When Juwan Royal discovered someone had trashed his Lehigh University dorm room, he had no idea it was his roommate and friend Yukai Yang. But even more alarming, Royal didn’t know Yang was slowly poisoning him. According to Morning Call, Yukai Yang, a chemistry major, is accused of attempted murder following a monthslong investigation into […]
It may be the day after Christmas but some students in the Dallas area are still smiling after bus driver Curtis Jenkins gifted all 70 students on his bus route with gifts for the holiday. According to KXAS, Jenkins originally wanted to do a gift exchange. But, his wife Shaneqia pointed out that some families may not […]
After an extensive legal feud full of ugly revelations, countless seizures, and an attempt on his life, Lil Wayne finally severed his contract with Cash Money Records kingpin Bryan “Birdman” Williams and released Tha Carter V this summer after a 7-year wait. The rapper spitter took a moment to shoutout the real ones who held him down during […]
Text DFW to 24042 to join 97.9 The Beat’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Follow The Beat On Twitter: A Black man in Everman, TX (about 39 minutes outside of Dallas) is now wanted by police for robbing a convenience store for 2 cases of beer and hitting a store clerk in […]
Reverend Al Sharpton reminds us to get our New Years resolutions together and to take them seriously. At the end of every year tons of people have their resolutions and by the end of that year the average person has forgotten what their new year’s resolution was. Rev Al encourages us to do better in […]
How was your Christmas? Skip and Madelyn are still in for Tom and Sybil and they had a great Christmas! Madelyn had so much food that she just laid out after eating so much. Skip’s belly is sticking out a few extra inches this morning. But it’s all worth it because who doesn’t love Christmas?! […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text VIP to 71007 to join! It’s not often you get to interview an Academy Award winning director but Barry Jenkins himself stopped by the Majic studios ahead of his new film, If Beale Street Could Talk which is today. Sitting […]