NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 05: Dominique Thorne attends “The Hicks Happy Hour” Shorts: Showtime! premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Manoli Figetakis/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) || LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 15: Robert Downey Jr. attends the 76th Primetime…
Chalk up another cherished American symbol that has quietly vanished under Donald Trump’s watch. A bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., once prominently displayed in the Oval Office, has been removed under Donald Trump’s presidency amid a broader rollback of civil rights iconography, military tributes, and diversity initiatives across federal agencies. The decision to move…
Dave Chappelle says the devastation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential win made it difficult to find the laughter behind the scenes at “Saturday Night Live.” The comedian hosted the show four days after the presidential race on Nov. 12. In a new Variety “Actors on Actors” conversation with Mo Amer, Chappelle recalled the scene that…
Peter Bittenbender and Nas attends City Harvest: The 2019 Gala on April 30, 2019 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for City Harvest) Mass Appeal, a record label co-founded by Nas, settles racial discrimination lawsuit brought by former head of development in 2023. Nas’ record label, Mass Appeal,…
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty For more than a century — 115 years to be exact — the person who holds the office of president of the United States has been invited to the NAACP’s national convention. That tradition has been put on pause for the first time, as President Donald Trump has been disinvited…
Chrisette Michele attends the 2024 Black Music Honors at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on May 18, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Carol Lee Rose/Getty Images) Chrisette Michele is “coming to grips with a lot” and giving herself room to take in the news of her recent autism diagnosis. On Sunday, Grammy-winning vocalist Chrisette…
Despite multiple witnesses telling police that Stephan Long had acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two white assailants who had attacked him during a road rage altercation, Denver prosecutors charged the Black man with two counts of first-degree murder. Long ended up spending four months in jail and an additional 10 months on…
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty What I find funny about the MAGA contingent is that they’re quick to yell about the rule of law when it comes to protests, police brutality, and anything any politician of the opposing party does. Yet when it comes to their own, none of that energy can be remotely found….
Bill Bellamy and his wife, Kristen Bellamy, celebrated 24 years of marriage on June 16. However, the couple’s special day had some people more focused on Kristen’s ethnicity. The Black Love Instagram account uploaded a two-photo collage of Bill and Kristen. The top image appears to be taken at the couple’s wedding in 2001, while…
R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File) R. Kelly’s legal team continues to campaign to have the R&B singer released amid claims he’s become a target behind bars. Amid claims from his legal team that he’s become a target in prison, R….
