Tennis phenom Naomi Osaka is expanding her influential imprint in the world of sports. According to NPR, the four-time Grand Slam singles champion is launching her own sports agency. After six years with IMG, tennis star Naomi Osaka is starting her own sports agency. Osaka is partnering with her agent, Stuart Duguid, in the venture,…
Singer LeToya Luckett shared a video on Instagram discussing her weight-loss goals and was interrupted by her 3-year-old daughter, Gianna. The adorable little girl wanted to show her mom that her swimsuit matched her tennis shoes. “Okay, Y’all. I’m letting you into the closet today,” began the “Torn” singer before noticing Gianna standing in the…
Keyshia Ka’oir and Radric “Gucci Mane” Davis recently celebrated half a decade of marriage together the best way they know how: a luxurious getaway trip to Jamaica. Ka’oir and Davis, who have been together since 2010, got married on May 14, 2017. Despite the elopement, Ka’oir and Davis would ultimately showcase their million-dollar wedding in a BET special titled…
A poignant piece of literature penned by the late legendary writer Toni Morrison is being adapted for the small screen. According to Deadline, the novel Sula will serve as inspiration for a new HBO series. EXCLUSIVE: HBO is developing ‘Sula,’ a limited series based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize winner Toni…
Source: John Normile / Getty Saturday’s massacre of ten people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo is not an anomaly. The rhetoric and hate that informed the murderous rage of 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is not an anomaly. Gendron is the product of generations of hate and fear. He is the product…
A Navy warship was commissioned carrying the name Frank E. Petersen Jr., the Marine Corps’ first Black aviator. The legacy of a trailblazing Black military aviator was immortalized on Saturday as a Navy warship bearing his name was commissioned into the fleet before an audience of nearly 2,000 people at the Port of Charleston in…
Nadia James graduated Saturday from the New Orleans-based historically Black college. A single mom who worked a full-time job while studying nights and weekends and raising her daughter is one of four students at Dillard University to be named valedictorian. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported that Nadia James earned a 4.0 GPA…
A Black Virginia family is desperately fighting for justice after they say their teenage son was a victim of a racist hate crime. For nearly two years, the Chambers family’s fight for justice hasn’t been easy, as the family claims authorities are doing more to cover up what happened and protect the white teenagers who…
The model and entrepreneur opened up about limiting her food intake to 1,2000 calories a day, sparking debates on social media. Lori Harvey’s ab-baring black gown look at the 2022 Met Gala sparked discussion about her toned figure, the secret to which received positive and negative reactions after the model shared her weight loss routine….
UPDATED: 4:15 p.m. ET, May 15, 2022 Originally published: June 18, 2019 Only in America can police respond to separate calls for similar incidents and have two drastically different results depending on the race of the suspect. That truth was impossible to ignore on Saturday when 18-year-old Payton Gendron drove four hours to a supermarket…
