Rapper and singer Niatia Jessica Kirkland, better known as Lil Mama, shocked the world on Thursday, Jan. 19, and popped out with a boo who happens to be rapper Anthony Strong, aka 5ive Mics. The “Shawty Get Loose” artist got really loose with her Instagram caption, writing up a lengthy message that explained why she…
Source: Simon Bruty / Getty When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 3, 2022, NFL football game, much of the public attention was on the pressures athletes face to perform despite the perils they face on the field. However, as a scholar who specializes in youth sports, I have found that this…
Twenty-four-year-old Sydney Leday is lucky to be alive after she was shot in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 1. Leday was hit in the crossfire of the shooting that took the life of beloved recording artist TakeOff. Leday — who was shot in the head and spent a week in the hospital — sat down with…
Followers of The Shade Room think that actress Nia Long is dating singer Omarion after seeing them together at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film “You People.” Long was seen posing with Omarion at the premiere before the two walk off hand in hand, and several fans had jokes about the manner in…
Source: Jason Davis / Getty What are we to make of a Black woman who is both anti-Black and anti-woman? Or maybe a more direct question: Why TF is Candace Owens still a thing? Recently, Owens took an apparent break from being an edgeless warlord against Black culture and pro-Black civil rights movements to take…
Keyshia Ka’oir claps back at fans who had a lot to say about her other children not being posted as much as her son, Ice Davis. As Ka’oir and her husband, rapper Gucci Mane, whose real name is Radric Delantic Davis, prepare for the arrival of their second child together, they partook in a photo…
Comedic actress Regina Hall understands all the judgment concerning the hairstyle choices of her character Candace in the latest and final installment of “The Best Man: The Final Chapters.” Hall joined James Cordon on an episode of “The Late Late Show with James Cordon” Tuesday, Jan. 10, and Cordon brought up fans’ comments surrounding them…
Source: BEN STANSALL / Getty A Black woman in Ohio is recovering in a hospital after being beaten up by police over a botched order at McDonald’s. The incident was recorded on video and the officers involved have not been fired despite the brutal nature of the encounter over a Big Mac. On Monday, Latinka…
A parole board in Alabama denied a dying woman parole last week. Leola Harris, a 71-year-old in a wheelchair suffering from end-stage renal failure, was denied parole on Jan. 10. The Alabama Parole Board denied Harris’ parole in Macon County and only considered her application for a mere six minutes. She has been a model…
Young Thug and a co-defendant in his ongoing RICO case are facing allegations of exchanging drugs during a court appearance. The latest of the rapper’s legal troubles emerged on Jan. 19. Young Thug exchanges a Percocet with a co-defendant in open court. (Photo: @SeidenWSBTV/Twitter.) The “Never Hating” emcee was indicted in May 2022 and has…
