Bubba Wallace extended the history of African-Americans in the sport of auto racing Monday, and it only took 143 career starts. The driver of Jordan’s 23XI Racing car, his “Airness” Michael Jordan’s team, won his first career race on Monday by capturing the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. NEWS: @BubbaWallace‘s No. 23 car clears post-race inspection…
In the last two decades. the prolific film executive has his hands in the creation of many Black-led films Black Hollywood royalty Will Packer is on deck to produce the 94th Oscars, Academy President David Rubin announced Tuesday. It’s the first time the Emmy-nominated Packer, perhaps best known as producer of the uber-popular 2017 raunchfest…
An academic course covering Drake and The Weeknd, two of the biggest acts to ever come out of Canada, will soon be available to students at Toronto’s X University soon-to-be- renamed Ryerson University’s The Creative School. Starting in the winter semester, the institution will offer a class called “Deconstructing Drake & The Weeknd,” the university…
Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Closer”, premiered on the streamer Tuesday. Dave Chappelle is facing some heat. The comic legend is being called out for recent jokes from his latest Netflix special, The Closer, in which he quips about DaBaby‘s homophobia, trans lives and the LGBTQIA+ community at large. As theGrio previously reported, Dave Chappelle’s…
OPINION: Sophia Nelson writes that the real tragedy in the fall of Carlos Watson’s OZY fallout due to alleged shady practices will impact Black entrepreneurs’ ability to get investment and support. The demise of Black-owned OZY Media and the subsequent scandal surrounding OZY Media founder Carlos Watson, a Black man, who had successfully built the…
The trailer offers a preview of candid discussions with stars including Megan Thee Stallion. Taraji P. Henson is returning to Facebook Watch this month with another season of her Emmy-nominated series, Peace of Mind with Taraji. The 10-episode season will premiere October 11 at 12 p.m. EST, with new episodes dropping weekly, PEOPLE reports. On…
Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi has battled a challenging immigrant experience on his way to becoming one of chess’ best young players. Black people eventually come for every sport in which we’re not traditionally known to engage. Now you can add chess to that list. At just 11-years-old, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi is on deck to become the…
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-award-winning journalist Tamron Hall breaks her silence with TheGrio on allegations surrounding her talk show and her new novel highlighting the plight of missing Black women and girls. Tamron Hall launched her eponymous talk show to be an authentic space that fostered very real conversations between the veteran journalist, her guests and the audience…
A year after cutting ties with We TV Network, Tamar Braxton hints at the possibility of the return of her family’s show “Braxton Family Values.” Over the weekend of Oct. 2-3, Braxton performed in Nashville for the 8th Annual Old School BBQ Festival. In between one of her performances, the “Hot Sugar” singer began talking…
Collette Hurd has been staying in ICU at a Chicago hospital awaiting a double-lung and kidney transplant. A Chicago woman awaiting a kidney transplant received the surprise of a lifetime recently when her husband and hospital nursing staff helped orchestrate her 20th wedding anniversary gift. Collette Hurd, 57, renewed her vows while staying at Northwestern…
