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Jamar Simmons (pictured), a Baltimore City fireman, has been accused of running a prostitution ring from his renovated apartment in the southwest part of the…

This Thursday, 7/21/2011 the controversial “Monkey Gang: The Mockumentary” movie will have a special advance screening in Baltimore at the historic Charles Theater. Members of Chicken & Beef, INC (the production company behind Monkey Gang) and cast members were at Baltimore’s ArtScape 2011 to promote the screening so the crowd should be nice. For discounted […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)201 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 When: 1989 What: Bernie Rabinowitz’s Music Liberated record stores come up time and time again when any history of the Baltimore club and music scene is being recounted. Up until Rabinowitz’s death in a car accident in January 2003, the last […]

BALTIMORE-The creator of “The Wire,” David Simon has written a piece in Slate Magazine about the recent arrest of Felicia “Snoop Pearson.” RELATED: Black Presidents in the movie theaters First of all, Felicia’s entitled to the presumption of innocence. And I would note that a previous, but recent drug arrest that targeted her was later […]

BALTIMORE — The search continues for Phylicia Simone Barnes, a star high school student from North Carolina who went missing in Baltimore last week. The 16-year-old honor student from Monroe, N.C., was visiting her half-sister when she disappeared three days after Christmas. Phylicia was last heard from Dec.28 via Facebook when she posted a note […]

After skipping out on a New Year’s Eve gig back in ’08, Ne-Yo now owes a Baltimore club promoter an apology that’s worth $196,000. Plus we’ve got Usher’s new video when you read on… Remember that New Year’s Eve gig Ne-Yo was supposed to perform at back in 2008, but decided to just skip out […]

This weekend in Baltimore was the African American Heritage Festival at the M&T Bank Stadium. There were live performances from Ryan Leslie, Robin Thicke, Leela James, Marsha Ambrosius (formerly of Floetry) and Fantasia -introduced by Patti LaBelle. Ryan Leslie Robin Thicke Fantasia Marsha Ambrosius Gallery photos courtesy of Edith Williams of Diamond Digital Portraits, Robin […]