Since the announcement of Cain Velasquez’s attempted murder charge in Santa Clara County, California, fighters have begun showing support for him. The former UFC heavyweight champion currently faces ten criminal charges, of which felony attempted murder is the most astonishing. According to reports, 43-year-old Harry Goularte is alleged by law enforcement to have “inappropriately touched” a member…

The restaurant, nestled on the lower level of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, hosted a chef’s residency program throughout February The sizzling and spattering of hot oil could be heard from the other side of the kitchen as chef Jaycee Couch laid silver-hued mackerels on a cooking range one by…

OPINION: In addition to increased prices at the gas pump and the dinner table, we should be prepared that Putin may once again try to exploit U.S. racial divisions in the upcoming elections like he did in 2016 and 2020. Make no mistake: The world changed on Feb. 24. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the world…

The four-day entertainment festival kicks off with a show from comedian Kevin Hart on Thursday and ends with New Edition. After two years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Essence Festival is returning to New Orleans this summer with in-person events.  The four-day entertainment festival will kick off with a performance from comedian…

EXCLUSIVE: “I didn’t realize it until I got the nomination and so many people were texting me and they were saying, ‘This feels like us,’” Ellis says Black excellence shined bright at the 13th annual African American Film Critics Awards on Wednesday where some of Hollywood’s biggest talent took home prizes. Aunjanue Ellis was one…

Karl-Anthony Towns had fans gushing over his relationship with Jordyn Woods on March 3, after the Minnesota Timberwolves center revealed a kind act by Woods while Towns is away working. Towns and Woods began dating in 2020, and became Instagram official in September of that year after the model shared a photo of the pair…

Source: SOPA Images / Getty On April 12, last year, 27-year-old Black man Miles Jackson was shot and killed by police officers in a Columbus, Ohio, emergency room. Jackson allegedly had a gun tucked into his sweatpants and the gun reportedly went off, which doesn’t mean he opened fire in the ER, it just means…

“I’ve loved working with Boz and have been inspired by her creativity and energy,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a statement. Netflix’s Bozoma Saint John is exiting the streaming company after serving as chief marketing officer for nearly two years.  Marian Lee, who joined the company last year as VP of marketing for the…

After bravely sharing her personal experience with self-harming, T.I. is reminding his daughter Deyjah Harris that there isn’t anything “ever too big or small” to approach her father with and that she is fully supported during this journey.  As previously reported, Deyjah, whom T.I. and singer Ms. Niko welcomed in June 2001, shared a photo…