Source: adamkaz / Getty Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that affect the body in a way that increases the chance someone will develop the disease. In Alzheimer’s disease, genetic mutations in any of three specific genes…
A viral video has social media talked after two of Beyoncé’s longtime background dancers quickly responded to a concert attendee who threw something at the 32-time Grammy Award winner at one of her Los Angeles performances during her “Renaissance World Tour.” While singing her “Drunk in Love” hit for fans at the SoFi Stadium earlier…
Gillie Da Kid recently appeared as a guest on “The Pivot Podcast” with hosts and former NFL players Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor. During the sit-down, the group had a tear-jerking conversation about Gillie’s life and how much has changed since the death of his son. Gillie Da Kid tells “The Pivot Podcast” a…
A 60-year-old Black man was hospitalized for three weeks following an arrest in Los Angeles last year when an officer punched him in the chest, leaving him with a collapsed lung. On December 19, 2022, two plainclothes LAPD officers with the Newton Area Narcotics Enforcement Detail were on 50th Street and Central Avenue to take…
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Top 20 College Athletes With The Highest NIL Valuations College athletes are making money in college sports because Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals are now a normal thing. Numerous college athletes have taken advantage of the opportunity to secure lucrative NIL deals. These athletes have leveraged their popularity, skills,…
In an exclusive interview with Atlanta Black Star, rapper and actress Kash Doll sat down with entertainment correspondent Leah Henry to discuss her nearly decade-long career in the music business and what currently brings her peace. Detroit rapper Kash Doll opens about about her city not initially embracing her. (Photo: @kashdoll/Instagram) Kash Doll was met…
LaNisha Cole and Nick Cannon have paid tribute to their daughter Onyx’s first birthday with separate posts on Instagram. The former “Deal or No Deal” model was the first to share her beautiful montage of clips on Thursday, Sept. 14. The heartfelt video documented Onyx’s transformation from a newborn to now. LaNisha Cole’s birthday tribute…
When my boyfriend and I first met, he had a list of personal questions that he asked me out the gate. At the top of the list was a question about my credit score. I embellished a tad and told him it was in the low seven hundreds when it was really in the high…
Source: BSIP / Getty I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Accountability is like kryptonite to whiteness. Think of accountability as the sun and whiteness as the vampires, scurrying to hide from its blistering brightness so they don’t get shriveled up and turned into vapor in the truth of its light. This is…
Ice Cube woke up and chose violence after X’s owner, Elon Musk, sent a random shot his way. It all started when the unorthodox billionaire posted an extremely out-of-date meme of a toddler holding up a fistful of sand next to a picture of the Marvel villain Thanos on Sept. 14. Included in the meme were the…
