DJ Envy has tried to make an appeal to the masses in hopes of proving that he has not been scamming people out of their money with his and his business partner Cesar Pina’s Flipping NJ venture. Pina was charged on Oct. 16 with one count of wire fraud in an ongoing federal investigation into…
The mayor of a suburb of metropolitan Atlanta verbally berated a Black councilwoman during a recent city council meeting. He believed she was asking too many questions, impeding the proceedings with queries he believed were irrelevant to the agenda. The council gathered in the Council Chambers at the Glanton Municipal Complex on Monday, Oct. 23,…
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., scowls in the Capitol on September 29, 2023. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty We can now apparently add “Karen” videos to the few things that are guaranteed in life along with death and taxes. In this latest instance of a white woman trying to exert power over a Black person…
Richard Roundtree, who was best known for his role as John Shaft in the 1970’s Blaxploitation film series “Shaft,” has passed away at the age of 81. The actor’s manager, Patrick McMinn told People that the iconic star died on Tuesday, Oct. 24 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Roundtree reportedly passed away at his…
Fans are saying that the Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, did not do right by rapper Lil Wayne. The Hollywood Wax Museum offers guests the same opportunities to see their favorite celebrities as at famed sites like Madame Tussauds, which has locations in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, but at a lower…
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty As much as they like to complain about how hard and dangerous their jobs are—it must be nice to be a cop. Imagine being tasked with enforcing the law, but also being able to rely on the legal system’s leniency when you commit crimes on citizens that citizens, especially Black…
Billionaire media mogul Tyler Perry didn’t mince words about his frustration with how executives at Paramount Global carried out the bidding process for the sale of its BET business. In a candid expression of disappointment, Tyler Perry has voiced his discontent with the lack of transparency with the deal. Perry, along with other prominent figures…
A Texas man says in a federal lawsuit that multiple Dallas officers used excessive force when they pulled him over during a traffic stop two years ago. He alleges they mistook him for a violent crime suspect with a similar name, thus detaining him for no just cause. Silvester Hayes, a 27-year-old Black former security…
I wasn’t planning on grandchildren for at least another five years, but my son came home at age 22 and informed me that he was going to be a father. I am not a fan of his girlfriend at all; there is just something about her that makes me not trust her. I tried to…
A Black Virginia teen has recently been recognized as one of the smartest people in the nation, developing a soap that helps treat skin cancer. A ninth grader, the teen’s scientific discovery has won him a five-figure cash prize and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old student at W.T. Woodson High…
