Dee Barnes on February 8, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty A domestic violence victim at the hands of a popular rapper decades ago has spoken out in the wake of the recent release of a horrific video showing hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs violently attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura…
A San Antonio school district launched an investigation into allegations that a middle school math teacher used the N-word while showing her class the movie “Hidden Figures.” The investigation started after X user @hennytwote posted several now-viral tweets, beginning on May 15, after learning his niece’s teacher used the slur in her math class at…
Ciara is protecting her good friend Serena Williams from online ridicule about her looks in the best way she can: by turning off the comments on a post that has everyone doing a double-take at the tennis great. The “Beauty Marks” singer may have thought that showing the playful dynamic of her and Williams’ relationship…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Welp, a judge has ruled that the Missouri GOP can’t just get rid of its little Ku Klux Klan problem by voting one of the white supremacist organization’s “honorary” members out of the state’s gubernatorial race. According to the Associated Press, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker rejected the state…
The family of Sade Robinson, who was murdered after meeting a man for a first date, is outraged after seeing a social media post from a public official that included a photograph of a human arm found on the Illinois shoreline that they believe belongs to their loved one. Robinson’s relatives and search parties have…
Future Zahir Wilburn, son of Ciara and rapper Future, has reached a milestone birthday. He officially turned 10 years old on May 19, and his birthday celebration was filled with love and admiration from all corners. Russell Wilson, or, as he’s affectionately called, “Papa Russ,” was the first to wish Little Future a happy birthday….
Source: Carmen Mandato / Getty The epic beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake has once again demonstrated the linguistic acrobatics of rap culture. The feud has seen both artists release multiple tracks where they lyrically diss each other. Beefs involve rappers disrespecting each other and can happen in diss tracks, but also through interviews,…
The Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese has officially graduated from LSU, and she’s letting all of her doubters know they never should have counted her out. The young star, whose standout performance during her NCAA basketball career helped propel women’s basketball into the national spotlight, recently celebrated her academic achievement on social media. “So now what?…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream to travel to space. According to AP, Ed Dwight rocketed into space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company for the first time on Sunday, since becoming a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corp in the early 1960s. Dwight served…
Police officers in the Bay Area were caught on video beating up a Black man who was filming them during an arrest, prompting the officers to back off a high-speed chase suspect and attack an innocent bystander who was recording the episode with his camera phone. Kwesi Guss was taken into custody May 5 by…
