Black businesses are three times more likely to be turned down for bank loans than White businesses, according to the Minority Business Development Agency. Because of this, one in four Black-owned firms forgo applying for credit, with 56 percent of those firms saying that they did not want to accrue debt and 60 percent saying…
Swizz Beatz presented his longtime manager and business partner with an extremely generous birthday gift when he wasn’t able to attend the celebration. Monique Blake, general manager of Swizz Beatz Productions, has worked with the hit-making producer for over 15 years, and the “Verzuz” co-creator showed his appreciation by sending a bracelet iced out with…
Abloh passed away on Sunday from a rare form of cancer Virgil Abloh, celebrated fashion designer and founder of the popular street wear label, Off White, has passed away according to a post on his Instagram page. According to the post, Abloh had been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer for the past…
“It’s really too early to say,” Fauci says on ABC News on Sunday when discussing the omicron mutation White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t ruling out the possibility that the CDC could recommend that non-essential businesses nationwide shut down once again to stem the spread of a new variant of COVID-19 that’s…
Phaedra Parks seems to have undergone a radical transformation since her days on reality TV. Now sporting a blond wig, a newly cinched waist, a smaller derriere, and a noticeably lighter complexion, many are wondering if the woman in these new pictures is the same lady that they fell in love with on “The Real…
New York State Supreme Court Justice Gordon Cuffy on Nov. 22 vacated the rape conviction that kept Anthony Broadwater behind bars for 16 years. Broadwater was convicted in 1982 of the rape of author Alice Sebold. Sebold, author of the book “The Lovely Bones,” wrote about the rape in her 1999 memoir “Lucky.” New York…
Alabama attorney general says city must pay $25,000 fine for renaming Jeff Davis Avenue after Fred Gray, a civil rights lawyer who represented Rosa Parks Alabama’s capital city last month removed the Confederate president’s name from an avenue and renamed it after a lawyer known for his work during the civil rights movement. Now the…
“King Richard stole my heart,” Hubert says in a tweet, revealing it was the first film she saw starring the Fresh Prince Former Will Smith critic Janet Hubert appears to be a huge fan of the A-list actor’s critically acclaimed new film King Richard. Appearing in a video clip shared on her social media platforms…
A 10-year-old child is among the shooting victims at The Streets at Southpoint shopping center Three people were shot and wounded Friday during an apparent fight between two groups at a North Carolina mall crowded with shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving, the police chief said. Authorities said in the late afternoon that one person…
No arrests had been reported related to shooting the Tacoma Mall near Seattle Police in Washington state on Saturday were investigating a shooting at a shopping mall that left one person seriously wounded and sent hundreds of Black Friday shoppers fleeing for exits or hiding in stores. As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been…
