The Grammy-nominated singer had previously cancelled a concert in Sacramento this week due to illness. Jazmine Sullivan announced recently that she tested positive for COVID-19. The R&B singer/songwriter stated that she would be canceling dates on her tour as a result. Sullivan made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday. “My doctor confirmed today that I’m…
Rasheeda Frost is set to star in a new show about her life and business ventures after landing a television deal with Philo. Philo is an online television company that was founded in 2010, by Tuan Ho and Nick Krasney. The streaming service was later nationally launched in 2017. Rasheeda Frost lands a solo television…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of…
The pair tied the knot in August 2020 after first connecting on social media in 2015 Niecy Nash and her wife Jessica Betts have made history as the first same-sex couple to cover Essence. “Making H E R S T O R Y 💫👑🖤” Nash, 52, wrote on Instagram on Thursday of the pair’s March/April…
President Joe Biden has kept his word to the nation and nominated a Black woman as the next justice to sit in the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite considerable GOP pushback, mostly blasting Biden for using race and gender as qualifiers for the nominee, the president introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday,…
The University of Houston has been sued on behalf of three students claiming they feel constrained in what they can say there. A non-profit group has sued the University of Houston on behalf of three self-described conservative students who say they feel constrained in what they can say on campus. The group, Speech First, said…
The actor opened up to theGrio about shooting the thriller that dropped on Hulu this week Just in time for the weekend, No Exit has dropped on Hulu. A suspenseful thriller, the Hulu Original film from 20th Century Studios follows a young woman (played by Havana Rose Liu) who finds herself stranded at a highway…
Traci A. Curry, John Gibson, and Roxanne Avent-Taylor are also set receive special honors at the 13th annual AAFCA Awards. Recipients of the 2022 African American Film Critics Association special achievement honors have been announced. Musician and film composer Terence Blanchard and filmmaker Stanley Nelson are among the six honorees, according to Variety. Also being…
The verdict demonstrates that police officers cannot hide behind the blue line all the time, and their silence in times of injustice will find them complicit with the actions of the oppressor. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. — Desmond Tutu On May 25, 2020,…
Also, some former members of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ reunited for Da Brat’s wedding From a brand new reality series coming to Netflix, to the finale of The Real Housewives of Miami’s grand return, theGrio is back with your reality roundup of the week. Young, Famous & African Your next favorite reality series is…
