Kanye West

Jun 27 2011

Humanitarian Award: Steve Harvey

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Chris Brown was the big winner at Sunday’s 2011 BET Awards ceremony, taking home four awards including the Male R&B Artist and the Viewers’ Choice Award.

Brown also took the award for Best Collaboration, a category where he had two nominations and was competing against ex-girlfriend Rihanna, whom Brown admitted assaulting after a pre-Grammy Award party in Los Angeles in 2009.

May 17 2011

Chris Brown leads with six nominations

NEW YORK, N.Y.—BET Networks announced that actor/comedian Kevin Hart has been tapped to host this year’s BET Awards. Ranked among the top five cable award shows every year among total viewers. The brightest night in music will broadcast live from the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 26 on BET.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 5 2011

Societal pressures changing the relationship

“Hi, Mom.” “Love you, Mom.”

It’s not unusual to see those words mouthed by male athletes caught by television cameras on the sidelines of games. In fact, it happens so often that it’s quite easy to see that many Black males—as demonstrated by celebrities from Shaquille O’Neal to Kanye West to Tyrese Gibson—have a special relationship with their mothers.

It is a relationship that has been shaped and is still being shaped by culture, tradition and society.

Kianna Shann  |   OW Contributor
Oct 28 2010

The video seen ‘round the world’

Saturday evening in millions of homes and across three networks Kanye West’s highly-anticipated short film “Runaway” debuted.

The short film focuses on Kanye’s relationship with a phoenix (in this case a bird/woman) that has plummeted to Earth. As the story line continues, West’s relationship is destroyed as others discriminate against the creature’s curious behavior, awkward manners and overall different appearance.

Sep 13 2010

Lady Gaga picks up eight Moonmen

LOS ANGELES - Lady Gaga picked up eight Moonmen trophies last night at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, including video of the year for “Bad Romance.”

The only other multiple winner was Eminem, who won two awards for “Not Afraid.”

Gaga, known for her outrageous costumes, did not disappoint, accepting the show’s biggest prize for best video wearing a dress, hat and purse that appeared to be made out of cuts of meat.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”