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Apple, Inc. Buys Nigerian Born Entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop.com for $1 Billion
We love black business and black entprepreneurship here at Urban Intellectuals. Thus, when this story rolled off the press about a Nigerian born entrepreneur selling his company for $1 billion dollars, we had to present it to the readership. Chinedu Echeruo is the...
Beyonce & Jay-Z Sent Thousands to Bail Out Protestors in Baltimore and Ferguson
There is a lot of hate in the black community surrounding the Carter family. Some say they have sold their soul to the Illuminati just to increase their fame and influence around the world. Others say they are just flat out sell outs to the black race. However, these...
Emancipation: How Emerge & Thrive Despite A Felony on your Record
You are finally free from the belly of the beast. You have dreamed of this day for months and in some cases years. You have all of the expectations, desires and balled up emotions of any hostage that has been held in captivity. You have meticuously planned your first...
France President Vows To Pay ‘Moral Debt’ To Haiti, But No Mention of Reparations
An interesting development happened in Haiti this week. France President Francois Hollande vowed to pay a "moral debt" to Haiti during a visit on Tuesday. The struggling Caribbean nation was freed via revolution lead by Toussaint Louverture in 1804 after 13 years of...
Karma: Ben Carson Looses Tooth in Ham Biscuit & Delivers Speech Anyway
Giving a whole new meaning to the words, "the show must go on", Ben Carson proves he is dedicated to diverting from real issues in the black community to keep his minstrel show going. While out on the Presidential campaign trail, Dr. Ben Carson made a stop by Tommy's...
Empire’s Lee Daniels: ‘I hate white people writing for black people’
You may not like the images and content of Empire, but there are millions of people wrapped in the new Fox drama on the small screen. This has provided show creator Lee Daniels an opportunity to speak to larger issues. Daniels sat down with some of TV's best drama...
Black Only: Twitter Pics Reveal Baltimore’s Curfew Did Not Apply To White People
You have to love social media because Governmental hypocrisy cannot live in the age of information if people are willing to shine a light on what the "powers that be" are trying to hide. A light is exactly what Twitter uses to expose the black only curfew enforced in...
White People Need To Be ‘Race Traitors’, Trading in White Privileged, Says Marc Lamont Hill (Video)
Marc Lemont Hill isn't your typical black correspondent to white media. This guy actually tells it like it is and isn't afraid to speak truth to white people...or in this case Don Lemon, who seems to be an advocate of white privilege. In this clip, Lemon ask Hill a...
Baltimore Mayor Calls For DOJ Review of the Entire Police Department & Mandatory Body Cameras
The #BaltimoreUprising continues as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ask the heavy hitters to investigate the city. The Department of Justice has been called by the Mayor to conduct and independent investigation into the city's police force following the death of...
Floyd Mayweather: Why Should I donate Money To Africa What Has Africa Done For Me? (Video)
Just when you think Floyd "Money" Mayweather has gotten all the foolishness and ignorance out of his system, he displays that it runs deep in him like his boxing skill. The pound for pound and self proclaimed best fighter ever sat down with radio personality Kelly Mac...
If My Wife Tried To Leave The House Dressed Like Beyonce, I Wouldn’t Let Her
I know this is going to get me in a lot of trouble with some women, but I don't care. Hopefully, the one that matters, my wife, won't be too upset over my OPINION, but it is what it is. First of all, let me say that i'm not a controlling kind of man that feels like...
ATL: Black Woman Shot & Killed By Police After Being Handcuffed In Back Of Squad Car
Late last week, another person was shot and killed by the police. This time it happened in Atlanta, GA with some sketchy circumstances surrounding the cas. Authorities have released the name of the deceased. 25 year old Alexia Christian was killed by the police in the...
