Alicia Keys & Jay Z To Serve As Keynote Speakers For Harvard’s African American Student Union Conference

Both Keys and Z have been named as keynote speakers for Harvard Universities H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference, which is being launched by the business school’s African American Student Union. The two will share wise words of wisdom they’ve gained throughout their life and career with students at the event, alongside American Express CEO Kennth Chenault, and managing director of Bain Capital, Deval Patrick. The annual conference, which is titled “Transcend: Redefining Expectations,” will take place from Feb. 5 – 7, 2016 and focus on owning and operating Black businesses, impactful networking events, TED talks and panel discussions. “We aim to celebrate African-American achievements, inspire many new milestones, and provide a forum for attendees to take on issues facing our community…”

[MadameNoire]

What Happens When Millennials On Social Media Start TO Divorce?

The current average age for people in the U.S. to wed is 27 for women and 29 years of age for men… Statistics suggest that around 50 percent of marriages fail, so the law of averages connote that half of these beautiful weddings and #relationshipgoals that I see on all of my timelines are going to end… So what happens when the ending of these unions start to take up a considerable space on my timeline?…The average age of divorce is around 31, so this anticipated phenomenon of drama/comedy should be hitting Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter any day now…

[MadameNoire]

Vince Staples Says Michael Jordan & Donald Trump Are The Same Kind Of Scumbag

…GQ had the 22-year-old rapper review the 20 years worth of their “Men of the Year” features and given the fact he was but a tyke when many of them were released, nothing but hilarity ensued from the critiques. After failing to recognize The Practice star Dylan McDermott and likening Tom Hanks solely for his role as “Forrest Gump,” Staples perked up when he saw Michael Jordan clutching a basketball with a cigar in his mouth, looking rather “filthy.”“Michael Jordan’s such a scumbag,” he said with a grin. “I love ‘em. Michael Jordan and Donald Trump are the same kind of person. Michael Jordan, Donald Trump, they are the epitome of bad people in America becoming successful.” The year 2003 also marked the last time the name Ja Rule would hold any weight in Hip-Hop conversation and Staples reminisced on what used to be when the Murda Inc. rapper’s photo-op came up…

[HipHopWired]

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