British star Steve Toussaint’s casting in HBO’s highly anticipated medieval fantasy television series “House of the Dragon” has ruffled the feathers of some viewers of shows based on the popular “A Song of Ice and Fire” novel series by author George R. R. Martin. In a new interview with Men’s Health, Toussaint, who is Black…
Keshia Knight Pulliam had fans wondering what attire she had on behind the camera after seeing her husband, Brad James, react to her telling him to “come inside, take a shower, and cool off.” The 43-year-old actress uploaded a video onto Instagram that shows her trying to convince her husband of nearly one year to…
A federal court is overturning the death sentence of an Ohio Black man after a new lens on his case determined the prosecutor’s expert witness may have improperly influenced the jury with his testimony. The clinical psychologist said men of African descent were inherently more likely to commit violence than males of different races with…
Source: picture alliance / Getty Apparently, watering flowers while Black has been added to the ever-growing list of things a melanated person just can’t do without looking suspicious to someone. In Childersburg, Alabama, a Black pastor was arrested in May while watering his neighbor’s flowers at the request of the neighbor, who was out of…
Rapper Busta Rhymes shut his concert in Cincinnati all the way down after a fan decided to “grab him up.” The American rapper was in the middle of performing his 2006 hit “Touch It” when a woman in the crowd reached out her hand and did just that. The woman is seen going toward Busta…
Black residents of a barrier island near Savannah are claiming victory after winning a racial discrimination lawsuit that would allow them to secure land and have a better quality of life in the community their enslaved ancestors built. The Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island was a settlement town for the Geechee people, who were trafficked…
Source: Victoria McGraw ( @victoriasaidit ) / Radio One Digital Irv Gotti just can’t stop talking about Ashanti and his stories haven’t been sitting well with Black Twitter. In Episode three of The Murder Inc. Story docuseries, which aired on BET on Aug. 23, Irv Gotti recounts the moment he allegedly made a move on…
Source: Mattel / Mattel Barbie recognizes entrepreneur, philanthropist, and first documented self-made female millionaire Madam C.J. Walker with a Barbie doll in her likeness. MORE: Eleven Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Madam C.J. Walker Madam C.J. Walker is a pioneer in the beauty industry. The Louisiana native worked her way up from a washerwoman…
The cultural impact of the sitcom “Living Single” continues to be unmatched nearly three decades after the show first premiered on Fox. Actor TC Carson, who played Kyle Barker, was swept up in the throes of nostalgia on Aug. 22 as he acknowledged the 29th anniversary of the show’s debut. The show ran for five…
A year after the record-breaking “Verzuz” match, The Lox rapper Styles P is calling for the hip-hop community to boycott Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s platform. In August 2021, The Lox went hit for hit against Dipset in front of a large audience at Madison Square Garden in New York City. On Thursday, Aug. 18, TMZ asked…
