This is to Regina over at "Regina's Family Season," and for anyone else who now has had so many burdens and trials to overcome. I have overcome so many things in my life and GOD will always be my passage. So big (((HUG))) to anyone out there who needs it today.I am still gonna riseYou may write me down in historywith your bitter, twisted lies,you may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise.Does my confidence in life upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?‘Cause I walk li... Read Full Story
Earl Simmons,(DMX's real name), born December 18, 1970, rose to fame in the late 1990's.The IRS and state of New York are saying that DMX owes them approximately e $1.5 million in delinquent taxes. What is owed: The IRS filed a $442,869 lien against DMX and his wife on Jan. 2 in the New York City Register's office. The IRS filed a $663,554 lien against DMX on Sept. 10, 2007, in the Maricopa County (Ariz.) Recorder's office. According to the lien, he owes income taxes from 2002, 2003 and 20... Read Full Story
Everyone by now has heard about the massacre that occurred November 5 on the army post, Fort Hood. Major Nidal Malik Hasan was charged yesterday with 13 counts of premeditated murder. Here was one man (himself an Army psychiatrist) who went into a medical facility (where there were men/women who had just returned from overseas deployment) and shot to deat 4 officers, 8 enlisted soldiers and 1 civilian, 29 additonally were wounded.So here is a man who is entrusted with the job of making sure ... Read Full Story
I know by now many of you have read the story of the 15 year old that was gang raped outside the high school in Richmond California. I don't know if any of my readers have any religious affliations, but I do. If this is not a sign of the last days, I don't know what is. How have our children evolved so much that they can callously (not to mention even participate) in a rape of a young girl who just turned 15. Did these young boys not have sisters? mothers? aunts? grandmothers?There were... Read Full Story
Why the heck would an established entertainer with so much in their future ruin it? . The "Wild 'N Out" cast member , is in custody at a facility in Coweta County, The Associated Press, states, Williams is expected to go before a judge on Monday afternoon (November 9) to answer to charges. The "Wild 'N Out" alumnus, who has made appearances in movies alongside Ice Cube and Eddie Murphy, is in custody at a facility in Coweta County, Georgia. A representative with the prison would only confirm... Read Full Story
York Pennsylvania was a city that has survived many racial milestones. Democrat and Republican candidates are African-American, with Democrat Kim Bracey, York's former director of community development and a relative newcomer to politics, the favorite to win in a city where Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1. In 1969 their was the tragic murder of a white police officer and and African-American woman. This incident cause much rioting and unrest in the city.In 2001, York... Read Full Story
It seems Mayor Willie Herenton from Memphis doesn't seem to remember he is currently the target of a federal criminal probe. He is still on that campaign trail. Herenton is running for the 9th Congressional District seat held by fellow Democrat Steve Cohen.Sidney Chism, a longtime friend and his congressional campaign manager, told The Associated Press that Herenton called the probe "a lot of bogus accusations." Chism said Herenton was not immediately available to comment.... Read Full Story
To a truly wonderful, dedicated blogger, who gives us the downlow on all the current happenings in tinsel town. Mrs Grapevine, has given us wonderful stories and pictures of the world of entertainment, that keeps us coming back for more. So, it gives me great pleasure to wish her the best birthday ever. ONELOVE..IRIEGAL Read Full Story
Police Officers in Omaha Nebraska were shocked to see a 40 year old man standing in a driveway near 19th Streetand Miami last Wednesday. The man claimed he had been chained in his house by his mother.The police report said the officer spoke with the man and determined his 60-year-old mother, Patricia Wofford, had locked him inside the house.Wofford is scheduled to make her first court appearance Friday morning. The accusations come as a shock to neighbors, one of whom said she didn’t even kno... Read Full Story
