Dancehall star Spice’s recent appearance on “The Breakfast Club” sparked an online debate over the weekend surrounding hip hop’s true origins stating that it has roots in Jamaica. It’s long been documented that the popular genre was invented in the Bronx in the 1970s by Jamaican-born artist DJ Kool Herc. The now 66-year-old, whose real…
Stephens eliminated two-time champion and 10th-seeded Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 Wimbledon returned Monday after being called off in 2020 because of the pandemic, and so much felt rather familiar at the All England Club, from the rain that disrupted the schedule to the victory for Novak Djokovic. Much like the delays to competition around the…
It looks like Rihanna is severing a tie to one ex in particular. The “Love on the Brain” singer has officially decided to cover up her old matching shark tattoo that she got with her former rumored ex-boo Drake. Hers was placed on her left ankle, and his was positioned on his right arm. (L-R):…
The 12-man list includes Kevin Love, Kevin Durant, Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard and Draymond Green Experience mattered to USA Basketball when putting together a roster for the Tokyo Olympics. The Americans formally revealed their roster Monday, one that will be third-oldest U.S. men’s team in Olympic history for the Tokyo Games. The 12-man list includes…
Gwen Levi is one of many federal prisoners sent to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic A 76-year-old woman is being sent back to prison after reportedly missing a phone call from officials charged with supervising her while she was taking a computer word-processing course in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. According to a report from The Washington…
A Saturday shooting that claimed the lives of two Black victims, an Air Force veteran and a retired State Police trooper in Winthrop, Massachusetts, is being investigated as a hate crime, according to The Boston Globe. 28-year-old Nathan Allen fatally shot Ramona Cooper, 60, a staff sergeant in the Air Force, and David L. Green,…
The new logo debuted just in time for Sunday night’s BET Awards and represents “a pivotal shift” for the 40-year-old brand BET has gotten a facelift. The esteemed network debuted its brand new logo ahead of Sunday night’s BET Awards, marking the first branding change for the network since 2005. The new logo helps usher the…
A woman died, and four men and a teenager were wounded, when an SUV drove by as they stood outside in the South Shore area Two separate shootings left two people dead and at least 15 wounded in Chicago, police said Monday, as the city that this month recorded its 300th homicide for the year…
Over two dissenting votes, the justices left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. Over two dissenting votes, the justices left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional. The case involved former high school…
The mayor of Montreal and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec are both calling for an investigation and seeking answers after footage showed a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a 14-year-old Black boy. The video is about a minute-and-a-half long and was obtained by Radio-Canada. According to CBC, the footage was…
