Does the new drink concoction Nuvo seem familiar to you? If it does, it probably reminds you of the drink Hpnotiq, the electric blue colored fruity drink which made a splash in the early 2000s with its name and appearance. Raphael Yakoby created and sold the Hpnotiq business for $60 million in 2003 and hopes […]

(Chicago Sun Times) — When Downers Grove considered allowing Sunday liquor sales to begin at 9 a.m. instead of noon — a change restaurant and hotels wanted to help cash in on Bears games — Bruce Beckman objected.  A Village Council member in the western suburb, Beckman argued that the “relatively small amount of tax […]

(The Root) — In his quest to continue to set the race back 400 years, Flava Flav is launching a chain of fried chicken restaurants called Flav’s Fried Chicken. Did we mention he is also launching a brand of liquor called “Le Flav Spirits”? No, we are not making this up, and you are not […]

Celebrities and entertainers, particularly black celebrities and entertainers, need to understand that when it comes to alcohol, there is a fine line between advertising and exploitation.

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