Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). There’s so much more to Yandy Smith than what fans see on “ Love & Hip-Hop .” She not only works as a producer, but is an advocate for those that can’t use their voice. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit A couple weeks ago a video of Smith being pepper sprayed went viral after she was trying to support some prisoners inside a Brooklyn detention center. They had been living for 9 days without hot water, heat and warm meals during one of the coldest days of the year. SEE ALSO: Yandy Smith Maced During Brooklyn Prison Protest [VIDEO] Smith worked with Tamika Mallory and several other advocated to get the prisoners what they needed. It hurt her just to see them live this way and on her social media pages people wrote that because they’re locked up they deserve what they get. She mentioned that most of these men are awaiting trail and deserve basic human rights like the rest of us. Smith even spoke about how some said the only reason she was helping those prisoners was because her husband, Mendeecees Harris is in there. SEE ALSO: ‘LHHNYS9’ Recap: Yandy’s Foster Daughter May Not Have Told Her The Truth She mentioned that her husband isn’t in that particular place and she did it because she was born to serve as well as help people. Speaking of her husband, who is currently serving time for drug distribution, she misses him like crazy. Smith told Headkrack that what she misses most is how it effects their children and how she can’t raise her son on how to be a man. It’s not finalized when Harris will come out of prison, but she can’t wait for that day. Check out the full interview with Yandy Smith up top! ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Angela Simmons’ Ex-Fiance Autopsy Revealed Dame Dash Apologizes To Jay-Z: “I Wasn’t Myself For A Second” [VIDEO] Everyone Is Clowning Jennifer Lopez’s Motown Tribute At The 2019 Grammys [VIDEO] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1973555″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS
It’s award season and we’re always looking for the out for the Grammys, Oscars and what we consider prestigious awards. As we celebrate it’s important to respect and honor any and all awards out there. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not only defends African Americans well being in world wide but it also celebrates the achievements of African Americans and minorities in the arts. The NAACP just release it’s nominations for it’s Image Awards. Here’s the list of nominations: Entertainer of the Year Beyoncé Chadwick Boseman LeBron James Regina King Ryan Coogler MOTION PICTURE Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Michael B Jordan – Creed II (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios) Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 (Columbia Pictures) John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Sanaa Lathan – Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix) Viola Davis – Widows (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Mahershala Ali – Green Book (Universal Pictures, Participant Media, DreamWorks) Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Danai Gurira – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Regina Hall – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix) Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures) Traffik (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate Entertainment) Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Storm Reid – A Wrinkle In Time (Walt Disney Studios) Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Black Panther (Marvel Studios) BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Widows (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Motion Picture Black Panther (Marvel Studios) BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) TELEVISION Outstanding Comedy Series Atlanta (FX Networks) Black-ish (ABC) Dear White People (Netflix) Grown-ish (Freeform) Insecure (HBO) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC) Cedric the Entertainer, The Neighborhood (CBS) Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX Networks) Dwayne Johnson, Ballers (HBO) Tracy Morgan, The Last O.G. (TBS) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO) Logan Browning, Dear White People (Netflix) Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC) Yara Shahidi, Grown-ish (Freeform) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Jay Ellis, Insecure (HBO) John David Washington, Ballers (HBO) Laurence Fishburne, black-ish (ABC) Marcus Scribner, black-ish (ABC) Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Essence Atkins, Marlon (NBC) Marsai Martin, Black-ish (ABC) Natasha Rothwell, Insecure (HBO) Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO) Outstanding Drama Series How To Get Away With Murder (ABC) Power (Starz) Queen Sugar (OWN) The Chi (Showtime) This Is Us (NBC) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Jason Mitchell, The Chi (Showtime) Keith David, Greenleaf (OWN) Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar (OWN) Omari Hardwick, Power (Starz) Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Alfre Woodard, Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix) Naturi Naughton, Power (Starz) Rutina Wesley, Queen Sugar (OWN) Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX) Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jesse Williams, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC) Jussie Smollett, Empire (FOX) Romany Malco, A Million Little Things (ABC) Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series CCH Pounder, NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) Lynn Whitfield, Greenleaf (OWN) Sanaa Lathan, The Affair (Showtime) Susan Kelechi Watson, This Is Us (NBC) Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO) Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series Erika Alexander – Black Lightning – Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowery (CW) Kendrick Lamar – Power – Happy Birthday (Starz) Kerry Washington – How to Get Away with Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC) Loretta Devine – Love Is_ – Rose (Going Home) (OWN) Tisha Campbell-Martin – Empire – Without Apology (Fox) Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Behind The Movement (TV One) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) Seven Seconds (Netflix) The Bobby Brown Story (BET) The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Russell Hornsby, Seven Seconds (Netflix) Woody McClain, The Bobby Brown Story (BET) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Anna Deavere Smith, Notes From the Field (HBO) Gabrielle Dennis, The Bobby Brown Story (BET) Jeanté Godlock, The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime) Regina King, Seven Seconds (Netflix) Toni Braxton, Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (Lifetime) Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) A Thousand Words With Michelle Obama (BET) AM Joy (MSNBC) Angela Rye’s State of the Union (BET) Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama (OWN) Unsung (TV One) Outstanding Talk Series ESPN’s First Take (ESPN) Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Real (Syndicated) The View (ABC) Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series) Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Shark Tank (ABC) The Voice (NBC) Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 2 Dope Queens (HBO) Black Girls Rock! (BET) Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Netflix) Outstanding Children’s Program Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest (Disney XD) Motown Magic (Netflix) Sesame Street (HBO) Top Chef Junior (Universal Kids) Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series) Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime) Lonnie Chavis -T”his Is Us (NBC) Lyric Ross – This Is Us (NBC) Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC) Miles Brown – Black-ish (ABC) Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) Joy Reid – AM Joy (MSNBC) LeBron James – The Shop (HBO) Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC) Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) LL Cool J – Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network) Queen Latifah – Black Girls Rock (BET) RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Steve Harvey – Family Feud (Syndication) DOCUMENTARY Outstanding Documentary (Film) Amazing Grace (Sundial Pictures/Neon) Making The Five Heartbeats (Green Lighthouse) Quincy (Netflix) RBG (CNN) Whitney (Roadside Attractions/Miramax) Outstanding Documentary (Television) Hope & Fury: MLK, The Movement and the Media (NBC) King in the Wilderness (HBO) Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO) Shut Up & Dribble (Showtime) Time For Ilhan (Fuse) WRITING Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Justin Simien – Dear White People – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Marquita J. Robinson – GLOW – Work the Leg (Netflix) Peter H. Saji – Black-ish – Purple Rain (ABC) Regina Y. Hicks – Insecure – High-Like (HBO) Trevor Noah , Steve Budow, David Kibuuka, Zhubin Parang, Dan Amira, Lauren Sarver Means, Mr. Daniel Radosh, David Angelo, Devin Trey Delliquanti, Zachary DiLanzo – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – 23087 Alex Wagner (Comedy Central) Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Janine Sherman Barrois – Claws” – Cracker Casserole (TNT) Kay Oyegun This Is Us – This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life (NBC) Lena Waithe – The Chi – Pilot (Showtime) Patrick Joseph Charles – Black Lightning – Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption (The CW/Netflix) Lena Waithe, Dime Davis, – The Chi – The Whistle (Showtime) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television) Anna Deavere Smith – Notes From the Field (HBO) J. David Shanks – Seven Seconds: Matters of Life and Death (Netflix) Katrina M. O’Gilvie – Behind the Movement (TV One) Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Shalisha Francis – Seven Seconds: Of Gods and Men (Netflix) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures) Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) DIRECTING Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Donald Glover – Atlanta – FUBU (FX Networks) Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – Chapter Seventy-Four (CW) Hiro Murai – Atlanta – Teddy Perkins (FX Networks) Ken Whittingham – Atypical – “Ernest Shackleton’s Rules for Survival” (Netflix) Millicent Shelton – Insecure – High-Like (HBO) Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Ayoka Chenzira – Queen Sugar – Here Beside the River (OWN) Deborah Ann Chow – Better Call Saul – Something Stupid (AMC) Dee Rees – Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Kill All Others (Prime Video) Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Marvel’s Luke Cage – I Get Physical (Netflix) Zetna Fuentes – How To Get Away With Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television) Ernest Dickerson – Seven Seconds: Until It Do (Netflix) Ramin Bahrani – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Tanya Hamilton – Seven Seconds: That What Follows (Netflix) Tracy Heather Strai – Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (PBS) Victoria Mahoney – Seven Seconds: Witness for the Prosecution (Netflix) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film) Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Steve McQueen – Widows (20th Century Fox) Ryan Coogler – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones – Quincy (A Le Train TrainBob’s Your UncleTribeca Production for Netflix) ANIMATED/CGI Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film) Issa Rae – Bojack Horseman (Netflix) Laya Deleon Hayes – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) Mahershala Ali – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel) Samuel L. Jackson – Incredibles 2 (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel) RECORDING Outstanding New Artist Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) Jade Novah (EMPIRE) Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration) Omar Wilson (BSE Recordings) Tory Lanez (Mad Love/Interscope Records) Outstanding Male Artist Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) Childish Gambino (RCA Records) John Legend (Columbia Records) MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Raheem DeVaughn (BMG) Outstanding Female Artist Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records) Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) H.E.R. (RCA Records) Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records) Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration “A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records) “All The Stars” – Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records) “Could’ve Been” – H.E.R., Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) “Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) “Everything Is Love” – The Carters (Roc Nation) Outstanding Jazz Album Facing Dragons – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue) Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste (Verve) RISE! – Ben Tankard feat. Marion Meadows, Kirk Whalum, Paul Jackson Jr. (Ben-Jamin’ Universal Music) The Story of Jaz – Jazmin Ghent feat. Jeff Lorber, James P. Lloyd, Kim Scott, Philippe Saisse (Jazmin Ghent Music) Waiting for the Sunrise – Camille Thurman (Chesky Records) Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) Heart. Passion. Pursuit. Live at Passion City Church – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel) Hiding Place – Tori Kelly (Capitol Records) Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds (Entertainment One) One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr (LMG) Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspirational) Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album APES**T – The Carters (Roc Nation) Could’ve Been – H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) Finesse (Remix) – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) This Is America – Childish Gambino (RCA Records) All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records) Outstanding Song – Traditional Amen – Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records) Better With You In It – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Beyond – Leon Bridges (Columbia Records) Long As I Live – Toni Braxton (Def Jam Recordings) Never Alone – Tori Kelly feat. Kirk Franklin (Capital Records) Outstanding Song – Contemporary “A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records) “As I Am” – H.E.R. (RCA Records) “Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) “Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) “This Is America” – Childish Gambino (RCA Records) Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By – Kendrick Lamar, SZA feat. 2Chainz, ScHoolboy Q, Saudi, Khalid, Swae Lee, Vince Staples, Yugen Blakrok, SOB x RBE, Jorja Smith, Anderson Paak, Ab Soul, Reason, Zacari, Babes Wudumo, Sjava, Travis Scott (Interscope Records) Greenleaf, Season 3 (Music from the Original TV series)” – Various Artists (Lions Gate Entertainment) Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two” – Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Mondo Music) Insecure Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 3 – Various Artists (RCA Records) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture – Various Artists (Republic Records) Outstanding Album Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records) Ella Mai – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) Even More – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Everything Is Love – The Carters (Roc Nation) I Used To Know Her: The Prelude – H.E.R. (RCA Records) LITERARY Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) Better Late Than Never – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing) Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Prose Novel – Jesse James Holland Jr (Titan Books) Envy – Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone) They Come in All Colors: A Novel – Malcolm Hansen (Atria Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers) Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth – Beverly Bond (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press) May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem – Imani Perry (University of North Carolina Press) The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row – Anthony Ray Hinton (Author), Lara Love Hardin (With), (St. Martin’s Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author Heads of the Colored People: Stories” – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books) Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement” – Janet Dewart Bell (The New Press) Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice” – Dr. Sheila D. Brooks (Author), Clinton C. Wilson II (Author), (Rowman & Littlefield) Small Country: A Novel” – Gaël Faye (Hogarth) Us Against The World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family ” – David Mann (Author), Tamela Mann (Author), Shaun Saunders (With), (W Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers) Becoming – Michelle Obama (Crown) The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke – Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press) The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela (Author), Sahm Venter (Editor) (Liveright Publishing) Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist – Franchesa Ramsey (Grand Central Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration – Carla Hall (Author) Genevive Ko (With) (Harper Wave) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press) Poised For Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond – Karima Mariam-Arthur (Palgrave Macmillan) Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Currency) Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Glory Edim (Ballantine Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry Confessions of a Barefaced Woman – Allison Elaine Joseph (Red Hen Press) Ghost, Like a Place – Iain Haley Pollock (Alice James Books) Refuse – Julian Randall (University of Pittsburgh Press) Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart – Alice Walker (Author) (37 Ink/Atria Books) The Gospel According to Wild Indigo – Cyrus Cassells (Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Children Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man – Tonya Bolden (Abrams For Young Readers) Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator), (Harper) I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – Diane Dillon (The Blue Sky Press) The 5 O’Clock Band – Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator), (Abrams For Young Readers) The Word Collector – Peter H. Reynolds (Orchard Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens A Very Large Expanse of Sea – Tahereh Mafi (Harper) Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin – James L. Swanson (Scholastic Press) Harbor Me – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy M. Paulsen) The Journey of Little Charlie – Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic Press) We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide – Carol Anderson (Author), Tonya Bolden (With), (Bloomsbury YA)
In cased you missed the Vitamin Of The Day on the Quick Silva Show… The Vitamin of the Day “Stay strong and keep fighting. At times it feels like the weight of our aspirations are to heavy to bare. You have to get it through your mind that you are enough and you have the keys to keep fighting. If you want to see the full vitamin watch the full video above.
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty We all watched J. Lo salsa across the stage for the Motown tribute at the Grammy this weekend and collectively thought it was trash, but there was one man who defended her participation in the honor from the jump. Smokey Robinson. #BlackTwitter erupted when it was first announced J. Lo would perform the tribute at the Grammys prompting Mr. Robinson to come to her aid. “I don’t think anyone who is intelligent is upset,” Robinson told Variety. “I think anyone who is upset is stupid.” Wow. Criticism only grew once J. Lo actually performed and included a salsa routine into her already gentrified performance. Well, Smokey wasn’t feeling the backlash and took to Instagram to defend her again. Well the problem is Smokey, sure everyone listened to Motown but the legacy of Motown gave a voice to the Black struggle. Among those struggles were the Black woman being oversexualized and marginalized. In today’s society, being a Black women isn’t enough unless we look like a light skin, long-haired woman, which is exactly what J. Lo represents. There were hundred of Black performers who could have stood in her place and J. Lo should have been aware enough to understand that when the offer was extended to her. What say you readers, you riding with Smokey on this one? RELATED STORIES: Black Twitter Put J. Lo’s Motown Tribute In The Trash Where It Belonged We Love J. Lo, And She’s A Great Performer But Not For The Grammys’ Motown Tribute
Source: Lyn Holly Coorg / Getty Aretha Cardinal was sitting with her husband, Joseph Nelson, in the driveway when suddenly two robbers waring clown masks and wielding machetes attacked Joseph. According to the reports , the attackers threatened, “You gonna give it up, or I’m gonna cut you,” While Joseph fought back, Aretha grabbed the first thing in sight, her child’s scooter and began attacking the assailants until they fled. “[I] couldn’t believe what was happening,” Joseph explained to Houston’s ABC13 . “He reached his hand through the window, put it on my throat like this, and I’m like, ‘Dude, you serious, you trying to rob me with a machete?’” Aretha chased the red-nose wearing assailants, later identified as Luis Jimenez and Jose Lugo, away and bashed in their windshield mirror with the two-wheeler to really scare them away. “Any weapon is good for me if I can get you off me and my husband, that’s what I’m going to do. I used the scooter, broke it in half,” Aretha said. Luis Jimenez and Jose Lugo have been charged with aggarvated robbery. RELATED STORIES: Video Shows Detroit Cop Forcing Young Black Woman To Walk In Freezing Cold, Calls It ‘Black Girl Magic’ Jussie Smollett Speaks Out About Attack: ‘I Fought The F**k Back.’
Source: BET / BET Last night, a modern adaptation of Boomerang aired on BET and while most diehard Boomerang fans were at first hesitant with the show (me, ya boy was one of those people), a lot of people instantly became fans of the show. From its clever homages to the original (shoutout to the row machine and the “woof” head turn) to smart characters with plenty of backstory to dive into, we can see Boomerang lasting more than a little while in our hearts. Much like the original film though, the soundtrack to the television series is absolutely crazy good, so much so that we’ve compiled a list of all the songs heard on the first two episodes that aired last night (Feb. 12). Get your aux cord and your playlists ready, or you can follow the Boomerang On BET playlist I created for Apple Music or the official BET Networks one on Spotify ! RELATED: BET To Produce New ‘Boomerang’ Series With Halle Berry, Lena Waithe Mint Condition – “Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)” Queen Key – “My Way” Bregma – “Off Rip” (feat. Jammed, Thunderous Knight & LoverboiJoi JAG – “Black Boy Rise” Bali Baby – “AMBER Alert”
This isn’t your average horror film…that’s for sure! Octavia Spencer stars as “Sue Ann” in a new film titled ‘MA’. About the movie: Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe. “Sue Ann” is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers, Glass), to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth. Peep the full trailer above.
Legendary R&B group “Dru Hill” came by the studio with Reec to talk about how streaming has affected their career and being in the studio working on new music. They discuss their influence on artists of today and some of the obstacles they had to go through in order to last 20 years. Also, some members of the group get into artists sampling their music and who’s sliding in their DMs on social media.
Gun violence survivor Jermaine Hawkins speaks with Reec about a traumatic incident where he became a victim of gun violence and the life-changing effects it had on him. Follow Jermaine at http://instagram.com/jizzlestillhere/
Gun violence survivor Jermaine Hawkins speaks with Reec about a traumatic incident where he became a victim of gun violence and the life-changing effects it had on him. Follow Jermaine at http://instagram.com/jizzlestillhere/
