If a low-income black student has just one black teacher in elementary school, that student is significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, a new John Hopkins University study has found. By Madeline
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Top 5 R. Kelly Songs
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer It started out as a friendly debate. My friend and I were going back and forth about which album is R. Kelly’s best album. As in most cases, Google became
Read moreIn the South When You Born Poor; You Stay Poor
BTN STAFF The lack of economic mobility and the financial disparity is a real problem in southern states across America. Research in States like Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina shows that children born in poverty
Read moreSpice Girl Singer Mel B Says Her Husband Got the Nanny Pregnant, Made Her Have A Threesome, And Threaten to Release A Sex Tape
BTN STAFF Mel B sounds more like a sex slave than a former wife. The former Spice Girl singer that her former husband forced her to have threesomes with random women and threaten to release
Read moreNew ATF Agent In Charge Of Chicago Says Gangs In Chicago Has No More Structure
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer In November 2016, Celinez Nunez was selected to be in charge of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) crime force in Chicago. Nunez who grew up in Chicago talked to WBEZ.org
Read moreWhy Is There Little to No Remembrance of Eazy E and His Legacy?
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer March 26th was the anniversary of Eric “Eazy E” Wright’s passing. And I was wondering why there was minimal to no mention of the anniversary in major Hip Hop outlets
Read moreBooks N Bros’ 11-year-old founder wants to help boys love reading at an age when they often don’t
By KELLY MOFFITT Article Submission If you Google the terms “boys and reading,” you will find thousands of results laying out the state of the gender gap between boys and girls when it comes to reading and
Read moreWu-Tang Clan’s True Master Tells How His Case Was Just As Bad As Kalief Browder And Maybe Worse
The Hip Hop Producer Wants to Use His Experience To Help Others By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Recently Jay Z funded a film showcasing the horrific ordeal of Kalief Browder. The documentary titled Time: The
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