A shocking and embarrassing moment on the pitch competition show “Shark Tank” in 2015 turned into a multi-million-dollar success story. When Kevin O’Leary called two Black women entrepreneurs “colorful cockroaches” during their pitch, no one could have predicted how thoroughly they would prove him wrong. Melissa Butler and Rosco Spears had come to the show…
Naughty By Nature’s Treach has seemingly placed full blame on his ex-wife Sandra “Pepa” Denton for the demise of their marriage. The two rappers dated on and off for nearly a decade before tying the knot in 1999 at a tattoo shop in Kansas City. Over the years, they have each made a variety of…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building. (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images) OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Corette Scott King to make MLK Day a federal holiday, makes sense of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s…
Comedian Dave Chappelle performs at Madison Square Garden in New York during his 50th birthday celebration week in August 2023. Chappelle called the Israeli war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip a “genocide” Thursday to cheers while performing in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file) The comedy legend crafted a…
Actress Brooke Shields is choosing to age gracefully instead of giving in to critics who hoped she would forever appear young. The “Blue Lagoon” star is currently promoting her new book, which uncoincidentally tackles some of the social taboos of growing older, titled “Brooke Shield Is Not Allowed to Get Old.” Shields says the literary…
Many would agree that Bishop T.D. Jakes’ most inspirational sermons came from his “Woman, Thou Art Loosed (WTAL)” conferences, held from 1996 to 2022. The weekend-long church convention, which inspires women to break free from “strongholds” like addiction, domestic abuse, and low self-esteem, was also turned into a movie starring actors Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine…
FILE – In this August 1922 file photo, Marcus Garvey is shown in a military uniform as the “Provisional President of Africa” during a parade on the opening day of the annual Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World along Lenox Avenue in Harlem borough of New York. (AP Photo/File) Congressional leaders had pushed…
A message reading “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now” is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Andy Bao) TikTok thanked President-elect Donald Trump, who on Sunday said he planned to sign an executive order after his inauguration on Monday. TikTok says it’s…
A Black video journalist and civil rights activist recently explained how his wrongful arrest in 2015 ended in the demotion of a police officer and restitution for the incident that amounted to $20,000. Phillip Turner recorded the moments several police officers in Galveston, Texas, approached him outside their police headquarters on Nov. 4, 2015. A…
Grammy-winning rapper Nelly has been announced as a performer at President-elect Donald Trump’s Inaugural Liberty Ball on Jan. 20, and fans seem to think he’s doing it for the money. CBS News political campaign reporter Taurean Small broke the news earlier this week, revealing that the 50-year-old artist will share the stage with the Village…
