Family members say Stanley Davis III was “chased to his death” by an officer in Boynton Beach. A 13-year-old Florida boy was killed after his dirt bike crashed during an encounter with police, and his family is demanding answers. Stanley “SJ” Davis III was reportedly riding recklessly on his dirt bike Sunday afternoon when an…

There’s more fallout from November’s Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston. Travis Scott and French fashion house Dior’s Cactus Jack Dior collaboration line is being postponed from its planned January launch, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s the latest in a cascading wave of bad news for Scott, who has become the public face and a…

Poet Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 12th Annual Afropunk Brooklyn Festival at Commodore Barry Park on August 27, 2016, in Brooklyn, New York. | Source: Mireya Acierto / Getty Legendary poet, author and activist Nikki Giovanni recently sat down for an interview with New York Times journalist David Marchese where the 78-year-old icon shared her…

Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have climbed over the past two weeks from an average of 1,200 per day to around 1,500. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average,…

Tiffany Haddish is bringing in the New Year’s by going to enjoy her grandfather’s village once again in Eritrea. The comedian has been sharing videos and pictures since Dec. 28 about her expedition. In her Tuesday post, she shared three clips of her dancing with the people of Eritrea and two more of her receiving…

theGrio breaks down how to celebrate day five of the Kwanzaa holiday On Dec. 30, which marks day five of Kwanzaa, we light the second green candle to the right of the black candle. This candle represents the principle of Nia, or purpose. Pledge: On this day, we pledge to make our collective vocation the…

Opinion: Throughout the series, from the first ‘Matrix‘ to the recent film, ‘The Matrix Resurrections,’ we see a world that values Black people. The Matrix isn’t just a series of films you watch; it’s more like a cinematic universe you travel into, a universe with its own sense of physics, its own modes of transportation,…

Source: Bruce Glikas / Getty Phylicia Rashad does it all from acting and singing, to even stage direction. You’re probably familiar with her seminal role as Claire Huxtable on the classic sitcom The Cosby Show. It was a role that propelled the Mexico native into stardom and earned her two Emmy nominations in both 1985…

Preservation Hall was the first fully integrated music venue in the South, according to an obituary written by Ben Jaffe. Sandra Jaffe, who co-founded Preservation Hall in New Orleans, introducing countless people to jazz through the intimate French Quarter venue over six decades, has died. Jaffe died Monday, her son, Ben Jaffe, creative director of…