“It all happened with one phone call,” Marley Marl told Akiit.com during a Mar. 2006 interview. “They called me and he jumped on the phone and told me it would be spectacular for Hip-Hop…My reason for doing this is to show these kids that [Hip-Hop beefs] are not that serious.” The ...
Russell Simmons and The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation announced today that the third annual Art For Life Palm Beach benefit gala raised more than $600,000 to provide disadvantaged youth in New York City and Palm Beach County with access to the arts. The gala too place on Mar. 17 at ...
Baltimore County Circuit Court judge Michael Finifter sentenced the rapper to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service last week. The decision was welcome news to Young City (also known as “Chopper” from MTV’s hit show Making the Band ), who considered himself to be “a blessed ...
(Akiit.com) Wed Mar 21,10:48 AM ET Boxing great, ordained minister and grilling guru George Foreman has added another job to his resume: reality TV judge. Foreman, 58, will be one of four judges on ABC’s “American Inventor” when it begins its second season June 6, FremantleMedia North America Inc. announced ...
(Akiit.com) – On Wednesday night, a record number of viewers tuned-in to watch music and fashion collide on the catwalk with RIP THE RUNWAY. Produced by Cossette Productions and BET, the sexiest hour of cable television garnered an impressive 1.8 BET coverage rating (1.5 million households and 1.9 million total ...
Baltimore, MD (Akiit.com) – The Rev. Medgar L. Reid, a native Baltimorean, has served as a Maryland Governor appointee – Director of the Office of Community Initiatives. Since 1994, Rev. Reid has been an on-call staff Chaplain with the University of Maryland Medical System. Throughout his career, Reid has developed, ...
Richmond, VA (Akiit.com) – The Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) is pleased to bring you the UFSC Career Fair on Thursday, May 31, 2007 during the 33rd Annual National Conference on Financial Services, May 30– June 2, 2007 at the Richmond Omni Hotel, Richmond, VA. Additional information for the annual ...
Many congregations seek to remove pastors by the action of one or more of the boards of the church. Pastors respond by seeking a vote from the church body as a whole. The question becomes who is right in these cases? There is a recent case in Chicago filed by ...
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if ...
The scriptural basis for tithing, Malachi 3:10, has been erroneously misinterpreted for years Dr. Russell Ear Kelly argues in his book, “Should the Church Teach Tithing?” In his opinion the storehouse referred to in the scripture (“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse”) is the community-not the temple itself. ...