The race relations topic brought a dark cloud over a 10-year-old’s birthday party in Tennessee last week, when a friend of another race wrote a letter explaining…

Happy Birthday to L. Douglas Wilder! Wilder was elected the first African-American governor in the United States of America, leading the commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. Wilder…

The Belle with Mr. Barkey at Gospel Fest with The Belle 2014 Richmond, VA -While Richmond truly has several living legends to be proud of, one still remains active as he keeps the Gospel and Christian Community up to date with the latest music and any church supplies anyone may need. He is the one […]

Everyday is a national food day of some sort. Today is April 29th and it’s also National Shrimp Scampi day. Yum! Foodbeast, one of the…

Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace (pictured) was gunned down on March 9, 1997, just two months shy of his 25th birthday. With fame and all the…

This weekend’s star-studded affair in Los Angeles at the BET Celebration of Gospel brought celebs from all over to experience this year’s big event including a very pregnant birthday girl by the name of Tamar Braxton. After confirming her pregnancy just a few days ago, the R&B starlet who celebrated her 36th birthday on St. […]

Atlanta, GA – Today, Arrow Records released CJ Talks from GRAMMY and Stellar Award-nominated artist and three-time Gospel Choice Award winner Canton Jones.  CJ Talks is a CD / DVD combination that showcases Canton’s dynamic, live performances of some previously released hit songs including, “Password” and “Love Song” and three new tracks, “Birthday, “Doin’ It Big” […]

Today is the 50th birthday of the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Here at NewsOne we decided to provide you with 50 things on his 50 birthday that you may not know about our president. This birthday couldn’t have come at a better time for the president with criticisms being launched at him […]

EVERYBODY SAY HER NAME! PATTI! PATTI! TODAY IS PATTI LABELLE’S BIRTHDAY AND WE’RE TAKING TIME TO SALUTE HER FOR THE YEARS OF GREAT R&B/SOUL MUSIC THAT IS NOW APART OF OUR JAMMIN’ OLDIES CATALOG. PATTI LABELLE WE LOVE YOU! WE SALUTE YOU! WE THANK YOU FOR LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MARK ON MUSIC AND OUR LIVES […]

For the last day or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about birthdays. That might be because I just had mine yesterday, but it’s also been on my mind for a while because the summertime has always felt like the perfect time for reflection. The air just feels different in the summer: people are traveling […]