ShareTweet Midnight and the Meaning of Love is currently available wherever books are sold but Sister Souljah provided a sneak peak that will hopefully hold you over until you get your copy. Midnight and the Meaning of Love, by Sister Souljah  Much later that same Sunday night, family day for us, my Umma placed a purple candle in a maroon [...]

ShareTweet Multi-platinum artist Alicia Keys has opened up about her scandalised love life for the new issue of Essence magazine in the US. After being branded a ‘home wrecker’ by some media and bloggers Alicia is maintaining that she did nothing wrong and that her husband, Swizz Beatz, was completely separated from his ex-wife before they got together. ‘We didn’t [...]

ShareTweet Esther Baxter recounts the night she was abused and beaten by rapper Joe Budden. Esther dropped the charges, but blasts Joe Budden for killing their unborn child. Bossip reports: By now many folks have heard Joe Budden’s song “Ordinary Love Sh*t Pt. 3″ which details his turbulent relationship with Esther Baxter, including the night of violence that split them [...]

ShareTweet On the surface a lot of guys can come across as ”ballers,” but its up to you to be alert and pay attention to the waving red flags that make it clear this stud is really being a bum with his money.  Before dating becomes “I do,” look for these warning signs and clues.  If you find them, run OR go through some serious [...]

ShareTweet Have you ever wondered why some people get physically sick in the days and weeks following a break-up? How come, when thinking about the moment the relationship ended, even if it wasn’t a long, passionate affair, but a seemingly relatively harmless casual fling, you can feel an urge to be violently ill? Personally, when I was told stories of [...]

ShareTweet Kelly Rowland snuggled up to her pal Jermaine Dupri at New York City nightclub Greenhouse on Wednesday, but don’t jump to any conclusions. The Destiny’s Child diva is still very single, but ready to mingle. During a recent visit to Hot 97, the “Motivation” singer said she is looking for love. “I am ready to be boo’d up. I [...]

ShareTweet The New York Times recently used new data indicating increased rates in interracial marriages to highlight the “plight” of single black women who can’t find a good man. In a nutshell, the Pew Research Center reports that 13 percent of Black men had a non-black spouse, compared to 6 percent of Black women. And in 2008, there was a [...]

ShareTweet     In every relationship you will get stressed, and that stress is a gift. It’s a gift because it’s here to tell you that something is wrong, and you need to get to work to figure it out. According to Zohar Adner, author of ‘The Gift of Stress,’ “We crave control… when our current situation doesn’t match our [...]

ShareTweet Consider Antonia “Toya” Carter as exhibit A in this brief discussion. You fawn over her flawless, caramel-coated skin (looking like it was pre-ordered brand new at a department store), admire the hypnotic, moon-shaped eyes that sit perfectly underneath curly black locks, then peer at (OK, some folks stare) her athletic, voluptuous frame. You might even peep her out dining [...]

ShareTweet Sometimes it’s easier to just “settle.” Maybe you’ve been waiting for that special someone for as long as you can remember, but nothing seems to be turning out right. Or even, you’ve been looking for a job that goes beyond your wildest dreams, but all you can find is a job filing papers in what seems like a dead-end [...]