Little Known Black History Facts  |  D.L. Chandler

Little Known Black History Fact: LL Cool J

LL Cool J has enjoyed a career that has spanned three decades and counting and is one of the few rappers turned actors who has sustained his visibility across the genres. Over the weekend, the rapper born James Todd Smith received a Kennedy Center Honor along with other notables, cementing his legacy for years to […]

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Entertainment  |  BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press

Eddie Murphy to Receive Top US Humor Prize at Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eddie Murphy, famous for his standup routines, films and his early breakout on “Saturday Night Live,” will be awarded the nation’s top prize for humor this year by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, officials said Thursday. Murphy, 54, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on […]