Actress Ananda Lewis arrives to the American Idol Season 6 Finale held at the Kodak Theatre on May 23, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) After facing backlash for refusing a double mastectomy, Ananda Lewis discussed the importance of early detection and allowing people their agency. Ananda Lewis knows people are questioning…
Ice-T attends the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” 25th Anniversary Celebration at Edge at Hudson Yards on January 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) “Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not,” said rapper and actor Ice-T. Ice-T has some words of wisdom for the…
Minister Robert Edwards is going viral, and not for his inspirational words. The Oakwood University vice president’s reference to accused sex trafficker Sean “Diddy” Combs while addressing the institution’s student body has created an uproar online. On Oct. 3, Edwards delivered a Diddy-inspired message about remaining abstinent until marriage during a chapel service at his…
Charles Wimberly was minutes away from boarding a flight in Dubai back to the United States last month when he was arrested for drug trafficking for carrying six CBD capsules, which he uses to manage his back pain. The 52-year-old Black man from Georgia was placed in a holding cell inside Dubai International Airport for…
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is out here straight up lying to himself and his MAGA constituents about why all of…
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN – OCTOBER 17: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on October 17, 2024 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Harris continues to campaign daily in battleground swing states ahead of the November 5 election. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images) “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” said…
West Coast pioneer Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante (Taylor) Broadus have spent much of a lifetime together, holding each other down through his platinum-selling recording career, rumors of infidelity and the rapper’s emergence as one of the most popular personalities in hip-hop culture ever. Their relationship is storied, as they were high school sweethearts,…
Sydney Wilson. | Source: Facebook Attempts to mourn the death of a Black woman who was recently gunned down by a police officer in her Virginia apartment building have been disingenuously described by conservatives as a “BLM hoax,” including Elon Musk. Sydney Wilson, 33, was in the throes of a mental health crisis when a…
Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes watches as his team warms up prior to an April game at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Nahmier Robinson, son of Nate Robinson, announced Friday that he is joining Sanders’ roster at Colorado. (Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Deion Sanders’ son Shiloh takes heat from his father/coach for…
Gaynor discusses the generational divide of Black men and their support for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. TheGrio’s White House Correspondent and Managing Editor of Politics, Gerren Keith Gaynor, joined “CNN This Morning” to discuss the generational divide of Black men and their support for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Gaynor, who has covered Harris…
