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….
Authorities arrested two New Jersey men who allegedly tried to scam a man out of more than $100,000 by convincing him he needed their help to resolve a bank account hacking. Egg Harbor Township police arrested 25-year-old Mahir Patel and 21-year-old Davit Chapidze on May 27. Both men were charged with criminal attempt to commit…
Donald Trump’s $45 million military birthday parade on June 14 turned into a logistical mess, according to a prominent D.C. event organizer who was on the ground at the event. What was supposed to be a crowning moment for the birthday boy and a grand celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary was a planning…
Hollywood veteran Brad Pitt and his 32-year-old girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, hit the town together in New York City on June 14. Photographers captured Pitt, 61, wearing a striped button-up shirt, blue velvet blazer, baggy blue jeans, and black squared-toe shoes while rocking a low haircut. The Oklahoma-born, Missouri-raised entertainer’s outfit was from Willy Chavarria’s…
