Serena Williams reclaimed her spot as the top women’s tennis player in 2009 and because of her dominance, she awarded Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Williams received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the AP. No other candidate got more than 18 votes in the tally. Williams also won the AP award in 2002.
DMV’s own Pro’Verb takes his turn on Travis Porter’s “Turnt up”. Will Smith might need to send some of that “Fela” money Pro’s way. Like he said, “it’s a lyrical trip to the movies.” ENJOY
Listen/Download: Pro’Verb-Will Smith (freestyle)
Yesterday in Los Angeles the LAPD mistook KiD CuDi and his crew for burglary suspects as they left a photoshoot with NME on Melrose Ave. Five patrol cars rolled up on the entourage and temporarily detained them before the cops realized that they were not who they were looking for. After the incident, CuDi explained to NME that he wasn’t sure what happened.
“Who knows, really, the story changed a bunch,” he said. “I’m just happy to be back. I’m a free man! For that moment I was not free. I was in handcuffs. It did not feel very comfortable.”
He added that he did not begrudge the police for the error: “We’re in LA, it’s a rowdy place in the United States, you know? And a lot of shit goes down. And these cops have to use force. So it’s, like, I understand that they were doing their job. I just wish we weren’t in that place at that time.” – KiD CuDi
This recap provides a glimpse of Ludacris’ 2nd trip to Nigeria. Take a look as Luda and Busta recieve special gifts from their hosts, Nigerian names and a reception from over 50,000 fans at each concert in Abuja and Lagos
On this date in 1898 Dr. Chancellor Williams was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, as the last of five children to a former slave. He would move with his family to Washington DC in the early 1900s. He got his undergrad and Masters degrees from Howard University. Williams is known as one of the greatest historians of the black diaspora and author of The Destruction of Black Civilization.
On this date in 1905 James Amos Porter was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He’s known for writing the definitive book, Modern Negro Art (1943, 1969, 1992). He was also head of The Department of Art at Howard University from 1953-1970. Porter is one of the most well known painters and historian of African American art. He was instrumental as the first scholar to provide a systematic, critical analysis of African-American artists and their works of art.
On this day 1943 W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Here’s a new video from Ray Ray. He’s still putting out videos from this great album. He tells you the truth with this one in that maintaining the spark in a relationship is far from easy. The Way I See It is in stores now.
The visuals for the last track off the Blueprint 3.
Just more visuals for the snippet of this highly anticipated song.
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