The award was announced shortly before the Raptors hosted Philadelphia in Game 4 of their first-round series. Toronto forward Scottie Barnes was voted NBA Rookie of the Year on Saturday, edging Cleveland’s Evan Mobley in a close vote. Barnes got 48 first-place votes and 378 points from a global panel of 100 sports writers and…
Detectives seized 92.5 pounds (42 kilograms) of illicit fentanyl and arrested one suspect. Authorities near San Francisco say they seized nearly 100 pounds of illicit fentanyl worth over $4 million, blocking it from being sold on streets across the Bay Area. “This is a glimpse of the fentanyl epidemic,” the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said…
Jill Scott appears not to be fond of being compared to Lizzo. On April 21, the 50-year-old put an immediate end to Twitter user @CharriseJLane’s comparison tweet before she found herself in unwanted controversy. The post pitted Jill and Lizzo against each other regarding the “level of class” each woman has. Jill Scott (left) tells…
Box office titan Will Smith has emerged in public for the first time since the Oscars, spotted in a far and exotic land. Photographs and some video footage have surfaced of the West Philadelphia native at an airport almost 10,000 miles away from his Calabasas, California, home. According to the Economic Times (India Edition), Smith,…
Federal agents have charged a white Wisconsin man with a series of hate crimes. He’s alleged to have violated the civil rights of several Black and brown people to get them to move out of his neighborhood. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has filed a criminal complaint against William McDonald…
Legendary rapper and producer Method Man is empowering creatives within music to have complete ownership of their intellectual property. The New York-bred Wu-Tang Clan luminary—whose real name is Clifford Smith Jr.—has joined forces with the company Intercept Music to equip independent artists and labels with the tools needed to thrive in the industry. After creating…
The state banned 41% of textbooks reviewed for student use due to their inclusion of critical race theory (CRT) and other educational frameworks on which Gov. Ron DeSantis is cracking down. The Florida Department of Education received a surge of demands from media outlets and the public, seeking explanation for its decision to reject more…
Source: Catherine McQueen / Getty The criminal punishment system is killing my community and taking my son with it. Recent Fox News headlines assert that liberation work is harmful to Black people. The coverage feeds into an old racist trope that Black people are incapable of knowing how to care for themselves and that we…
Retired NFL running back Marshawn Lynch is taking his love for sports from the football field to the front office. According to Bleacher Report, the Oakland native became part-owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken team. Macklemore and Marshawn Lynch are the newest minority owners of the Seattle Kraken. More: https://t.co/jlqwb2H5od pic.twitter.com/rViIcvTKEn — ESPN (@espn) April…
Black founders throughout the country are using entrepreneurship and ownership to reclaim their communities in the face of gentrification. According to the Miami Herald, NBA player Udonis Haslem has teamed up with the cryptocurrency company FTX to provide small BIPOC and women-owned businesses in his hometown with funding. Heat’s Udonis Haslem and FTX giving $100,000…
