He was tased in the back by an officer, “causing him to fall on the ground,” according to Georgia officials A 24-year-old Georgia man has died after being tased by police during a traffic stop. According to official reports, during the Oct. 12 incident in Augusta, Richmond County deputies reportedly found a gun and a…
Simone Biles is putting herself first, even if it means not returning to the Olympics anytime soon. “No definite answer but it is something that I have thought about,” said the Olympian while speaking with the hosts of “The Real” about her pending participation in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Tokyo, Japan – Aug. 3:…
Johnson posted his own vaccination status on social media in hopes of encouraging the vaccine-hesitant to take the jab. Magic Johnson is weighing in on the vaccine debate by calling on every NBA player to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The NBA legend believes non-vaccinated players have an obligation to their teammates to get vaccinated. “You…
Jury selection in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man killed in February 2020 after being chased down by a father-son duo and their neighbor as he ran through their Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood, is already underway and a critical mistake has already been made. A Georgia county exposed potential jurors to evidence that has been…
Minority-led tech company Electric Token partnered with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on the digital assets With the 2022 Winter Olympic Games not far from the horizon, the Jamaican bobsled team hopes to quality. To help raise funds for their bid, Electric Token, a minority-owned tech company is partnering with @NFT to create a Jamaican bobsleigh…
A majority of those deaths occurred in just two wards: Wards 7 and 8 According to health data related to the rise in COVID cases due to the Delta variant, 50 people in D.C. have died of the coronavirus since June, and 49 of them were Black. An analysis of DC Health data by DCCovid.com…
Eve discussed during an Tuesday, Oct. 19, interview with “The Breakfast Club” why she was worried about her baby when she participated in a “Verzuz” battle with Trina. “Verzuz” is a live stream music competition created by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz at the start of the global pandemic last year. Eve revealed during a recent…
EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio also talked to Allen’s mother, Carolyn Folks, who shared that as a child Allen was always “creating his own world” At the official unveiling of theGrio owner Byron Allen‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the media mogul caught up with theGrio and opened up about this triumphant moment in his long…
“Students are really suffering, it’s a totally different day and age,” one HBCU student said at a protest in Atlanta. Students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Atlanta are coming together to protest living conditions and inequities at their institutions. A collective of students, organizers and activists from Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark…
Keyshia Cole is letting out a major secret about the craziest thing she’s ever done in a relationship. The second season of BET’s “Games People Play” premiered on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and for the promo the R&B singer detailed one crazy thing that she’s done when she was in love. “I’ve literally never shared this…
