The power duo are using their respective platforms to encourage ownership This week it’s been announced that Jay-Z and Will Smith are both backing a startup that aims to help low-income renters finally make their dreams of homeownership a reality. According to Bloomberg, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Smith’s Dreamers VC recently invested in Landis Technologies, which…

Actor Denzel Washington continues to make good on a promise to Wiley College, a Historically Black College and University in Marshall, Texas. Wiley College’s prominent debate team recently received the next installment of a $1 million promise the veteran actor made to the team more than a decade ago.  HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 06: Denzel Washington attends…

Two Texas teens who were targeted by a school district for refusing to cut their locs have gained the support of the U.S. Department of Justice in their ongoing legal battle. At the start of 2019-2020 school year, De’Andre Arnold and Kaden Bradford were both students in the Barbers Hill Independent School District when they were told…

T.I. recently defended the embattled rapper over his homophobic comments on an Instagram post The fallout from DaBaby‘s Rolling Loud performance continues to make headlines. In a recent video on social media, T.I. continued to defend DaBaby, shifting the blame onto the LGBTQ+ community and accusing them of “bullying.” As TheGrio previously reported, it’s been…

U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is not competing in the Tokyo Games, but she is keeping her name on the minds of supporters and critics. As the track and field races got underway on July 30 — although it was already the second day of races and July 31 in Japan — Richardson had one question:…

Former officer Joseph Mensah has been accused of “homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon.” A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that a police officer’s fatal shooting of Jay Anderson Jr. in 2016 deserves a second look.  Anderson, 25, was asleep in his parked car in Milwaukee when former officer Joseph Mensah spotted the…

“They took something from this family and have offered them nothing,” an attorney representing the family said. The family of Henrietta Lacks has hired famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump to pursue justice over the longtime unauthorized use of her cells for medical research. As previously reported by theGRIO, Lacks, a descendant of slaves, was…

OPINION: Black people cannot save a party unwilling to use the power Black people gave them in the first place. President Joe Biden and the Democrats are in power, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress thanks to Black voters. Meanwhile, the Dems are having a debate among themselves over whether…