Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 61st New York Film Festival – Deep Focus at Elinor Bunin Munroe film center on October 1, 2023, in New York City. | Source: Jason Mendez / Getty Nikki Giovanni, the legendary and award-winning poet, author and activist whose career spanned nearly 60 years, has died. She was 81. The…
(L-R) Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Jay-Z attend the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs on January 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. | Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty On Sunday, the Hip-Hop community was shocked when it was revealed that Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in…
Comedian Chris Rock, 59, was not happy with what took place during his surprise appearance at a private holiday party Saturday night. The former “Saturday Night Live” star was paid to do standup at an invite-only event at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York hosted by billionaire Australian businessman Anthony Pratt. Attendees at the…
Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on Sept. 12, 2023, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Megan Thee Stallion. After all, nearly everyone was walking around singing “I’m a savage!” when her single, “Savage,” and an accompanying…
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 17: Usher performs on stage during his 2024 Usher: Past Present Future Tour at State Farm Arena on October 17, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Live Nation)Photo by: Paras Griffin / Getty Images Usher Raymond IV, known to many as simply Usher, has been reshaping R&B…
(Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for TNT) No list of iconic Black film actors is complete without Denzel Washington’s name. Washington has been an industry icon for decades, and his status as one of the greatest actors in the 21st century is well-deserved. Early life and education (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for TNT) Denzel…
Source: Alex Kent / Getty White vigilante Daniel Penny was fully acquitted this week after a jury found him not guilty of choking Jordan Neely, an unarmed Black man, to death on a New York City subway train. His acquittal has sparked conversation around white vigilantism, a practice rooted in a long history of white…
A Black man trying to open two business amounts at the bank he had already been banking with in Missouri ended up falsely accused of fraud and having the cops called on him — the latest example of “banking while Black.” Now Michael Waller, 64, is suing Commerce Bank, accusing the bank of racism and…
Tina Knowles may get her social media privileges revoked! The mother of Grammy-winning artist Beyoncé seems to have accidentally liked a post on social media that’s put her family in a negative light. The Dec. 8 post was a report of the lawsuit that has accused Knowles’ son-in-law Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old girl back…
Questions are mounting among community members in one northeast Ohio city where a 15-year-old Black teenager was shot by police on Thanksgiving night. Police in Akron, Ohio, have released few details since 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker was gunned down by an officer armed with a rifle outside Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts….
