Source: Scott Eisen / Getty On Sept. 20, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and New Jersey Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced the Brittany Clardy Act. The bill would establish an office dedicated to missing and murdered Black women and girls within the Department of Justice. The new legislation was named after 18-year-old Brittany Clardy, a Minnesota…
A Birmingham-area high-school band director said the police went too far when they shocked him with a Taser and arrested him after he refused to comply with their orders to stop his band’s performance at the end of a football game. The Birmingham Police Department released body-camera footage of the incident on Tuesday, Sept. 19,…
Could you imagine falling in love with a guy whose drug-lord father instructed him to take you down? Well, how about if you found out the ruthless kingpin and your pastor father have a dark history that was somehow connected to your mother’s death? That’s exactly what Mya Monaé’s character, Haven, from “Preaching Lies” had…
The streets are talking, and it doesn’t look good for married rappers Remy Ma and Papoose. Three months ago, the “Love & Hip Hop: New York” stars were hit with infidelity rumors after chatter about Papoose having a fight with a rapper he previously battled during her Chrome 23 rap battle event. Fans said Eazy The…
A Kentucky woman has gone viral on social media after photos announcing her pregnancy were shared massively across Facebook. Cheridan Logsdon of Frankfort, Kentucky, shared seven professional photos of herself wearing a crown of black roses with a veil and adorned in a black dress on Sept. 18; it made for a fashionable look for…
Source: Courtesy / Flamin’ Hot As homecoming season heats up, Flamin’ Hot, Frito-Lay’s famous flavor with a fiery attitude, teams up with Grammy award-winning musician and official reigning queen of hot Megan Thee Stallion to form Flamin’ Hot University. In a new online video, Megan Thee Stallion encourages students who embrace the spicy, rebellious spirit of the brand to…
Jeezy and Jeannie Mai are keeping the details of their split private, but a purported source may have insight into what doomed their short marriage. The pair has been husband and wife for two years and were due to celebrate their third anniversary next March. The rapper officially filed for divorce on Sept. 14, citing that their union was irretrievably…
A group of Black professionals reportedly was booted from an Orlando, Florida, restaurant for not being done with their time at the table when another party reportedly needed seating. During an interview on “Roland Martin Unfiltered,” guests Leon Gantt and Stephanie Tolbert spoke about their Saturday night experience at DoveCote restaurant in the downtown area….
Source: Nicholas Klein / Getty We’re not even a month out from Halloween yet and already we have a blackface story to kick off the season. Of course, this event took place on a different holiday, Valentine’s Day, when, in 2017, Sherman Jaquess, a pastor at the Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata in Oklahoma, entertained…
It’s been seven weeks since Rihanna gave birth to her and A$AP Rocky‘s second child, Riot Rose, on Aug. 3. Fans struggled to find images of the newborn until photos surfaced online this week and caused all kinds of chatter and confusion about the infant’s gender. The Barbadian billionaire and her rapper boyfriend debuted their…
