Source: Kevin Samuels/Facebook / Kevin Samuels/Facebook A cause of death for Kevin Samuels was released Monday. According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, the controversial YouTube personality died due to hypertension, which is another name for high blood pressure. Medical examiner notes also revealed Samuels was taking a medication to treat hypertension called Atenolol. “Evidence…
Fans and parents are outraged after a viral video of two Black girls at a Sesame Street theme park began trending online. In the short clip, the girls walked up to the show’s muppet character, Rosita, during the Sesame Street parade at Sesame Place theme park in Philadelphia. Singer and actress Kelly Rowland and thousands…
The Oxford University Press will publish an African-American English dictionary to highlight enslaved Africans’ contributions to the English language. A dictionary of African-American English that will shine a light on the history, meaning and significance of African-American language is set to be released in 2025, by Oxford University Press. The Oxford Dictionary of African American…
Behind the scenes at Sesame Place, Elmo and Rosita get a lift to the nighttime parade on Aug.4, 2011, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of The Masked Racist, Sesame Place Philadelphia, a theme park based on the show Sesame Street has come under fire after a viral…
Kenya Moore isn’t the only reality star Peter Thomas, a former husband on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” has had some things to say about lately. During a recent interview, Thomas revealed his longtime dislike for former castmate Phaedra Parks. In an interview with producer Carlos King for his podcast “Reality with the King,” the…
A Black police officer who once sued the Boston Police Department after his peers on the force assaulted him will now lead the force that he filed a civil rights lawsuit against. Community leaders and other agents of law enforcement celebrate his new position, calling him “a man of high honor and integrity.” With a…
Europe was not ready for the Mowry-Hardrict family to take over the streets of France for Tia Mowry‘s birthday. The TV personality celebrated her 44th birthday earlier this month with a family vacation including her husband Cory Hardrict, their son, Cree, 11, and daughter, Cairo, 4. On Tuesday, July 14, Mowry shared another viral Instagram…
The comedy world is mourning the loss of stand-up comedian, writer, and actor Jak Knight. The star, who’s worked on several hit television shows, including “black-ish” and Netflix’s “Bad Mouth,” died Thursday night in Los Angeles. He was 28 years old. The cause of death has not yet been revealed. A representative for Knight confirmed…
An MTA bus stops near the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and Atlantic Avenue intersection along the Long Island College Hospital campus on June 19, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. | Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty In a twist, an unabashed supporter of former President Donald Trump was recently on the receiving end of…
The mother of a security guard mistakenly killed by a police officer while detaining a suspected shooter said $7.5 million will not compensate her family for his wrongful death. Beatrice Roberson said she wants the officer who pulled the trigger on her son, Jemel Roberson, while he was doing his job at a bar in…
