Erykah Badu took it back to school during a recent and visit to her high school. The R&B songstress surprised students at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey with an impromptu lunchroom performance. The clip was actually shot in 2014, according to Pitchfork, but it was released on Tuesday (Apr. 12). The video […]
A total of 76 out of the 324 samples taken were above the agency's action level. Five percent of the lead samples were discovered in water fountains or other sources of drinking water. Other tainted samples were from sinks only required for cleaning or washing hands.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Newark, New Jersey reached an agreement to address the use of excessive force and prejudiced policing tactics.
In Newark, N.J., officials have closed the water lines for 30 schools in the Newark Public Schools system due to the discovery of lead and discoloration. In a Wednesday announcement, New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection and school district are using water from other sources, the Huffington Post reports. While not quite on the scale […]
A case from 2011 where a New Jersey woman tossed her neighbor’s dog into oncoming traffic during an argument came to an end this week. Haniyyah Barnes was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the neighbor, NJ.com reports. The news outlet shared details of the case, […]
Back in the ‘90s, a beef between hip hop groups Das EFX and the Lords Of The Underground seemed to have no tangible beginnings. In their decade, they shared similar styles, causing music fans to believe that tensions were rising between two the camps. A true understanding of their rivalry remained a mystery as neither groups really spoke […]
Rapper DMX is being investigated for allegedly robbing a man at a New Jersey gas station on Easter Sunday. The man said he and DMX were having a conversation when a member of the performer’s entourage pulled a gun and demanded all of his money according to the NJ.com report. DMX then allegedly “snatched the money […]