“Comedians have a responsibility to speak recklessly,” Chappelle says in the teaser. Netflix has dropped the teaser trailer for Dave Chappelle’s sixth and final stand-up special, The Closer. The special follows The Age of Spin, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Equanimity, The Bird Revelation, and Sticks & Stones — and arrives on Oct. 5th,…
The fire started where a Black Lives Matter sign hung and was removed Police believe a fire that damaged a Portland church early Sunday morning might be racially motivated arson. The fire at Portland New Church in Portland, Maine appeared to be set in the same area where a Black Lives Matter sign was posted,…
The NBA superstar admitted this week he took the jab but the ESPN personality says he waited too long to reveal the news ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is calling out LeBron James for staying quiet for too long about his COVID vaccination status. As previously reported by theGRIO, the NBA superstar admitted this week he…
R. Kelly’s former protege, singer Sparkle, has broken her silence on the guilty verdict in the singer’s sex trafficking trial, which began in August. Guilty is the verdict Sparkle has longed to hear for the past 20 years, after decades of working to convince the world Kelly abused her teenage niece. Sparkle tells The Cut…
“We go through a lot. We go through some generations,” said star Yvonne Orji. HBO has dropped the trailer for the fifth and final season of Issa Rae’s Emmy-winning series Insecure, set to air Oct. 24. The trailer opens with Rae chatting with a younger version of herself in the mirror, before several scenes of…
Elliott says the ‘Turn my music up’ dialogue on the song was recorded by mistake but she decided to keep it for the final edit. Missy Elliott is one of the most prolific writers producers, and artists of the past decade. More specifically, she’s lauded as one of two super producers who helped shape Aaliyah’s…
The animated film stars John Leguizamo and a full cast of Latinx voice actors Walt Disney Animation Studios released the trailer for the upcoming Latinx-led film Encanto on Wednesday. Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals, a family imbued with magical gifts who live in the titular enchanted place in the mountains of Colombia. Each…
The rapper settled his case with the mother of his three children Rapper Rick Ross has settled his child support case with Briana Singleton, the mother of three of his children, to the tune of $11K in monthly child support payments. The settlement ends a nearly year-long court battle over support for their three children:…
A New York white woman is out of a job and has since apologized after she was accused of telling a prominent Black author and his fiancée to stay in their hood while they were out walking their dog in a now viral clip. Frederick Joseph took to his Twitter page on Saturday, Sept. 25,…
Naomi Osaka‘s indefinite tennis hiatus may end up being over sooner than expected because the athlete is already starting to miss the sport. Following a surprising loss to Leylah Fernandez during the third round of the U.S. Open earlier this month, Osaka, 23, told the press that she would be taking a break from competing in…
