Rapper Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, was fatally shot outside his clothing store in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 33. According to the Los Angeles Times, he was shot multiple times. His death was confirmed by a Los Angeles city official, the Los Angeles Times reported. Two other people […]
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Wiley Price inducted into St. Louis Media Hall of Fame
St. Louis American photojournalist Wiley Price’s induction into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 30 was a throwback. It threw him back to his first, sweaty job in high school at the Edison Brothers’ warehouse. The ceremony was held in the Red Lion Hotel in downtown St. Louis, which was built […]
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Timberlake blows fans away with a party in the Woods
Pop star Justin Timberlake lived up to every bit of his reputation as the personification of fun when his Man of the Woods Tour played before a sold out crowd at Enterprise Center Thursday. It had been more than five years since Timberlake visited the city. And because of vocal cord issues towards the end […]
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Steven M. Scott is now president of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Steven M. Scott is now president of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, where he has been serving as interim president. Scott is responsible for leading the 356-bed academic medical center that specializes in organ transplant, advanced cancer therapies and trauma services. Scott also will work closely with leadership of the School of Medicine and […]
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April 26 deadline for Great Rivers Biennial
Visual artists have until April 26 to apply for the Great Rivers Biennial, hosted by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) and the Gateway Foundation. This collaborative initiative identifies talented emerging and mid-career artists working in the greater St. Louis metro area, provides them with financial assistance, and gives them significant professional exposure across the […]
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Criminal justice reforms advance In Missouri House, State Rep. Shamed Dogan says provisions are ‘morally right and fiscally sound’
A Missouri House committee has approved major changes to the state’s criminal justice system, including giving judges more leeway in nonviolent crime sentencing. The action Thursday, March 28 by the House Special Committee on Criminal Justice is just the first step in what its chairman, state Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, acknowledges could be a long fight. “We […]
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Mary E. Nelson honored as a Legal Legend by the Mound City Bar Association
Mary E. Nelson was honored as a Legal Legend by the Mound City Bar Association. She serves as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at St. Louis Community College, the largest community college district in Missouri. The award recognizes African-American attorneys who have devoted more than 30 years to the highest standards of the practice […]
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‘A State Of Absurdity’: Author Damon Young takes on black life with humor
(St. Louis Public Radio) – Growing up in Pittsburgh, co-founder of the cultural commentary website VerySmartBrothas and the author of the memoir “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,” Damon Young is bringing his “living while black” experiences to the Kranzberg Arts Center on Friday. Young, 40, harbored the idea of writing a book for while. His agent suggested […]
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Chingy and Mario were bright spots as boy bands fizzled during Millennium Tour
As a sea of mostly black women made their way into Enterprise Center Wednesday to relive the boy band experience of their generation, the energy was palpable. Short shorts and tall socks with custom made t-shirts paying tribute to their favorite band or particular member or a throwback “body dress” seemed to be the preferred […]
