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*For some reason, Kanye West saw a giant $34,000 golden skull and thought it’d be a perfect Father’s Day gift for his Watch the Throne partner, Jay-Z. “The Insider” reports that Yeezy had the art piece, seen above, hand-delivered to the rapper by a courier via private jet. The 24-karat yellow gold “Divora” skull, encrusted [...]
*Bow Legged Lou and Full Force sent us a note with a reminder that besides today being Father’s day, yesterday was Eddie Levert’s birthday. Eddie of course is the father of the now deceased Sean and Gerald Levert. Well, Full Force recently gave a Father’s Day tribute to Eddie and thought you’d like to see [...]
*With today being Father’s Day, black men in the entertainment industry are always criticized if they aren’t there for their children. But there are many successful black men in music and film that have exhibited that they aren’t only there, but that they are great dads. Our partner site, Essence, recently came up with a [...]
*How many children did music legend James Brown have? As of Father’s Day, perhaps 13. James Curtis of Las Vegas has stepped forward, claiming to be Brown’s son. His mother, now deceased, met James Brown in Augusta juke joints and became pregnant with him when she was 13 years old, he said. Brown was also [...]
*With today being Father’s Day, many young teenagers and children in the African American community are growing up in fatherless households. But there are also many examples of young fathers out there doing great by their sons, daughters and wives and girlfriends. We have to applaud them. [LIKE US ON FACEBOOK] And then you have [...]
*The black father is a station like none other on the planet. He is under constant scrutiny and racially profiled by police. He is stereotyped as a deadbeat, down low, irresponsible, uneducated, and now cannibalistic humanoid. But, the real stories don’t make the headlines and we know that this is not true for MOST. Atlanta [...]
*The chairs in the barbershop often morph into psychiatrist’s couches as men begin to share their thoughts with one another like they are not willing to or cannot do with their significant others or children. In this conversation, these men get together and talk about their fathers and how they impacted their lives one way [...]
*The Hallmark Channel has tapped Michael Beach and Eddie Cibrian to star in its original TV movie “Playing Father,” to be directed by “ER” alum Eriq La Salle. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project centers on a former musician who, despite having fans around the world, opts to return [...]
*A Tennessee man made history in Knox County when he set the record of having fathered the most children in the area. Desmond Hatchett, a 33-year-old father of thirty is asking for a break on child support. The “most fertile man in the world” who conceived all of his children with 11 different women, says [...]
*This Father’s Day is going to be a little different in Dallas. Comedian, radio personality, and “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey will be hosting the 3rd Annual Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend for Young Men. It’s going to be a 4-day, 3-night weekend all about teaching principles of manhood and dream building with 125 teenage boys. [...]
*Father’s Day has a special meaning for Kevin Frazier, co-host of The Insider. The veteran sports, news and entertainment reporter and host can now see his linage in the same line of work he’s in. Frazier’s eldest child, Tony Tull, is a reporter at the CW news affiliate in San Diego. Frazier and Tull enjoy [...]
*Karega Ani is a Father first and a Poet second, but in recognition of Father’s Day, this nationally recognized Spoken Word Artist is combining both roles with a special Free Download offer available exclusively through Soultracks.com. “I wanted to do something special for Father’s Day to highlight the often overlooked and essential relationship between Fathers [...]
*People magazine has posted part of an exclusive Father’s Day essay from President Barack Obama, which expresses how growing up without a dad made him want to be the best parent he could. An excerpt from the essay, available in its entirety this Friday on newsstands, is listed below: I grew up without a father [...]
*A Christian group is denouncing President Obama’s salute to families headed by “two fathers” in the president’s June 18 Father’s Day proclamation. The proclamation says, “Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian.” American [...]
*The second annual Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend for Young Men will take place on the radio host’s ranch in Dallas, TX from June 17-20. The Father’s Day weekend will serve 100 teenage boys with empowering presentations and summertime activities that build their road to the future. A mentoring initiative to inspire the next generation of [...]
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