OPINION: Even the best kids can do boneheaded things. Thank God for grace and mercy. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I remember this one particular day at Morehouse College when I was a freshman. I was in my biology…
Source: Hartford Courant / Getty It’s no secret that cannabis and the Black community have a complicated history. Historically, the social stigmas and legal parameters surrounding cannabis have led to so much anguish for Black people. And now that both these obstacles are starting to subside, Black people are finding themselves getting phased out of…
Source: Peter Dazeley / Getty Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, Fox News is trying to stoke fear of Black crime. “Crime wave” fear on its own hasn’t quite had the desired impact. So, why not amplify a ridiculous claim that a spike in 2020 murder rates resulted from “Defund the Police” protests. The thing…
A pairing everyone needed. Ashanti and Mýa recently caused a commotion among fans after images and videos of the singers made it rounds online. The reason behind the shock waves was because of the many similarities both artists share. The similarities ranged from Ashanti and Mýa’s success in the music industry in the early 2000s…
“Rappa Ternt Singer” T-Pain has a bone to pick with music lovers in Dallas, Texas. In a TikTok video, the Florida native called out Dallas city locals for the low ticket sales for his upcoming “The Road to Wiscansin Tour” stop next month. T-Pain appeared in the video over a spreadsheet that revealed the percentages…
McDonald was armed with a knife but stood several feet away when former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot him repeatedly more than seven years ago Federal authorities will not criminally charge former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald, and the victim’s family reportedly supports the decision. …
The ‘NY State of Mind Tour’ launches on Aug. 30 and will make a 25-city stop. Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan are embarking on a co-headlining tour. The hip-hop legends announced the NY State of Mind Tour will begin this summer. The 25-city trek will start on Aug. 30 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the…
The exhibit, ‘And the Beat Don’t Stop: 50 Years of Hip-Hop,’ is free to the public at Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. An Arkansas cultural center is celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special pop-up exhibition featuring artwork and artifacts commemorating the culture. Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is hosting…
A former Oklahoma jail supervisor is now facing prison time after a federal jury convicted him of excessive force and deliberately putting two inmates in harm’s way. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Matthew Ware, 53, deprived three pretrial detainees at the Kay County Detention Center in rural Newkirk, Oklahoma, near the Kansas border…
Saying farewell to “Black-ish” was bittersweet for Anthony Anderson. For eight seasons Anderson and cast tackled social issues and everyday experiences as the fictional Johnson family living in a Southern California suburb. It was a show — highlighting a successful Black family —that he and co-creator, Kenya Barris, said was missing from the landscape of…
