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Actor Derek Luke is making his way to television, where he will be starring as paramedic Cameron Boone in NBC's new medical drama, "Trauma." Luke made his big screen debut in the film "Antwone Fisher." a few years back. Recently, he portrayed Sean "Diddy" Combs in the biopic "Notorious." Speaking of "Notorious", late rapper Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur, has donated a collection of his writings to the Robert W. Wooddruff Library at Atlanta University Center, that included rough drafts of his lyrics, poems, and even a photocopy of his contract with Suge Knight and Death Row Records were given. Now that we mention a university, Hampton University will be hosting a marriage summit Tuesday in Virginia, to discuss the state of marriage and talk about how to reverse trends such as high divorce rates and out-of-wedlock births.


50 Cent's latest project, The 50th Law book, 50's strategic advice book on life and how to become successful, debuted in the top tier of the New York Times' best-sellers list last week. Talk about a list, THE UK’s 100 most powerful people of African and Caribbean heritage are unveiled this week in the second annual edition of The Powerlist: Britain’s 100 Most Influential Black People, with Baroness Scotland as number one. I wonder which MBA students will make this next list? Chrysler Group LLC hosts unique annual event that enables MBA candidates from 22 of the nation's leading business schools to compete for scholarships. Finally, Nick Cannon has been named Chairman of TV Network TeenNick!



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