Ashanti says she is finally receiving her flowers for her role in two of Jennifer Lopez‘s hit songs. Ashanti says she was instrumental in the creation of Lopez’s “I’m Real” and “Ain’t it Funny” remixed tracks, which featured Ja Rule. The songs were released in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Ashanti expresses how grateful she feels…
Majora Carter is a different kind of entrepreneur and real estate developer. She brings businesses to blighted Black communities in hopes of revitalizing the area and employing the local residents. The urban revitalization strategist advises and partners on transformational real estate developments in the South Bronx and around the country. She is owner and founder…
OPINION: In another episode that departs from the world of the main characters, the show explore white parents struggling to interact in the world of a Trinidadian nanny who’s like a second mother to their son. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. During the…
The internet is heating up thanks to the latest shirtless photo of R&B singer Omarion. He used his subtle sex appeal and tatted chest to tempt fans on Instagram. His 4.2 million followers are currently lusting over a photo of the 5-foot-6 artist snapping it up in what appears to be a fitting room. In…
In this week’s episode of ‘That’s The Point,’ Natasha S. Alford looks at the outrage over suggesting America’s highways were racist, and how transportation inequality plays out. As a kid growing up in the city of Syracuse, New York, I remember riding under the I-81 highway overpass every day on my way to school. The…
Multiple guns were found at A$AP Rocky‘s home during a search by police in relation to a Los Angeles shooting. According to TMZ, cops plan to run ballistic tests to determine if the firearms they seized were used in a 2021 shooting in which the rapper may be involved. Background checks will help determine if…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told theGrio that his department’s partnership with HBCUs is “very important” to him and the Biden-Harris administration. The wheels are churning to quickly put in place an HBCU-focused job fair for immediate openings in the U.S. Department of Transportation. In Baltimore, Mayland, last week at Morgan State University, Transportation Secretary Pete…
Activist Fred Hampton was a visionary who embodied the essence of Black resilience. Nearly 53 years after his untimely demise, measures have been taken to ensure the Black Panther Party chairman’s storied legacy is preserved. According to the Chicago Tribune, Hampton’s childhood home has been deemed a historical landmark. The Illinois childhood home of Fred…
Harvard, the oldest college in America, has made another effort to redress its ugly past. The ivy league institution has set up a multimillion-dollar fund to finance a study of the school’s lengthy connection to slavery. The new endowment called the “Legacy of Slavery Fund” was created to give scholars and students access to Harvard’s…
REVIEW: The revival of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem plays on Broadway’s Booth Theater for a limited run The current production at The Booth Theater in New York City is a full-circle event. In 1976, the Broadway theater premiered for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, the provocative work by late author/poet/playwright Ntozake…
