Alice Ridley attends the Lions Gate premiere of “Rize” at the Egyptian Theatre on June 21, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images) The singer and mother of Gabourey Sidibe died on March 25 in New York City. Alice Tan Ridley, a famed New York subway singer and mother of Gabourey Sidibe,…
Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has learned that no good deed goes unpunished as his JBJ Soul Kitchen comes under fire for helping those most in need. The pop-up cafe located in his home state of New Jersey has been providing free meals to unhoused individuals since February at a downtown location and the Ocean…
Source: PeopleImages / Getty When I saw recent headlines and posts that read, “Women over 40 are having more babies than teenagers for the first time,” I paused. Not out of shock but out of a quiet, deep-rooted sense of validation. Black motherhood is changing. Kids have always been an “if it happens, it happens”…
Solidifying her newfound status as one of MAGA nation’s most loathed public figures, now ranking alongside former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett was forced Tuesday to rebut a fresh smear against her character as Donald Trump’s keyboard warriors continued their crusade to delegitimize the Texas…
Retired NBA player Stephen Jackson continues to stand up for his late friend, George Floyd after the Minnesota man was killed by convicted ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020. On a recent edition of Mike D’s “One on One” podcast, Jackson told the story of wanting to confront controversial internet personality Charleston White over his…
Malcolm Ali In the words of our guy D.L. Hughley, “If you’re a single, rich, straight white guy — you don’t have any kids and you’ve got a lot of money — there is nothing that Trump can do or has done that affects you on the margin.” That was his latest hot take while…
John Fleming had committed no crime when he was accosted on a city bus three years ago by Michigan cops who accused him of shoplifting from a Walmart, kneeing and punching the then-30-year-old Black man before dragging him off the bus despite him repeatedly telling them he had receipts for his purchases. Once off the…
Source: Collin County jail / Collin County jail The knife rested comfortably in the kangaroo pouch of my borrowed Polo Hi-tech. It was 1994 and much like everything I wore back then, none of it was mine—mostly because my body betrayed me. By the time I was in 12th grade, I’d reached my full adult…
(Left to right) Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman and Mary J. Blige’s music added to the National Recording Registry (Photos: Getty Images) The 2025 National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress archives albums by Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and more. Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of…
FILE – Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) A federal appeals court says a civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish over…
