Funeral

When you’re gone too soon, you change a lot of lives. What makes the mark of a true icon, however, is the body of work that elevates you in those people’s minds. This is true of Actor/Director/Producer Tommy Ford. As elevated nationally by his character “Tommy” on the successful long running TV sitcom Martin, it’s not surprising his success ran …

  Family, friends, fans as well as the hip-hop community, gathered to say farewell to the late Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo at the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church where Bishop Dreyfus C. Smith, senior Pastor of Wings of Faith Worldwide Ministries, delivered a powerful eulogy in Atlanta on Saturday (Oct. 1). The rapper, whose real name is Carlos Walker, was a founding member …