Entertainment News Campaign battles corporate-sponsored smut
By Charlene Muhammad Staff Writer
A new study indicates daytime music video programming markets adult-themed content to children at alarming rates. Children were exposed to adult content every 38 seconds through some programs, the study found.
Apr 30, 2008, 11:49 am
Entertainment News Festival captures spirit of Black film
By Starla Muhammad
PHOENIX (FinalCall.com) - Rarely do Hollywood films portray the triumphs, tragedies, trials and tribulations of experiences in America from a Black perspective. The Arizona Black Film Showcase (AZBFS) hopes to be an avenue to help Blacks in film as well as others who desire to represent the portrayal of the Black experience on the big screen accurately and void of typical stereotypes.
Apr 29, 2008, 08:40 am
Entertainment News L.A. Times apologizes for Diddy-Tupac story
By AP
LOS ANGELES, California - The Los Angeles Times apologized for using documents that were apparently fabricated in a story implicating associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs in a 1994 assault on rapper Tupac Shakur.
Apr 11, 2008, 01:38 pm
Entertainment News Hip Hop Detoxx: Truth without Boundaries
By FinalCall.com News
The Hip Hop Detoxx is a social, emotional and therapeutic learning program displaying a creative synthesis of writing, performance, music therapy, hip hop, pop culture and the science of self-improvement. It is a non-judgmental approach to confronting many of the difficult and troubling issues facing youth.
Apr 10, 2008, 12:08 pm
Entertainment News Allah made Me Funny
By FinalCall.com News
Azhar Usman is one of the co-founders of the groundbreaking “Allah Made Me Funny” tour which entertained and informed audiences across the United States at a time when the post 9/11 perception of Muslims by many Americans was colored by the tainted lenses of the media.
Apr 10, 2008, 11:07 am
Entertainment News Alvin Ailey Dance Theater marks 50th anniversary
By FinalCall.com News
NEW YORK - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater recently announced the 18-month commemoration of its 50th anniversary, including events, promotions, collaborations and special performances at The Joan Weill Center for Dance. The organization’s official anniversary date was Sunday, March 30.
Apr 10, 2008, 11:05 am
Entertainment News One on One: the Grand Verbalizer of the X-Clan
By FinalCall.com News
As part of the Hip Hop Detoxx at Saviours’ Day 2008, many were treated to a performance by the legendary hip hop group X-Clan. Grand Verbalizer Funkin’ Lesson Brother J talked with the Assistant Editor of The Final Call Ashahed M. Muhammad about his latest project “Return from Mecca” and aspects of hip hop culture’s past and current reality.
Mar 28, 2008, 10:46 am
Entertainment News Using hip hop to detoxx youth
By Nisa Islam Muhammad
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - If you could get a seat in the jam-packed, standing room only Regal Theatre Saturday night Feb. 23, you were one of the lucky ones. It was a show not to be missed. It was an experience to be remembered.
Mar 9, 2008, 03:53 pm
Entertainment News Identifying the true purpose of hip hop culture
By Ashahed M. Muhammad Assistant Editor
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) -An enthusiastic crowd braved cold weather and snowstorms to participate in a “hip hop empowerment” panel discussion asking the provocative question: “Is hip hop a champion for social, political and economic empowerment or a tool of social decay?”
Jan 9, 2008, 04:54 pm
Entertainment News Is hip hop really to blame?
By Tory Watterson
HOUSTON (FinalCall.com) - Since its inception in the 70s, hip hop has been a source of criticism for many social ills. A lot of recent attention in this vein was spawned by the infamous comments of radio personality Don Imus. In an attempt to directly address these and other issues, the University of Houston Sankofa Pan Afrikan Organization, along with Quanell X of Houston’s New Black Panther Nation, held a panel discussion titled “Is Hip Hop Responsible for the Destruction of the Black Community?
Dec 14, 2007, 01:52 pm
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