By Judy Kurtz Dr. Dre is slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for using one of his songs in a video, blasting the Georgia Republican as “divisive and hateful.” Greene shared an offbeat, stylized video with her nearly 2 million Twitter followers on Monday, showing her walking through the halls of the Capitol in slow motion while the 1999 Snoop Dogg-featuring hit “Still D.R.E.” plays in the background. “I don’t license my music to politicians,” rapper and mega-producer Dre, who was born Andre Young, said a Monday statement, “especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one.” In a scathing cease-and-desist letter obtained by…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Tony Raye’s recognition as JFK Middle School’s Teacher of the Year for 2022-2023 didn’t surprise anyone. The reasons are countless, stemming from his inspirational personal and professional trajectory. Born in Gallatin, Raye became a successful basketball player at Gallatin High, and that success continued at Austin Peay State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree. While in college, Raye played in the 1987 NCAA tournament and hit the winning free throws in the first round to defeat highly ranked Illinois. “None of the national polls predicted Austin Peay as the winner of the game. The entire team…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Darrell Freeman Fellowship at Nashville State Community College, in partnership with and financially supported by BGSF, will educate and support students who want to successfully enter the Information Technology field upon graduating with an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in programming, cyber security, networking, and data analytics. The College and BGSF worked to form this Fellowship, with the blessing of the Freeman family, in honor of Darrell’s legacy of generosity and mentorship. BGSF is providing a one-time stipend of $1,500 for students to earn industry-focused certifications and credentials along with a technical mentor to…
NASHVILLE, TN — Big Brothers Big Sisters Middle Tennessee (BBBSMT) has partnered with the Tennessee Titans to advocate for the impact of mentorship and inspire adults to become mentors during National Mentoring Month. National Mentoring Month, which was founded by Mentor National, is an annual recognition of the importance of mentorship. This recognition identifies the mutually beneficial relationship between a mentor and mentee and the impact mentoring can have on all community members. “January is such a fitting time to celebrate the power of mentoring; the beginning of a new year is a time to set priorities and reconnect. Investing…
FRANKLIN, TN — Franklin’s professional theatre company, Studio Tenn, has announced the latest in its “New Works Series,” an diverse collection of plays written, produced and performed by Southerners in an effort to cultivate and nurture the talent of the next generation of Southern playwrights, composers and lyricists. The Studio Tenn team will deconstruct the age-old ideas of what voices, themes and stories have historically come out of The South, and foster a strong relationship between local artists and the Franklin community. The second on-stage reading of The New Works Series, Dharma, by Nayna Agrawal, will be presented as a…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Biosciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced an agreement with Amgen, a global biopharmaceutical company, to whole-genome sequence approximately 35,000 DNA samples. The sample cohort is primarily made up of DNA from African Americans, who are currently underrepresented in research for the clinical applications of genomics, including drug target discovery. This cohort will be the largest data set of genomes of its kind to date. It’s widely recognized that most genomic data sets are drawn…
Committees take shape The biggest story coming out of this brief organizing period may be committee structure and committee leadership. The speakers control which committees get created, who leads the committees, and which members will serve on those panels for the upcoming two-year General Assembly. Committee chairs can wield heavy influence over proposed legislation; so, the people who sit in those chairs matter. Though some chairmanships will remain the same, elections and retirements ensure there will be new faces too. Regardless, it’s a safe bet that women and minority groups will once again be underrepresented in legislative leadership appointed by…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Metro Nashville Planning Department has hired Todd Okolichany as its next Deputy Executive Director. He joins Metro after seven years as the Planning and Urban Design Director for the City of Asheville, N.C. During his tenure in Asheville, Okolichany led the creation of the city’s Urban Design and Place Strategies team to implement the public’s vision for community-driven planning, high-quality urban design and inclusive public spaces, as well as the adoption of the Living Asheville Comprehensive Plan, a citywide comprehensive planning document that lays out an environmentally and socially responsible framework for equitable community growth over the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – This morning, Tennesseans from across the state gathered in Legislative Plaza before the start of the 2023 Legislative Session to call for a moral policy agenda that listens to the will of the people. Rev. Dr. Kevin Riggs, Pastor of Franklin Community Church, opened the press conference calling for a moral agenda saying, “As a Christian pastor, I find a simple definition of morality in the words of Jesus, ‘So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,’ (Matthew 7:12). In my faith tradition we call these words The Golden Rule. We…
BY TERRY SHROPSHIRE Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway, one-half of the sassy conservative group Diamond and Silk that angered Blacks with their allegiance to former President Donald Trump, has died suddenly. She was 51. Trump alerted his supporters on his “Truth Social” website that Hardaway “passed away at her home” on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. He did not specify what precipitated her death. Not long afterward, the official Twitter site for Diamond and Silk confirmed the news, stating that the world has “just lost a True Angel and Warrior Patriot.” The World just lost a True Angel and Warrior Patriot for Freedom, Love, and…