Fat Joe might have been the man of hour during his birthday party this past weekend, but Ashanti stole the show after arriving in a racy black and blue cut-out mini-dress. Fat Joe, who was born on Aug. 19, commemorated the special day the following night. The rapper took to Instagram Live on Aug. 21…
“One year ago today, Jacob Blake’s life was forever changed,” Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers noted early Monday. Several dozen people gathered for a rally in Civic Center Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the shooting of Jacob Blake by a white police officer. Blake was shot seven times on…
Comedian Marlon Wayans has yet to settle down with his dream woman, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. “Yeah, I probably got one in me. Just one,” said Wayans in an August interview while opening up about portraying Aretha Franklin’s first husband, Ted White, in the movie “Respect.” Wayans, 49, has been in the…
Hairstyles can oftentimes be the ultimate form of personal expression, especially during those formative years of adolescence into early puberty. Many Black boys and girls, unfortunately, don’t know what that freedom feels like when they go to school since many institutions have rules in place that determine what’s considered to be an “appropriate hairstyle.” Thankfully,…
Teigen, a model and cookbook author, reminisced on the New York nights she and her husband shared when they first met Chrissy Teigen is no stranger to controversy and now the cookbook author is coming clean about being a “functioning alcoholic” in the early days of her relationship with now-husband John Legend. (Photo by Frazer…
This month, a Detroit native became the first Black woman to have a supplement line at The Vitamin Shoppe. Samia Gore, 40, launched her wellness plant-based brand Body Complete RX, in 2014. As of Aug. 1, her TRIM line, which features metabolism and energy drops, as well as supplement capsules, is available at 700 Vitamin Shoppes around…
A makeshift memorial has been erected at the playground where Simone-Monea Rogers was shot a block from her home. A teenage girl was shot and killed on a Philadelphia playground just one week after her 15th birthday. Simone-Monea Rogers was playing basketball with her brother and two friends at the Jerome Brown Playground in Philly’s…
Source: David S. Holloway / Getty The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced Friday that a Marion man will be spending the next 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to burning a cross in the front yard of a Black family’s home the day after a civil rights…
In the “ABOUT LOVE” campaign, Beyoncé models the iconic Tiffany Yellow Diamond, only the fourth person to wear it. The Carters broke the internet again late Sunday night when new photos from their 2021 “ABOUT LOVE” campaign for Tiffany & Co were released. The new photos show the power couple in several poses. In one,…
Everything that glitters ain’t gold. Just a few days ago, Tyrese Gibson was on his Instagram page showing himself a little self-love by saying how he’s grown to love his dark complexion. Now Gibson is back on the social media site, and keeping it real with fans about the “issues” that come with having a…
