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Chance The Rapper Thinks Donald Trump Is A Dictator In The Making

Chance The Rapper is trying to warn us about Donald Trump.

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DeMarcus Cousins Facing Suspension For Shoving Bulls Assistant Coach

Boogie picked up his 15th and 16th Ts last night.

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Houston Hands Off Super Bowl Duties To Minnesota

Houston received glowing reviews Monday morning for a Super Bowl week that no one will ever forget, while the clock began ticking toward the 2018 Super Bowl in Minnesota.

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Deadly Helicopter Crash Offshore In Galveston

A helicopter with three people on board crashed offshore near Jamaica Beach in Galveston on Monday night, the Coast Guard said.

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Black-Owned E-Commerce Site, Perfect Tux, Hits Six Figures in Less Than a Year!

“Quality Above Anything Else” is the motto behind the e-commerce site, Perfect Tux, which launched in March of 2016 and was founded by Steven Burton, a long time e-commerce veteran with over ten years of formal wear industry experience. Perfect Tux throws out the traditional tux rental model in favor of reasonably priced, unique and trend friendly items for purchase. Perfect Tux is on track to hit $300,000 in revenue by the end of the month and continues to show explosive growth; all in under a year.

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Jalen Rose ABC Comedy Pilot Casts TV Vets Anna Maria Horsford, Marla Gibbs

NBA star and ESPN host Jalen Rose has cast his mother and grandmother for his ABC comedy pilot, Variety has learned. Anna Maria Horsford and Marla Gibbs have signed on to play Rose’s mother and grandmother, respectively, in Rose’s single camera comedy “Jalen vs. Everybody.”

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HERO: Flight Attendant Sheila Fedrick Saves Young Girl from Sex Trafficking

Sheila Fedrick by all accounts should be considered a hero. Fedrick, 49, a flight attendant working for Alaska Airlines, said she noticed a disheveled girl who looked to be 14-15 years old, with a well-dressed man, and something told her the scenario was wrong. So she jumped to action. Fedrick said she tried to talk to them, but the man became angry and rude.

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Kanye Did Not Produce King Myers' Donald Trump Diss Track

King Myers and Kanye West appear to be at odds with each other over a production credit.

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"Cash Me Outside" Girl Got Kicked Off A Plane After Punching A Passenger

The woman called Danielle Bregoli and her mother "wigger" at one point.

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Promoter Blames ISIS For Absence Of Future, Snoop Dogg, & More From His Super Bowl Event

A Super Bowl promoter is trying to blame ISIS for his failed event this past weekend.

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Here Are Big Sean's "I Decided" First Week Sales Projections

Sean is looking at a #1 album next week.

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Texas Southern University Presents Vikings COO Warren with Inaugural Pioneer Award

Texas Southern University honored Kevin Warren, the National Football League’s (NFL) highest ranking African American executive, with its inaugural Pioneer Award, February 4th in downtown Houston. Warren serves as chief operating officer for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Congressman Al Green: We Must Not Allow Wall Street to Trump Main Street

On Monday, February 6, 2017, Congressman Al Green (TX-9) released the following statement on President Trump’s anti-consumer executive order.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Denounces President’s Criticism of U.S. District Judge and Attack on Independence of Federal Judiciary

Jackson Lee: “It is unconscionable that the President has disparaged the integrity and fidelity of a sitting federal judge simply because he does not agree with one of the judge’s rulings. Attacking the legitimacy of the federal judiciary does not make us safer or freer, and it certainly is not consistent with the oath the President took to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”

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Journalists Call Out White House Claims On Terror Reporting

Journalists called out a White House claim that news outlets are failing to adequately report terror attacks.

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Barack Obama's Kitesurfing Adventure with Richard Branson

#IslandLife was good to Barack Obama. Before returning to Washington, the former president dove into an aquatic and athletic challenge with his friend, Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson, while vacationing on the British Virgin Islands with former first lady Michelle Obama.

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Biden to Split Time Between Delaware, Pennsylvania Universities

Former Vice President Joe Biden will split his post-White House time between a foreign policy institute at the University of Pennsylvania and a domestic policy institute at the University of Delaware, the two universities announced on Tuesday.

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Sex Assault, Date-rape Drug Allegations Rattle Northwestern

Allegations of sexual assault and the use of date-rape drugs have surfaced at Northwestern University.

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Tanks for All the Memories: Granddad the Lungfish Dies

He was the one that didn't get away -- eventually living for around a century.

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5 Things for Tuesday, February 7, 2017: Travel Ban, Betsy DeVos, Terrorism

Good Tuesday morning. And here's a public service announcement for all the lovers out there: Valentine's Day is a week away, so you better start planning. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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