Hip Hop Pioneer Ralph McDaniels’s New Mission

Hip hop pioneer Ralph McDaniels Stacy-Ann Gooden Queens Library

I had the pleasure of sitting down with hip hop pioneer Ralph McDaniels as part of our Black History Month Series for Mornings On 1. It’s been seven years since our last meeting, but it felt like it was just yesterday that we hung out. I’ve always been cautious of meeting my idols in person….

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Best-Selling Author Jackie Collins Dies of Breast Cancer

It was just three months ago when I was asked to interview Jackie Collins at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York City. She was promoting her new book, The Santangelos. No one in the room knew that she was battling breast cancer.   I sat down with her to talk about the book, motherhood, and keeping marriage sexy…

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