The Urban News Report

• Bebe Winans Dishes About His New Jim Bakker And Tammy Faye-Inspired Musical ‘Born For This’
  Cindy Adams of Page Six chopped it up with four-time Grammy winner BeBe Winans about his coming musical “Born for This.” “Another jukebox Broadway thing?” she asked him. “No, ma’am. I lived in New York 10 years and saw every musical ever made. I was Harpo in ‘The Color Purple,’ and a Broadway school taught me to write,” he explained. “I’ve written what’s […]
• Snoop Dogg Will Receive A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame!
  The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that rap icon Snoop Dogg will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov. 19. The West Coast legend will receive the 2,651st star on Hollywood Boulevard, in front of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” and the host will present Snoop with the honor during a taping of the […]
• Lebron James On Trayvon Martin’s Murder: ‘I Thought About My Sons’ [Video]
  The finale episode of LeBron James’ 3-part docu-series, “Shut Up and Dribble” focuses on the impact NBA players have when it comes to social activism. James reflects on the death of Trayvon Martin … saying he realized that could’ve been one of his kids who was murdered. TMZ Sports has a first look of the final episode, peep the […]
• Jada Pinkett-Smith Was Called The N-Word By White Police Officers
  During a recent episode of “Red Table Talk,”Jada Pinkett-Smith revealed that she’ll never forget the devastating racial slurs two white police officers shouted at her during a time of heavy riots in Virginia Beach. Recalling the moment on her Facebook Watch series, she said… I have a lot of pain and hurt attached to some of the experience […]