The network partnered with Mass Appeal to create original content, celebrating and leading up to the 50th anniversary of hip hop in 2023. Earlier this year, Showtime announced its collaboration with Mass Appeal to launch a massive, multi-year content initiative, Hip Hop 50, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the genre and culture. Now, viewers…
Jury selection in the trial for the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is taking longer than usual, legal experts said. More than 100 prospective jurors have been questioned in the case that has made national headlines, intensified the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 and motivated a change in Georgia law….
Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, which revealed how Facebook ignored internal warnings of the negative consequences of its algorithms Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the…
Miami-based influencer Jayne Rivera claimed her photos were “with the best intentions in a manner my father would have approved with had he still been alive.” A popular Instagram and TikTok influencer is learning a painful lesson about discernment after she was dragged all over social media this week due to a post of her…
For Steve Harris, being able to work as an actor is a win. And now the chance to work with his little brother, Wood Harris, who’s also an actor, makes for another win. Steve, the older of the two acting siblings, has been appearing on television and movie screens since the mid-’80s and has starred…
The series is in pursuit of “of discovering and cultivating the next global pop icon,” with Gibson being the main judge on the show From Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion to Lady Gaga, Laurieann Gibson knows a thing or two about cultivating pop icons. The Emmy-nominated director, choreographer & “star maker” is set to…
Source: Justin Thomas / Radio-One A hip-hop concert that was planned for November 7th at Detroit’s Masonic Temple has been canceled by promoters due to the venue’s new vaccine mandate. Promoters 2D Productions & Entertainment and Big Step Entertainment organized the show, which was supposed to feature Rakim, KRS‐One, and Slick Rick. Chubb Rock and…
“What he did was malicious,” said Washington State chapter strategist Sakara Remmu. “This sheriff was trying to get an innocent man killed.” A chapter of Black Lives Matter in Washington State is calling for the resignation of a white county sheriff who lied about a Black news carrier threatening to kill him. Lead strategist for…
David Duvall argued that employer Novant Health, in its effort to promote diversity, replaced him with a Black woman and a white woman. A Michigan man who sued his employer after alleging that he was fired because he is a white man has been awarded $10 million in a landmark judgment by a North Carolina…
Bailey said she couldn’t attend the official celebration of life because she was out of town, but she later visited the widowed reality star. Real Housewives of Atlanta alumna Cynthia Bailey is responding to comments recently made by her former co-star, NeNe Leakes, about missing the memorial service of recently deceased Gregg Leakes. Bailey told Page…
