Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has made it known that he will vote against confirming President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest judicial bench. As GOP leader in the U.S. Senate, McConnell’s announcement was not a surprise to…
The star-studded event kicked off Oscar weekend in style Oscars weekend kicked off with a star-studded affair on Friday night when some of Hollywood’s brightest stars gathered for the 12th annual Governors Awards. The event was hosted by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, who gave Honorary Oscars to Liv Ullman, Samuel L….
Cardi B, Hennessy Carolina and model Michelle Diaz were sued in September 2020 for allegedly defaming a trio of beachgoers who displayed a Trump flag on their car. Cardi B has won her second defamation case of 2022 after a New York judge dismissed claims filed against the rapper and her sister by beachgoers following…
Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’oir are known for flaunting their wealth on social media. So it came as no surprise when the rapper admitted in a resurfaced video on March 24 that money keeps his wife happy. The clip was originally from Gucci’s 2018 interview with Big Boy TV He said on mark 12:04 when asked one of the factors that keep…
‘Jean-Michael Basquiat: King Pleasure©,’ includes many previously unseen works and is the first exhibition to be staged by the late artist’s family. In both pop culture and the art world, the tangible pieces of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s legacy are simultaneously priceless and ubiquitous. While the late artist’s painting “Untitled” broke records at a 2017 auction for…
Kidd Creole is accused of stabbing a homeless man to death in 2017 The trial of rapper Kidd Creole has begun in New York City with his lawyer telling a jury it was self-defense when the hip-hop pioneer stabbed a homeless man to death in 2017. The artist, a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and…
Source: pixelfit / Getty Throughout history, Black women have been the backbone of social justice movements and a new grant project has been launched to support this generation of activists as they evoke transformative change within their communities and beyond. The Black Future Co-op Fund has pledged to donate $1.05 million to Black women-led organizations…
Francisco “Franky” Mendez found guilty for first-degree murder for the 2019 shooting in Kansas A jury on Friday convicted a man of killing a college football player in Kansas and wounding another player who recovered and now plays for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL. Francisco “Franky” Mendez, 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the…
Hit-Boy is ascending into a new musical weight class as a producer Hit-Boy won top Grammy rap honors with some of hip-hop’s biggest heavyweights — Jay-Z, Kanye West, known as Ye, and Nas — and now he is ascending into a new musical weight class as a producer. The Southern California native is only up…
Adam Shakoor served as Rosa Parks’ personal lawyer in Detroit until her death in 2005 Adam Shakoor, who made history as the first Muslim to be appointed as a judge in the United States, has died. Aged 74, Shakoor died Sunday at a hospital outside of his Detroit hometown, according to Deadline Detroit. No official…
