Source: NewsOne composite Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appealed her 2019 conviction in the murder of Botham Jean on Tuesday. Local news reported that her defense team planned to argue that the convicted murderer who shot and killed the 26-year-old unarmed Black man inside his own apartment should have been charged with criminally negligent…
Soulja Boy (also nicknamed Big Draco) addressed his hater who heavily criticized the rapper’s newly released TRDR pocket game console on April 26 while livestreaming on Twitch. Soulja, who refused to reveal the identity of the person who called him an “idiot,” said on mark 8:06, “You’re not gonna like every product of course, but…
The FBI has opened a federal investigation into the shooting a Black man who died in a hail of police bullets last week. Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was killed Wednesday, April 21, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies descended on his home to serve arrest and search warrants. Brown was wanted on…
Movie producer Will Packer is clear on two key components of his success: how to entertain his audience and why depicting the traumas of Black people will not be part of his projects moving forward. In 2016 Packer helped America revisit its painful history of slavery by remaking the miniseries “Roots.” Packer’s take on the…
Opinion: Black Americans reported an increase in “poor mental health days” during weeks where more than one deadly racial incident was in the news The constant media coverage and real-time dissemination of footage on social media of unarmed African Americans harmed or killed by the police has left many Americans, especially Black and Brown folks,…
“The design of the collection is inspired by elements of the ocean.” Kerry Washington is celebrating Mother’s Day with a new jewelry collection via Aurate x Kerry, and each piece is designed in 100 percent recycled gold. Washington’s “Birth Of Mother” collection symbolizes “the essence of motherhood” and elements of the ocean. The actress announced her…
“Your wings were ready but my heart wasn’t.” Days after Scottie Pippen’s son Antron was laid to rest, his mother Karen Pippen, paid tribute to him on social media, noting in an Instagram post that it was “a pleasure and honor” to be his mother. Antron Pippen died on April 18 at age 33. He…
Jacob Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake was arrested on Sunday evening after protesting the Kenosha Police Department’s decision to keep officer Rusten Sheskey on the force. Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake who was shot and paralyzed by a Kenosha police officer last summer was arrested during a protest on Sunday. Justin Blake and two other…
James Rhodes was charged with aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation A racist Ohio man has been arrested after being captured on video threatening a Black woman working for Door Dash. James Rhodes was charged with aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation after he told the motorist he had an AK-47 in his car and that he’d…
The Read podcast kicked off in 2013 and is known for its hilarious commentary on popular culture The hosts of The Read are teaming up with Issa Rae. The funny podcast hosts, Crissle and Kid Fury are teaming up with Raedio to produce an original comedy album, per Paper Magazine. “I have been a fan…
