Urban Magazine is a media outlet covering entertainment, fashion, and sports as they relate to urban culture. We don't just write about it, we live it.
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has permanently banned event producer Ishmael Osekre from producing events and festivals in the state of New York. Osekre — who operated his business under African Food Festival, LLC — scammed thousands people who bought tickets to the New York City African Food Festival in…
New York Attorney General Letitia James, launched the Tenant Legal Assistance Program to provide $742,000 in funding for organizations to offer tenants free legal assistance in Upstate New York and Long Island who face eviction during the COVID-19 crisis. Funds from the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement, the largest consumer financial protection settlement in the history…
Due to the large volume of testimony, the Office of the Attorney General is adding a second day of hearings to examine the nature and detail of interactions between police officers and the public during recent protests. The second day of hearings will commence on Thursday, June 18th at 11:00am. The Office of the Attorney…
Totality Of A Woman has joined forces with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to address the toll that COVID-19 has on underserved communities. The unfortunate truth when it comes down to the COVID-19 pandemic, is that it has devastated African American communities in disproportion, while unveiling the wicked truth that inequality still runs rampant. New…
New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against her over New York’s TRUST Act was dismissed outright by District Judge Carl J. Nichols in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: “We have said all along that this lawsuit should be dismissed and…
Last week, the 7 train played a rabbit hole that lead to a place where every comic fan to live out all their nerdy fantasies, the 13th annual New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javitz Center, dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime & manga, video games, and entertainment. As a first timer of the…
Watch as Salaam Remi & Terrace Martin take you through a tour a queens from a dope lens. They tour stops at the Tribe Called Quest Mural, the Jam Master Jay Mural, and Salaam’s childhood home on Linden and Springfield Blvd. Salaam tells Terrace how he never had to leave his block for the action,…
On July 12th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that prohibits any discrimination towards an individual due to their natural hair or hairstyles such as braids, Bantu knots, dreadlocks, etc. New York is now the second state to officially do so, following California. In his statement, Gov. Cuomo said, “For much of our…