Today is Chaka Khan’s birthday. She was born Yvette Marie Stevens, March 23, 1953), and known as the “Queen of Funk”, she is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman for the funk band Rufus. Chaka embarked on a successful solo career in 1978 while still a member of […]

Crooner Usher Raymond is all set to play boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard in a forthcoming biopic about the life of Panamanian champion fighter Roberto Durán. The film, ‘Hands of Stone,’ will also feature actors Robert DeNiro and Gael Bernal, reports the BBC. Filming is slated to begin later this year. Sugar Ray Leonard was […]

The National NAACP Economics Department take its Financial Freedom Center program on tour with a  stop in Raleigh today from 10a-4p at the Raleigh Convention Center to help boost the economic recovery of local residents hardest hit by the prolonged economic recovery. The tour stop will provide local residents access to hands-on expertise through financial planners, […]