Articles by Sonya Magett

The hip-hop music industry's biggest stars attended the funeral of music mogul Chris Lighty on Wednesday, Sept.5. LL Cool J and Sean "Diddy" Combs, Missy Elliott, Q-Tip, Russell Simmons, Busta Rymes, 50 Cent and hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash paid their respects at a Manhattan Funeral Home.

First Lady Michelle Obama has been getting rave reviews for the stunning pink and gold silk dress she wore at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Sept. 4According to the New York Times by the time Mrs. Obama left the stage, there was a record 28,000 tweets per minute about her speech and appearance. While some people criticizing her speech, a majority of the comments were positive feedback for her fashion choice."Project Runway" host Tim Gunn ‏tweeted: Congratulations to @MichelleObama on a fabulous speech last night, and to @Tracy_Reese for making her appropriately glorious dress!

Michael Clarke Duncan's untimely death has led to an outpour of condolences from his colleagues in Hollywood to his hometown of Chicago. However, shortly after the announcement that his cause of death was from natural causes, a new report suggests that a woman in Chicago who claims to be his daughter has reached out to Duncan's family in an extortion plot to get inheritance from his estate. Chicago resident Marquea Ambrose reached out to Clarke's family the day he died on Monday, Sept. 3. Sources close to Duncan's family confirmed that Ambrose called Duncan's 93-year-old mother on the day he died and consider her "very opportunistic."