Grand Marshal Anthony Mackie walks the grid during the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Anthony Mackie shares insight into parenting four boys, masculinity, and where success comes from. Raising Black boys in America in 2025 sounds as complex…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series “Euphoria,” in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Photo) Universal Music Group is seeking dismissal of Drake’s suit against them—his label—and is not holding back…
The marital arrangement that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have worked out remains a hotbed for speculation. Eagle-eyed fans and purported Hollywood insiders are not letting up on the uncoupled stars in 2025 as details of an alleged deeper rift have surfaced. The “Hancock” superhero and “Matrix” captain have been the subject of unrelenting…
(L-R) Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, and Stephanie Mills announce the Queens Tour (Photos: Getty Images) “Four legends. One stage.” Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, and Stephanie Mills are bringing music and magic to The Queen’s tour. The aunties, uncles, and R&B lovers are going to be outside this spring because four of…
Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Queen Latifah is an icon living, hailing from Newark, New Jersey, where she first emerged on the music scene. A legendary artist, who transcended female rap, was given her start at the tender age of 18 years old after her demo tape caught the attention of Tommy Boy Records….
A Louisiana school administrator has been arrested on child cruelty charges after allegedly forcing a 6-year-old student to clean up her own feces after the girl accidentally soiled herself at school. Kristy Scott Gilpin, 41, faces one felony count of cruelty to juveniles in the incident, which occurred two months ago at Rollins Place Elementary School in…
C-SPAN host John McArdle wasted no time cutting off a caller who went on a racist tirade, claiming, “The Blacks are practically running the country.” The fiery exchange happened during Washington Journal when a Democratic caller criticized white nationalism and Trump’s deportation policies. But right after, a Mississippi Republican named Gina called in, furious. It was first…
Source: Anadolu / Getty The Trump administration is truthfully just a band of willfully ignorant who refuse to adhere to policy, decorum, or laws. So remember when they gave a private citizen and America’s first cousin the keys to the federal government and told him to have his way? Well, it looks like some of…
FILE – Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file) U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those who were placed…
Still from “Pop the Balloon of Find Love” via Arlette Amuli/YouTube. OPINION: While it’s fascinating watching dating programs that are very frequently unintentionally entertaining, I’m really happy this isn’t my life. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’d seen segments…
