Jermaine Dupri disclosed on Monday, Sept. 20, why he didn’t preview any music in an impromptu “Verzuz” battle with Diddy during an interview with V103 Atlanta. Last week, Dupri called out Diddy in a Twitter post following Fat Joe and Ja Rule’s battle at Madison Square Garden. The music producer wrote, “Somebody let @Diddy know…
Exclusive: The Public Enemy frontman speaks with theGrio about the importance of physical and mental health as he aides in a public service announcement to raise awareness on colorectal cancer. Music has always been a rallying cry for Black Americans to overcome adversity and inspire change in themselves and others in the face of turmoil…
Source: PAUL RATJE / Getty First, let’s be clear about one thing: America has never cared about the devastation Black and brown immigrants are trying desperately to escape when crossing the border. The attitude in this country has always been, “Nah, don’t come here.” Certainly, there are plenty of Americans who are empathetic and not…
Union opened up about filming “The Public” with the late actor In a recent interview promoting her new memoir, Gabrielle Union shared a story about an interaction with the late Michael K. Williams that left her “bawling”. Williams, of The Wire and Lovecraft Country, tragically passed away earlier this month, theGrio previously reported. Since his…
Waithe’s imprint will be an extension of the Hillman Grad production company she founded with Rishi Rajani “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn is a familiar name on bestseller lists, but her personal reading tastes run to books most haven’t heard about. “I start every conversation about books with ‘What’s the weirdest things you’ve read this…
Dash’s Labelle co-founder, Patti Labelle, took to Instagram with an emotional tribute to the late singer Sarah Dash, the singer known for being a co-founder of the all-female singing group Labelle, passed away at the age of 76 on Monday. Dash was born in Trenton N.J., originally forming the vocal group, The Capris. When moving…
“No matter where you go in this conversation, you’re going to come back to this: The wrong people were in the room. If the right people were in the room, this wouldn’t have happened,” said Dr. Charles Isbell, John P. Imlay Jr. professor and dean of College of Computing at Georgia Tech. This month Facebook…
Brittany Stokes of McDonough holds a sign calling for Georgia state officials to halt the scheduled execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia, on September 21, 2011. | Source: ERIK S. LESSER / Getty Tuesday marked the 10-year point since the state of Georgia executed…
Among the men scheduled to die is Julius Darius Jones, even though the parole board recommended that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison Oklahoma scheduled seven executions Monday in what would be the first lethal injections for the state since putting them on hold six years ago following a series of mishaps….
It is hard to imagine multi-hyphenate talent Nick Cannon ever has a free moment to himself between juggling hosting duties and bonding with his seven children. But, according to the “Wild ‘N Out” host, his downtime is spent simply being a father to his children ranging in age from 10 years to two months old. “When…
