Source: Twitter / Twitter State Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden has been chosen by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. Bolden will be the first Black woman to serve on the state’s high court. She will replace Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, who announced in September her plans to step down…
“His No. 1 goal for all of this is ultimately get into college for a good education, he rarely talks about the NFL, we rarely talk about the NFL,” said Shaun Powell Sr., who’s desperately advocating on behalf of his son to play high school football. Throughout the 2022 football season, Shaun Powell Sr. and…
Source: screenshot / facebook The family of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks—who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer in June 2020, just weeks after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis—are finally set to receive at least a sliver of justice, albeit not the kind of justice that holds the cop who killed him…
Ja Rule has moved on from the headlines about the failed Fyre Festival. The 2017 Caribbean music festival that promised big acts and luxury accommodations became the biggest musical fete that never was. The event was co-founded by Billy McFarland and the Murder Inc. Records juggernaut. It was used as a big-ticket occasion to help…
Source: Sean Gardner / Getty The investigation continues into the police-involved shooting of 45-year-old Derrick Kittling, the brother of Louisiana State Police Lt. Colonel Kenny VanBuren who was shot in the head and killed by a Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputy in Alexandria, Louisiana. According to the Alexandria Town Talk, the deputy involved in the shooting…
Rapper and former talk show host Eve did a photo dump and showed the world her curly-haired baby boy with entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper. The cutie pie’s name is Wilde Wolf Alexander Somers Cooper and though is not quite a year old yet, his mom is already exposing him to all kinds of experiences. Monday, Nov. 21, the…
Source: Panuwat Dangsungnoen / Getty With the suicide rate rising both in Hollywood and the real world alike, we’ve put together a list of tips that we hope can help guide you through suicide prevention. If you can help guide a single loved one out of the darkness, you’ve made the world a better…
Takeoff performs onstage in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2022. He was killed less than a month later. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the popular rap trio Migos, to the ever-growing list of rappers, recent and past, tragically and violently killed. The initial reaction to the Nov. 1, 2022, shooting…
A Black Virginia church mother who served her congregation faithfully for 25 years was fatally mauled by a pit bull mix dog while taking her daily morning stroll. Calls have been made by the community to politicians to create additional laws that will prevent tragic animal-related injuries or deaths from happening. 88-year-old Evangeline Brooks was…
Kanye West is having a sale! The rapper recently announced one of many updates, including plans to sell hundreds of clothing items he designed with and for former collaborators Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga below-selling prices after the three companies and many more major corporations, including J.P. Morgan, recently cut ties with the Grammy Award-winning emcee….
