Boondocks designer Lesean Thomas has a career worth talking about
A new film about Sebastian Telfair documents his rocky road from high school to the NBA
Books Through Bars seeks to keep prisoners stocked with quality reading material
Like the man it honors, the new Ali Center in Louisville is the greatest
Scoop Jackson remembers one of his childhood heroes, the inimitable Richard Pryor
Barrier-breaking speedskater Shani Davis is expected to make history at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Music-biz insider Kevin Liles offers advice to help you shape your own professional destiny.
With a new solo album and a MTV reality show, Rev. Run is on a
mission to house entertainment
Former Loud Records owner Steve Rifkind is making noise with a revamped marketing company and record label
Amare Stoudemire was a force to be reckoned with even before he’d lifted a weight. He’s been lifting off in the NBA ever since.
Vital Marketing brings corporate America to the ’hood.
Inspired by his younger brother, Justin, NBA guard Larry Hughes helps those in need of organ transplants.
Our writer has fond memories of attending the first Million Man March, and an inquisitive hopefulness about this October’s reprise
Like many black Americans, Ghostface lives on with adult-onset Diabetes
Troy Reed’s Films chronicle the lives and deaths of some of NYC’s biggest hustlers
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Rod Coleman fights for foster kids.
Author and publisher Teri Woods, who once peddled books on street corners, is now running a $10-million business—and she’s just getting started.
Dwayne Adway has traveled from the hard wood to hollywood.
There’s always been something fishy about Ishama “Ish” Monroe...
Tracey Moore-Marable loves actors, and clearly, the feeling is mutual...
When Will Smith visited the Power 106 studios in Los Angeles back in 2002, he and DJ-actor Kurt “Big Boy” Alexander had an interesting conversation on the air...
The late Ossie Davis schools snot-nosed youths, Opera singer Morris Robinson hits all the right notes and Melle Mel shares his new fitness message.
Terry Crews takes off his shirt and picks up a 225-pound barbell and performs five consecutive power cleans, his face grimacing with every quick raise of the bar to his chest before he finally drops the weight to the ground… MORE
He’s most interested in serving the Lord, but between prayer and thanks, professional bull rider Lee Akin doesn’t mind being spiked to the ground by a 2,000-pound bull… MORE
His life was set. Dave Scott emerged from the streets of Compton to earn a college scholarship to play basketball… MORE
It was said years ago that chess is in its essence a game, in its form an art, and in its execution a science. Basically, this shit isn’t checkers. Maurice Ashley, 38, learned the hard way… MORE
What if, when you were only a teenager, a doctor approached you and said you had no more than 45 days to live? MORE
Mr. Taper, a cool cat with a LeBron James-in-a-decade look, chuckles as his customer in the barber chair asks if media attention means haircuts are going up… MORE
At Scratch DJ Academy, Jam Master
Jay was part of the program. One student didn’t realize
just how lucky he was… MORE
Detroit’s Bassem Souwaidan
hits with his Al Wissam clothing line… MORE
Grandmaster Flash—The
Messenger
Dj Grandmaster Flash might be one of hip-hop’s founders,
but he’s not content on living in the past...MORE A self-professed serial entrepreneur,
Celeste Beatty tried her hands at a number of endeavors
before she found her calling in 1995 thanks to a gift...MORE
Dollar Bill
Business acumen and a humble have helped make Bill Duffy
one of the most powerful agents in professional basketball....MORE
The Godfather of gangsta rap, Ice-T reflects on the never-ending
saga of a true hustler...MORE
Check out how several young, New
York-based business people are getting started in their
respective games... MORE
If you could sex any super hero,
who would it be? MORE
Booker T WWF
superstar Booker T. gives his spin(erooni) on working out...
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Paul Mooney Comedian
Paul Mooney is no joke when kickin' afrolistics... MORE
How does a player balance his
ladies and never get caught? Jermaine Dupri gives instructions...
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Who better to answer a question
about sexual tension than roommates on MTV’s “The
Real World”? Coral, Malik and Nicole, from the New
York house, inaugurate our column on sex-related issues...
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