About Yaves

Yaves is also the youngest person to ever hold the title of Public Affairs Director in the Radio One conglomerate, which owns over 70 radio stations across the country. With his recent release of his new project In Autumns Ear, Yaves debut in the Top 50 on the iTunes Rap/Hip-Hop charts within 24 hours of the projects release, outselling a number of popular mainstream artist.

A graduate from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Yaves runs one of the most successful Indie entertainment labels, Sling Shot Media Group LLC.

Entertainment

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Minister and Gospel singer Daryl Coley has died. Coley, who was 60, reportedly died in Memphis where he was in hospice care. Born in Berkley, California, he rose through the ranks to be a top figure in Gospel. He also felt a call to the ministry and founded the Love Fellowship Tabernacle […]

Devotion

HOUSTON — Popular Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist, James Fortune, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. He accepted a plea deal Tuesday to a third degree felony charge of assault – family violence. He was sentenced by Fort Bend District Judge Maggie Jaramillo to five years of probation plus five days in jail. He must […]

Cbus

Days after Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said White people “don’t know what it’s like to live in the ghetto,” he is still feeling the burn from the very group he was trying to convince to support him: African-American voters. The Vermont senator, who is struggling to win Black votes, stumbled during a debate Sunday […]

Video

On Feb 6, an African-American Ohio man was followed, slammed and arrested by a local white police officer. His crime? “Jaywalking” with a cup of coffee. According to Raw Story, the recently uploaded video on the Free Thought Project‘s website shows 29-year-old Charles Harrell with a cappuccino in hand, walking down the street after leaving a local […]

Entertainment

Tina Campbell teams up with her husband, Teddy Campbell, to get church attendees on their feet to praise God 1920s-style in her new music video, “Speak The Word.” The 41-year-old Mary Mary singer released her latest music video from her debut solo album It’s Personal Thursday. The five minute music video set in the 1920s […]

Homepage Lead

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio pastor with deep roots in the Dayton community was shot and killed in his church office as service was winding down Sunday, and police say they plan to charge his brother. The Rev. William B. Schooler, 70, was shot around 12:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, Dayton […]

Devotion

WHAT IS INTERCESSION? Intercession is prayer that pleads with God for your needs and the needs of others. But it is also much more than that. Intercession involves taking hold of God’s will and refusing to let go until His will comes to pass.   Intercession is warfare — the key to God’s battle plan […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson is trying to reinvigorate his campaign for Republican presidential nomination by becoming the latest to question Barack Obama’s blackness ahead of critical upcoming votes. The retired neurosurgeon, hovering near the bottom of the GOP field, said in a series of recent interviews that Obama was “raised white” and doesn’t represent […]

Music

Joy Unplugged featuring RCA/Fo Yo Soul artist Christon Gray. MORE VIDEO: Immeasurable Hits Joy Unplugged with Yaves Watch All Of The Joy Unplugged Performances HERE

Black History Month, Video

  Virginia McLaurin’s excitement when she saw President Barack Obama in person for the first time can best be encapsulated in one word. “Heeeeeeeeeeey!” And with a shimmy and a shake, the 106-year-old woman opened her arms wide and gave the Leader of the Free World, a Black man, a huge hug. McLaurin beamed with […]