The 10th anniversary of Black Girls Rock aired Tuesday and it was amazing per usual. A full house of beautiful and powerful black women, under one roof, honoring what gets ignored so often, is pure #blackgirlmagic. Tracee Ellis Ross was the host of the show (a bomb host I must …

No matter our successes, failures, backgrounds or opinions, the one thing we do have in common is the need for inspiration. The right Inspiration can save lives, start corporations, or end bad relationships; but finding it (inspiration) isn’t always easy. I understand, which is why I curated 20 inspirational quotes …

President Barack Obama has accepted an interview with Fox News, his first since 2014 (and probably the last). The POTUS will sit down with Chris Wallace for broadcast Sunday morning, and discuss a variety of topics including the pending Supreme Court nomination, the upcoming election, and Obama’s presidential legacy. Wallace …

Getting the recommended 7-8 hours of sleep seems to be difficult when we’ve deemed work, television, caking on the phone, and everything else under the sun more important. In fact, 40% of American adults are sleep deprived. However, there are more advantages to sleep than just feeling rested in the …

Elmont Memorial High School located in Long Island, has proven academic excellence once again, with their second student in two consecutive years being accepted into all 8 Ivy League schools. If you recall, last year salutatorian Harold Ekeh was accepted by all 8 ivy league schools and went on to …

A New hairline, Beauty & Pin-Ups, is breaking boundaries as they launch the first beauty campaign represented by a woman with Down syndrome. Katie Meade, 32, will be the first woman with Down syndrome to be featured as the face of a beauty campaign. Meade will be the face of …

Over 60,000 people showed up for Donald Trump at the Boca Raton, FL rally Sunday evening, both in protest and in support for the presidential hopeful. Unfortunately, not everyone was allowed in the rally, namely black protesters. A video was posted to Twitter by Shaun King showing security denying a black …

With recent protestors, or what some republicans call “thugs,” interfering with Donald Trump’s campaign, Buzzfeed reports that his team has decided to implement background checks for all of their volunteers hoping to work at the Trump Tower Call Center in Manhattan. In a recent campaign email distributed by Trump’s team, they …

An Oklahoma volunteer who helped at a children’s home in Kenya, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting three girls and one boy while working at the home. “In a span of just 33 days,” prosecutors wrote in a letter to the court , the suspect, …

Former First Lady, Nancy Reagan, passed away Sunday at the age of 94. Not more than a day later, a petition on change.org appeared, asking for rapper Fetty Wap to pay tribute to Mrs. Reagan’s legacy with a performance of “Trap Queen.”   The First Lady was most known for …

If you’ve been keeping up with recent posts here on Baller Alert, then you’ve seen Katt Williams’ very peculiar and sporadic behavior this weekend at a Beanie Sigel show in Philadelphia. On Sunday, the showcase for Beanie Sigel included a variety of guests including Jahlil Beats, Jadakiss, Dave East, Chill …

Waking up for school has always been difficult, but has proven more difficult for a teenager in Nashville who flew into a rage after being asked to wake up early for school. Shortly before 7:17 am on Tuesday, the 16-year-old became enraged when his grandmother Earline Hill and mother Sheryl …

A disturbing video released Tuesday, shows a uniformed police officer slapping a younger individual three times, just before kicking them and yelling profanities. According to CNN, the incident took place at a Baltimore high school. The officer involved was not a city police officer, but a school resource offer. He did …

If you’re one of the thousands of eager people heading to Austin this month for SXSW (South by Southwest), you’ll be thrilled to find out that the Obamas will also be in attendance. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will both make an appearance at the SXSW Interactive Conference …

A female student is in custody after eight people were stabbed in a high school in Ontario, Canada. According to Durham Regional Police Sergeant Bill Calder, officers were called to Dunbarton High School in Pickering, Ontario around 8:30 am Tuesday morning. According to the caller, a female student was seen waving …

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially confirmed that Kendrick Lamar will be inducting West Coast rap crew, N.W.A, at the ceremony taking place on at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 8. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame made the special announcement via their Twitter page on …

A federal judge this past Friday, ordered Camille Cosby, wife of Bill Cosby, to testify in the defamation lawsuit filed against her husband by seven different women. Tamara Green, a former actress and lawyer, filed the initial suit against the performer in December 2014. Mrs. Cosby’s lawyers initially sought to …

Super Bowl 50 MVP, Von Miller, talked about his dreams of being a chicken farmer in an interview with USA Today back in 2013, and is getting closer to that dream with his pet chickens. Yes, chickens plural. In an interview on ESPN’s Mike & Mike this past Thursday, Miller …

In October 2014 Steven Pratt was released from jail after serving 30 years for first degree murder.  When Pratt was fifteen, him and a neighbor got into an argument after the neighbor asked Pratt to quiet down in the hall. Later on that day, 15 year old pratt showed up …

Starting August 1st, the University of Texas at Austin will allow anyone who has a license to carry a concealed handgun into the classroom. The president of the university reluctantly announced the news this past Wednesday. Texas recently passed a law that would allow people with a license to carry …