When La Shawn Butler took her daughter and nearly two dozen loved ones to Lula Restaurant Distillery in New Orleans in May, all she wanted to do was celebrate her daughter’s high school graduation. Instead, Butler claims the police were called because her daughter, who graduated with honors, wore attire that was deemed inappropriate. Now…

Alvin Bragg, left, the presumptive next district attorney of Manhattan, and Eric Adams, right, the presumptive next mayor of New York City, attend a rally at National Action Network headquarters with Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday. | Source: National Action Network Come November, Black men could hold two of the most powerful positions in New…

Shonda Rhimes knowing her worth is continuing to pay off with a Netflix future that’s looking brighter than ever. The media mogul’s partnership with the streaming giant has proven so successful thus far that the network has opted to expand the breadth of work they enable Shonda to produce beyond films and television shows. Shonda…

“Thank you @BarackObama,” Jazmine Sullivan says in a tweet Jazmine Sullivan is over the moon after learning former President Barack Obama is a fan of her music.  The Philadelphia singer took to Twitter on Saturday to share her excitement that he listed her song, “Pick Up Your Feelings,” as one of the tracks on his…

“God brought you back the first time. Play if you want, different results,” Thompson says after Odom calls Kardashian a “hottie” Alleged serial cheater Tristan Thompson took aim at Khloé Kardashian’s ex-husband, Lamar Odom, after the former NBA star left a comment under a bikini picture that she shared on Instagram Friday. Odom commented on…

“In the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband with bullets,” First Lady Martine Moïse says in her first public message since the assassination Martine Moïse, the wife of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, has spoken for the first time since she was critically injured in an attack on…

Fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond says his goal was “to highlight inventions by Black people and show them in a nontraditional way” This time, the weather gods were smiling on Kerby Jean-Raymond and his label, Pyer Moss. So too were the fashion gods. Two days after torrential rains and lightning sent guests fleeing for cover and…

A victory in November would make India Walton, a self-described democratic socialist, mayor of New York state’s second-largest city and the first woman to be in the role If a majority of voters, along with the four-term incumbent, mostly ignored political newcomer India Walton’s campaign for mayor during the Democratic primary, they’re paying attention now….