Source: Kevinlemonsandhighercalling.com / Kevin Lemons Gospel artist Kevin Lemons has passed away. He was 44 years old. The Lemons family confirmed his passing on his official Instagram page with a statement, asking to keep his wife, Tiunna, family, and Higher Calling lifted in prayer. “It is with great sadness that we announce the transition of…
The family of a 15-year-old shot and killed during his school lunch period is reeling after a jury acquitted one of the men charged with murder. “The system has failed us, and the jury has failed us,” said Cortez Rice, the father of Jahmari Rice. Jahmari Rice, 15, of Richfield, Minnesota, was an aspiring football…
Source: Karon Blake / Twitter A 13-year-old Black boy was shot and killed in Northeast D.C. by a local homeowner who believed the boy was breaking into vehicles in the neighborhood. Authorities said the shooting took place around 4:00 am in the 1000 block of Quincy Street. According to Fox 5, the shooter, who has…
Taye Diggs is back with another comical video that leaves fans asking hilarious questions surrounding his chosen dance moves. Taye Diggs. (Photo: @tayediggsinsta/Instagram) The “Best Man” actor uploaded a video of himself with his two sisters, Christian and Shalom Diggs, dancing at what seems to be a club. During the video fans can hear a…
A Virginia mother is demanding answers after she arrived at her autistic son’s tennis lesson to find him handcuffed on the ground. The 12-year-old later had to be treated for a concussion after officers detained him in the program meant to help bridge the relationship between Black youth and police, according to his mother. Curtis…
Source: Instagram/@ronnie.toms Social media wins again while society loses, also again. In this particular case, video footage was going viral over the weekend and showed an apparently intoxicated and probable racist white man violently attacking two women before unwittingly becoming a victim of the circumstances that he created. People on social media were working to…
Angela Bassett has finally spoken out about her son’s public apology after he pranked the 61-year-old into believing her “Black Panther” co-star Michael B. Jordan had passed away. Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, Slater Vance. (Photos: Slater.vance/TikTok) While being interviewed by “Entertainment Tonight” reporter Denny Directo at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Creative Impact…
Rick Ross, aka Ricky Rozay, born William Leonard Roberts II, is an American rapper, record executive, and former prison guard. Like most rappers, Ross is a well-respected collector, and his love for luxury cars has led him to accumulate a massive fleet of over a hundred cars with an estimated value of $4 million. Rick…
A Missouri-based HBCU will be able to advance its efforts toward bridging the digital divide thanks to the support of a multi-million-dollar grant. Lincoln University of Missouri recently received an endowment to equip scholars with the tech tools needed to thrive academically. The $2.9 million grant was given to the school through an initiative led…
Henrietta Lacks transformed the landscape of medicine; advancing cancer research and serving as the blueprint for the development of life-saving cures. Her enduring legacy will be memorialized through the creation of a statue in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, CNN reported. A statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used without her consent in crucial…
