEXTUAL SEDUCITION IN DETROIT

Much of history is all about moments in time and in this politically charged era, where black America stands on the precipice of possibility; Detroit's hip-hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is not doing anyone any favors. The time has finally come for the lid to be blown off this case of 'textual healing,' (or text-gate if you're so inclined) and truth be told, it's not looking too good for the 38-year-old mayor of the country's most dangerous city. Today, the prosecutor, Kym Worthy, announced to a packed news conference that she is charging Kilpatrick with eight felonies and his former aide Christine Beatty with seven. On the very basic level, it sounds like Kwame is guilty of perjury. Yes, the p-word which has made a name for itself by making many-a-corrupt exec shed a tear, throwing Marion Jones, and Scooter Libby in the slammer and making baseball pariahs Roger Clemons and (to a lesser extent) Barry Bonds cringe as they fight their losing battles, to name a few of its victims. His attorney, Dan Webb is convinced otherwise as he states the questions asked were "too ambiguous." Of course translated, it sounds more like "my client may of may not have had a romantic relationship but he's just trying to save his ass and ya'll just didn't ask the right questions." It's terrible that Kwame cheated on his wife and his infidelity was duly noted. But should he leave office? That's something that's at least debatable depending on which image of your politician that you choose to swallow and more importantly it's not the issue at hand. In January, Kwame appeared on television with his apology game in full-effect and the requisite "stern-looking wife-who-acts-like-she-really-needs-to-be-there" swag in tow. SOURCE OF THIS STORY CHECK OUT THE VIDEO