Source: Fields family / iOne Digital The family of Lauren Smith-Fields are demanding answers from the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, after the 23-year-old black woman was found dead in her apartment on December 12, 2021. According to news reports, that evening Smith-Fields met up with Matthew LaFountain, an older white man she met on the…
Jim Jones wants burgeoning rappers to heed this piece of advice before getting into the music industry. In December 2020, the Harlem native caught some flak after claiming on “The Fat Joe Show” that being a rapper was more dangerous than being a soldier. More than two years later, the “We Fly High” emcee’s perspective…
In a surprising “TMZ” update, the victim of Monday’s alleged domestic violence incident later denied it ever took place. One half of the rap duo Rae Sremmurd has been arrested and charged with battery following a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend in Miami. According to a report from Local 10, Miami-Dade Police allege that Monday…
The upcoming series is described as a ‘contemporary dramatic retelling’ of the popular sitcom and is set to debut on Peacock Super Bowl Sunday The highly anticipated series Bel-Air is only weeks away, and Peacock just dropped a brand new teaser trailer and poster for this inventive reimagining of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It’s…
“We’re shifting the paradigm, we’re Black men, but we are human first,” Archie Green said who’s the founder of Peel Back Dem Layers, a Cleveland, Ohio, nonprofit designed to help Black male youth with their mental health. Archie, 36, says he was diagnosed with depression and uses his platform as a hip-hop artist to share…
Biden has pledged to name the first Black woman to the high court Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday. Breyer, 83, has been a pragmatic force on…
“58 percent of the individuals that we vaccinated were from minority populations, which really shows that outreach and engagement made a big difference,” says FEMA’s Deanne Criswell Free COVID-19 test kits are starting to arrive in the mail this week after people began ordering them from the government’s official website. Next up, pharmacies will began…
Boston Red Sox’s “Big Papi” was voted in on his first ballot, but Bonds and Sammy Sosa were shut out. Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz — the designated hitter and first baseman also known as “Big Papi” — has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, his very first year of eligibility. Having…
4.0 student Kenyari Sawyer has been accepted into 48 colleges and received over $600K in scholarships Kenyari Sawyer is truly #BlackGirlMagic. After applying to close to 100 schools, the Albany, Ga. native has been received over $600,000 in college scholarships. Despite being a 4.0 student at Monroe Comprehensive High School, Sawyer actually feared she wasn’t…
Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January 26, 2022 Gerren Keith Gaynor: [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture. I’m your co-host, Gerren Keith Gaynor, Managing Editor of Politics and Washington Correspondent at theGrio, [00:00:13][10.1] Shana Pinnock: [00:00:13] and I’m your co-host Shana Pinnock, social…
