Charlie Wilson is celebrating his 71st birthday with the help of The Jennifer Hudson Show. The suave crooner and lead singer of The Gap Band sat with the EGOT winner during his appearance on Monday (Jan. 29) to discuss the group’s origin and meeting the likes of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway during those early days. When asked who came up with the name for the group, Wilson quipped that it was a collective effort of sorts.
Three daycare workers from Illinois were arrested after giving children as young as two-years-old sleep-inducing supplements, CBS Chicago reports.
Kristen Lauletta, 32, Jessica Heyse, 19, and Ashley Helfenbein, 25 of Kiddie Junction in Des Plaines were charged with two counts of battery and endangering the welfare of a child on Monday (Mar. 5). The arrest came to be after an empty bottle of melatonin was found on the premises by a manager. After an investigation, three teachers admitted to giving the children the supplement for nap time.
After celebrating their 30-year marriage with a rare portrait of love on the cover of Ebony magazine (above), rumors of Denzel Washington cheating on his wife, Pauletta, circled the ‘net. Pictures of the 58-year-old actor allegedly kissing a woman he met at a Malibu house party on the lips have been shopped to multiple media outlets though none have been released. The long-time couple also reportedly spent their 30th anniversary apart.
Being disruptive is the theme of the day and Sean “Diddy” Combs knows just how to make the definition fit his iconic lifestyle.
Calling in from Cannes, France, while out doing conferences and big money business, Diddy gives us the low down on his biggest move yet: cable station owner. The mega mogul has yet again added to his portfolio of profitable passions, this time in the form of a cable channel named Revolt—a youth culture based music station for the masses.
We’ve already introduced you to the electronic music genre, tuki, with an exclusive download from Pocz & Pacheko -“Muevelo” (feat. Dj Yirvin).
Now VIBE‘s got the rundown on the emerging sound from Pocz & Pacheko…
VIBE: Explain the genre Tuki in your own words in ONE sentence: Pocz & Pacheko: Tuki music, also known, as Changa Tuki or Raptor House is a Venezuelan form of ghetto house, with a unique dark Latin flavor that sounds like Caracas.