Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown, the 18-year-old victim of police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, would’ve celebrated his 28th birthday today had his life not been cut short by Officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. There was a confrontation between Officer Wilson, a 29-year-old white male, and Brown, a 18-year-old Black […] The post Happy Heavenly Birthday To Michael Brown! first appeared on The Source.
On this day in Hip-Hop History, we celebrate the birth of one of hip-hop’s most flamboyant and ostentatious personalities. Today, in 1972, the legend Busta Rhymes was born in Brooklyn, New York. The 11-time Grammy nominee and Flipmode Squad frontman has served as an unsung hero for the culture. This is not to say that […] The post Happy 52nd Birthday To “The Dragon” Busta Rhymes! first appeared on The Source.
Happy 55th Birthday Parrish J. Smith, better known as “PMD”, one half of EPMD EPMD, the famous duo from Brentwood, Long Island, New York, is an acronym that stands for “Erick and Parrish Making Dollars”. The group has been together for more than three decades from the infamous breakup in the mid 1990s. They are one of the […] The post Happy 55th Birthday To Parrish Smith Of EPMD! first appeared on The Source.
Ikeoha ndigbo. We congratulate you as you add another year today. We are convinced that in no distant time, we will sing eureka in your name, and our Lord Jesus Christ will shower you with unquantifiable blessings. May God continue to guide, protect, and bless you as you pass through this trying time. Very soon, we will sit together and celebrate. Congratulations, my dear brother. From Ifeanyi Nwabueze and Prince Addy Chime
One of the last, real unapologetic voices of Black America that survived the COINTELPRO strategies of the 60s and 70s to become one of the most prolific figures of U.S. history, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, turns 91 years old today. Born Louis Eugene Walcott in New York in 1933, Minister Farrakhan moved to Boston […] The post Happy 91st Birthday The The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan! first appeared on The Source.
On this date in 1971, rapper Craig Jamieson Mack was born in the birthplace of Hip Hop and went on to become one of the most impactful emcees on Hip Hop’s most pivotal label in the mid-late 90s, Bad Boy Records. Produced by Easy Mo Bee, “Flava In Ya Ear” audibly captured the exactitude of […] The post Happy Heavenly Birthday To Former Bad Boy Craig Mack! first appeared on The Source.
The Source Magazine remembers DJ Roc Raida , who would’ve celebrated his 52nd birthday today. Known for his amazing turntable wizardry around the globe, Roc won the 1995 DMC World DJ Championship and was inducted into the DMC Hall Of Fame in 1999. Raida released three albums with his Xecutioners crew and has produced tracks […] The post Happy Heavenly Birthday To Grandmaster DJ Roc Raida! (R.I.P.) first appeared on The Source.
On this day in 1970, rapper/actor Dennis Coles aka Ghostface Killah was born. The chamber of eccentricity comes almost exclusively from Tony Starks, who has been compared to the likes of Slick Rick with his signature, six inch high eagle bracelet and other excessively gaudy jewels. At the foundation of the Wu saga, Ghost’s face […] The post Happy 54th Birthday To Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killaaaaaahhh!!! first appeared on The Source.
On this day, 388 years ago, Springfield was founded on May 14, 1636.
The new GPT-4o from OpenAI interacts with the world in male and female voices in real time based on audio, visual and text inputs.
Happy birthday to one of Britain’s favourite High Street giants. Boots is 175 years old and we are celebrating with a selection of retro photos from Sunderland and the North East. There’s the time when DJ David Jensen paid a visit to the Sunderland store in 1983, and a piece of hi-tech history in 2007. We’ve got charity scenes and plenty more besides from the Echo archives.
Arjun Bijlani's who is currently captivating audiences as Dr. Shiv Kashyap in the series "Pyar Ka Pehla Adhyaya: Shiv Shakti shares a heartfelt birthday message to Madhuri Dixit on her birthday. He took to social media to express his admiration and affection for the legendary actress, whom he had the privilege of co-hosting with on the dance reality show "Dance Deewane." Madhuri served as a judge while Arjun hosted the show, and their camaraderie and mutual respect were evident on-screen.On...