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GWENDOLYN BAINES     (NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn:Four months ago I went to our family reunion.  Everyone who attended was concerned about my brother’s children....

UNDERGROUND PERFORMERS—G-Money, third from left, performing with his posse, including BR, during the PUMAs. (Photo by Abdul Al-Nakhli)   by Abdul Al-NakhliOutside the...

  You only wanted a job.You needed a little spending money, a way to put food on the table, something to do that...

Singer Chris Brown turns 24 on May 5. (Photo: John Shearer John Shearer/Invision, AP)   The Associated Press May 5: Actress Pat Carroll is...

In this Feb. 23, 2013 photo, Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performs on stage at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta during the So So Def 20th Anniversary Concert. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jonathan Phillips) by Oscar Wells Gabriel II ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report.

BONEY JAMES ON TENOR   According to musician Boney James, music is something you hear and feel in your heart. And the award-winning...

NEW GROUP SAME SOUND—Even though two of the three original members of Ray, Goodman & Brown have passed, Billy Brown has kept their...

GARY CARR by Breeanna Hare (CNN) -- "Downton Abbey's" bringing on a roster of new cast members for its fourth season. The addictive British series has tapped Gary Carr (TV's "Death in Paradise" and "Bluestone 42") to portray a "charming and charismatic" jazz singer named Jack Ross - "Downton's" first recurring Black character.

CHARLIE WILSON by Genea L. Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier The last time Charlie Wilson performed in Pittsburgh, he was doing it for the ladies. This time around he’s focused on mothers.

PLAYWRIGHTS GAB CODY and LORI ROPER in SCENE FROM PLAY   Racial oppression, exclusion, belonging, and interracial marriage were just some of the...