Posted by Duane On June - 20 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
(latimes.com) Eric Mandivelle earned six dollars and eighty cents an hour working part-time at McDonald's in Long Beach. He combined his money with the paychecks his sister Lavonne earned at her job as a nursing assistant. There was just enough for the pair to get by. The siblings had been raised in foster care. They didn't know where their father was, said Lavonne, Eric's elder by five years. Their mother had drug ...More
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Posted by Duane On June - 20 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
(ballerstatus.com) Forbes recently revealed their annual Celebrity 100 list, naming the most wealthy celebrities of the year and for the first time, the magazine introduced a new category called Hip-Hop Impresarios. Among the hip-hop alumni who made the list, Jay-Z was the man at the top of the totem pole, ranking in at no. 9 on the Power Rank chart, beating out the likes of Donald Trump, Howard Stern, Kobe Bryant ...More
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Posted by Duane On June - 20 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
(mediavillage.com) According to the new Emotional Connections Study conducted among 4,000 adults by Jack Myers Media Business Report, African Americans watch significantly more television on average than other ethnic groups; have more television channels on their primary TV sets; own more television sets in the home; watch more Pay TV; spend more time on the Internet; spend more time listening to radio; and are slightly more likely to own a ...More
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