A Black-owned digital platform designed to educate and empower innovators has received a major boost in venture capital funding. According to Afrotech, BeGreatTV has closed its seed investment round with support from an array of VC firms and celebrities. They’re ready! https://t.co/7L3hgZTyql — AfroTech (@AfroTech) February 17, 2021 The platform—which is slated to launch in…
Actress and comedienne Kym Whitley is getting candid about her former romance with the late R&B singer Gerald Levert. As quiet as it’s been kept, Kym and Gerald were more than just a celebrity couple fling. During the Valentine’s Day taping of her “Two Funny Mamas” podcast with friend, comedienne, and co-host Sherri Shepherd, the actress spoke…
Songstress Jennifer Hudson is putting the focus on empowering Black women entrepreneurs. The Chicago native has teamed up with Mastercard for the creation of a platform designed to provide resources and support for African American women business owners. The effort—dubbed the Strivers Initiative—is a consumer-centered platform created to amplify the voices of Black women founders…
The winter blues are very real for people across the country, but none quite like those who are enduring the aftermath of storm Uri, which left much of Texas in the dark and under freezing temperatures. While the cold, snowy and wet reality is hard to escape for some, actress Jada Pinkett Smith offered up…
‘I had nothing but positive things to say during that time, but that was before the promises were broken,’ one student in the Google program Some Black college students from Google’s 2017 Howard West program have criticized the company for broken promises, culture clashes, and disorganization, according to NBC. The students shared that they experienced…
‘Thank you for sharing your talent,’ Jackson told the gymnast. UCLA gymnast Margzetta Frazier’s floor routine to songs “If” and “Nasty” by Janet Jackson went viral. The performance earned her a score of 9.925 in the competition and also caught the attention of the music icon who tweeted, “#iLuvIT @IAmMargzetta!!!” #iLuvIT @IAmMargzetta!!! 🖤🖤🖤 https://t.co/GfCfvg5ift —…
The pace of vaccination dipped in recent days as winter weather shuttered administration sites It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days. Now, one month into his presidency, Joe Biden is on a glide path to attain that goal and pitching well beyond it to the far more ambitious…
People in the audience were squealing and screaming throughout Page’s playfully sexy opening monologue In his first hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, Regé-Jean Page did not disappoint. The breakout star of Netflix’s hit show, “Bridgerton,” had the members of the audience squealing and screaming throughout his playfully sexy opening monologue. I haven’t heard a louder…
Beyoncé is providing some much-needed relief to those in her home state of Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Houston native announced that her BeyGOOD Foundation was partnering up with athletic giant Adidas and Houston disaster relief organization “Bread of Life” to offer financial assistance to Texas residents currently suffering from the effects of winter storm…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she helped raised $4 million and counting for Texas Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrived in Texas on Saturday to help volunteer at the Houston Food Bank as residents still grapple with the affects of the historic winter storm. Ocasio-Cortez traveled alongside Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia, who represents the Houston region, according to…
