Sean “Diddy” Combs is known for his lavish New Years’ Eve parties, with its impressive guest lists that boast the likes of Mary J. Blige, DJ Khaled, Drake, and Teyana Taylor. This year, his annual bash was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, so instead, he’s sending out limited edition bar …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sat down with Don Lemon on CNN in mid-December, where he talked about outreach being necessary to assuage the Black community’s fears regarding receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m definitely going to get vaccinated,” the basketball legend says when asked if he will get the coronavirus vaccine. “Outreach is absolutely essential. Again, that’s why …

Donald Trump has given us some epic tantrums this year, with most of them coming in the latter part of the year, following his loss in November’s election. He spent most of 2020 campaigning for the Presidential Election and has spent the days since denying the results, being the sore …

Policed issued a statement in the case of a Michigan teen who fatally shot himself during a Russian roulette game. Back in October, the teen was found unresponsive in a house in Burton. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. “After interviews and the collection …

Apple has removed an app called Vybe Together that promoted underground pandemic parties from its app store after a reporter tweeted about it. The company’s TikTok account was also banned following the public’s discovery of the app. The Verge reports that the app was removed this week, a day after New York …

Nicki Minaj celebrated her son turning three months old by hosting a Twitter Q&A with her followers, where she answered some pretty personal questions about her pregnancy. Nicki opened up about where she was when her water broke, her experience giving birth, and that breastfeeding was “painful.” She also referred …

We can all agree that this year has been long and exhausting. The year started with Kobe Bryant’s shocking death in a helicopter crash and proved to be the gift that keeps giving. Now that it is coming to a close, we reflect on some of the craziest events this …

A 7-year-old Tennessee boy named Eli jumped through his little sister’s window to rescue her heroically. CNN reports that earlier this month, a fire broke out at Chris and Nicole Davidson’s home. The couple could get their 2-year-old son Elijah and Eli, who they have been fostering, to safety, but 22-month-old …

It’s a well-known fact that Lil Wayne and Young Thug have had a complicated relationship. Young Thug is opening up about the first time the two met on an upcoming episode of the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast. In the clip posted to Gillie Da King’s Instagram, Young Thug …

On Saturday, the Japan Foreign Ministry announced that beginning Monday, Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country through the end of January after several new coronavirus strain cases were reported. CNN reports that Japanese citizens and foreign residents will still be allowed to enter the country but will have …

Last week, a Brooklyn woman who jumped to her death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards scheduled her suicide note to auto-post posthumously on Instagram one day after her tragic death.  On December 22, Yocheved Gourarie, 24, rode the subway into Manhattan from her home in Crown Heights and bought …

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday alleging that Hayward Police Officers removed the bullets by hand from a 17-year-old boy they shot in the back. According to Mercury News, the lawsuit is also disputing that the teenager posed a threat to the police as he drove away, resulting in the officers …

If it wasn’t for six Nashville police officers’ swift actions, more people could’ve been injured in the blast that rocked downtown on Christmas morning. As the computerized voice repeatedly warned, “This vehicle will explode in 15 minutes,” officers began knocking on resident’s doors and getting them out of the area. CNN reports …

Every year during the holiday season, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” becomes the go-to anthem of the season. This year, the earworm broke Spotify’s single-day streams record. Mariah thanked her fans in a tweet on Christmas day while quoting a tweet from Chart Data announcing that …

On Wednesday, the Detroit Pistons announced that hometown rapper Big Sean would be joining the organization as Creative Director of Innovation.  According to the Pistons website, the Grammy-nominated artist will give the team “creative counsel and strategic guidance” on various team initiatives, including “team merchandise design, in-game experience, co-branded community, and social responsibility activation,” …

With little options left for dining out during a pandemic, an Illinois couple turned their unused van into a mobile dining room.  Thanks to coronavirus, the couple’s business is old hold, leaving their van sitting for the time being. It gave Kim and Doug White the idea to use the van for …

A COVID-19 patient has been charged with murder for his elderly roommate’s beating death at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, California. KABC reports that 37-year-old Jesse Martinez beat his 82-year-old roommate to death with an oxygen tank last week. The man died from his injuries the following day. The two did …

Hundreds of people in Douglas County, Oregon, are in quarantine, and seven people have died after two coronavirus outbreaks in the community. The cause of the outbreaks were not “super spreader events,” such as a wedding or a holiday gathering, but instead a result of a simple “super spreader action” …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Tuesday placing a temporary ban on facial recognition in school.  The legislation places a moratorium on facial recognition and other biometric technology in public and private schools until at least July of 2022. It directs the state to conduct a study on whether …

CNN reports that two people on a Delta flight headed to Atlanta opened the emergency exit, activated the slide, and exited with a service dog while the plane was taxiing to a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday. Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, were charged with third-degree criminal trespass, a Port …