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.

National News

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday compared slavery to immigration in the United States, a view that experts on slavery called a misleading read on American history.     Carson, who was confirmed as HUD secretary last week and is the only black member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, was talking about […]

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A small group of protesters recently gathered outside of the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, where former reality television personality and ordained minister Omarosa Manigault delivered a surprisingly well-crafted sermon.     As part of the church’s Black History Month program, she opened her message with off-the-cuff remarks about some of yesteryear’s […]

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CLEVELAND, Ohio Doctors are seeing a surge in young patients being admitted to hospitals with “superbugs,” or antibiotic-resistant bacteria. There’s been a seven-fold increase in “superbug” cases from 2007 to 2015, resulting in 20 percent longer hospital stays for children. “We know that the more we use antibiotics, the more of the bacteria become antibiotic-resistant,” […]

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Football icon O.J. Simpson may be getting out prison earlier than we may have thought. He is up for parole later this year. Since 2008, Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson, 70, has been in a Nevada prison after he was convicted on several Las Vegas hotel room. As Sports Illustrated pointed out, Simpson could be granted […]

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A school bus was involved in a crash in southwest Columbus Thursday morning. The crash happened just before 9 a.m. on Hardesty Drive near Eakin Road. Columbus Police say a truck and a school bus collided, causing the bus to crash into a light pole. The light pole fell on top of the bus, according […]

Lifestyle

Kirk Franklin occupies a rare position in the music firmament today. He’s nominated for two Grammys in hip-hop categories, for his contributions to Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam,” and he also just locked down the highest honor in gospel music for “Losing My Religion,” a searing meditation on maintaining faith amid the travails of modern society. […]

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Among the early winners of the 2017 Grammy Awards in Christian categories announced in Los Angeles Sunday night are gospel singer Tamela Mann, country music group Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, singer Kirk Franklin and country singer Rory Feek and his late wife, Joey. Singer and actor Mann, known for her recurring role as […]

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. Authorities in South Carolina believe an 80-year-old woman had no idea until she went through airport security that the walking cane she was attempting to take on an airplane contained a hidden sword. News outlets report that Transportation Security Administration regional spokesman Mark Howell recounted the incident Thursday at Myrtle Beach International […]

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COLUMBUS You’ve seen giant cargo shipping containers on ships on the seas. Now you can see them stacked on top of each other in east Columbus. Two local entrepreneurs put their minds together and came up with the Cargominium Project. They use those giant bins like Lego bricks by stacking them up, and designing them […]

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After being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, 68-year-old Alfred La’Cap didn’t think he’d get to see his 17-year-old son graduate from high school. He was told it was unlikely he’d make it to May, which is around the time his youngest son would officially receive his diploma. But thanks to school administrators, Alfred was able […]