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Exclusive: GSimone talks new holiday music and the importance of Hip-Hop 50

GSimone stands as one of the most prolific executives in the music industry. Throughout her career, she’s worked with legendary acts such Fat Joe, Kid Capri, Channel Live, Mad Lion, and her husband KRS-One.& GSimone, who also does a motivation...

Gospel star Levixone spreads Birthday joy to 350 mothers at Kiruddu Hospital

By BigEyeUg Team Uganda’s beloved gospel singer, Levixone, renowned for his philanthropic spirit, marked his birthday week with a heartwarming outreach to 350 mothers at Kiruddu Hospital, a branch of Mulago Referral Hospital. Levixon...

Konshens Pays Tribute to Late Mowzey Radio at Kagga Gravesite

By BigEyeUg Team Renowned Jamaican singer Konshens has landed in Uganda for the highly anticipated Blankets & Wines event scheduled for this weekend. The artist arrived at Entebbe International Airport in the early morning hours of Thursday,...

Cocaine Worth $19.4 Million Seized In The Caribbean Sea, Three Arrested

The United States Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless seized 670 kilograms of cocaine worth about $19.4 million during a 25-day Caribbean sea patrol. The seizure occurred after Dauntless intercepted a go-fast boat with the narcotics on board. The Coast Guar...

Carol Nantongo Dismisses Dating Rumors with UNMF President Eddy Kenzo

By BigEyeUg Team Band Music sensation Carol Nantongo has refuted claims circulating on social media regarding her alleged romantic involvement with Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF) President, Eddy Kenzo. Speculation surrounding...

Joseph Sax: Working with Bobi Wine and Nubian Li on ‘Better For Worse’ song changed my life.

Kizito Joseph popularly known as Joseph Sax is one of Uganda’s celebrated saxophonists. He started playing music way back in 2001 in a brass band while in Primary school and got introduced to wind instruments at the age of 14. He learnt his...

This Week In Black History December 13-19, 2023

EDDIE KENDRICKS DECEMBER 13 1903—Another one of the great unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Va. She directed the New York branch of the NAACP; became executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. founded...

Guest Editorial: Recipe for good health

One definition of good health is that “everything is functioning as it should.” This is a complex proposition, because there are so many factors, and so many kinds of health that need to be answered when considering the question of health. Usually wh...

Meet the Designers Behind Birmingham’s 1963 Civil Rights Poster Series

By Michael Sznajderman Alabama News Center In a modest, windowless office in the basement of Birmingham City Hall, a pair of graphic designers are charting an artistic course through one of the most important years in the city’s history. And their w...

Milestones of the Movement: Closing Out 2023 With a Timeline of Historic 1963

The Birmingham Times Many events shaped 1963 into a transformative year for Birmingham. Here are some milestones 60 years later as 2023 comes to a close: Friday, January 11 Contracts signed to begin construction of the multimillion-dollar Red Mounta...

UAB’s Dr. Tondra Loder Jackson and Birmingham’s Schoolhouse Activists

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times As a military child, Tondra Loder-Jackson lived in a number of locales including Hawaii; Texas; and Maryland, but no place has been like her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Jackson, a professor of Educational Found...

Council President Darrell O’Quinn: City and MAX Transit Headed in Right Direction

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Not only has the relationship between the City of Birmingham and Birmingham Jefferson-County Transit Authority (BJCTA) improved, but so has technology which means riders benefit, said Birmingham City Co...

Beware of the Fraudulent Holiday Job Offers

By Samuetta Hill Drew As we continue our newest series on 2023 scams, we want to focus this week’s safety article on holiday season fraudulent job offers. This scam may be puzzling because most scams take from you, not give to you. Its goal remains...

“Therapy has helped me a lot with getting through [my] grief. At the point I am now, I am coping better, and I have accepted it into my life, but it has been hard.”

-Alaina Mullen, younger sister to E.J. Mullen, who died of suicide; birminghamtimes.com, Dec. 7.

“It’s just me and her, and we figure we’re all we got. Teamwork is big for us when it comes to taking care of the kids and running a household.”

-Woaquin Hunt, You Had Me At Hello, column; birminghamtimes.com, Dec. 5.