When pop star Justin Bieber released his latest album, “Justice,” earlier this month, he immediately caught flak from listeners who were confused to hear samples from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nov. 5, 1967, sermon “But If Not.” Before the project’s debut, Bieber took to Twitter, where he also announced a campaign to raise awareness for social justice…
Tamar Braxton has expressed for a while now her disappointment with her former reality TV show “Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life.” Braxton felt that she was not portrayed in the way that she thought she would be on the six-episode series. She once said in an interview with Jason Lee that she believed her portrayal…
Starbucks has issued an apology after a Black customer was allegedly asked to leave by a manager over COVID-19 restrictions while other customers who entered were permitted to stay. Bryce Ward told KGO-TV ABC7 he was singled-out by the manager by the manager of the San Jose coffee shop because of the color of his…
The privileged patients had special access to state-administered tests and access to a top state doctor and other state health officials. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of giving his family members and other figures priority access to coronavirus testing and care at the height of the pandemic. Read More: Biden on Cuomo:…
The initiative kicked off on March 1st and over the next 31 days the organization calls on the community financial and social support. Cohort Sistas launched the 3.1% Campaign, raising funds and awareness to support Black women pursuing doctoral degrees and highlighted 31 women who are living history. Read More: April Ryan pays tribute to…
Source: Twitter The radio host who was fired for doing his best Don Imus impression by using racist, anti-Black language on the air has all of a sudden become quite contrite in his current state of unemployment. Rob Lederman was terminated from Rock 97 in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday night, just hours after offering his…
As expected, the white woman who was captured hurling racial slurs at a Black bakery worker in New York City offered no apologies for the event in a series of social media posts. Stephanie Denaro, a pro-Trump, COVID-denying, anti-vaxxing racist unleashed more fury on Instagram, openly showing no remorse after calling a Black worker a…
The man who learned entrepreneurship from a candy shop owner is now serving as a bridge between banks and Black businesses The coronavirus pandemic devastated both large and small businesses. In March 2020, stock prices plummeted for seemingly stable companies, and small businesses were forced to close their doors for what was supposedly two weeks….
Rick Ross‘s interview with “Big Boy’s Neighborhood” in 2019 went viral on social media on March 23 after a clip surfaced of the rapper describing a sexual encounter gone wrong. Ross opened up about passing out during sex with an unknown woman as well as at a red light while under the influence of codeine,…
The Librarian of Congress said the albums are ‘worthy of preservation for all time’ The seminal debut album from Nas, Illmatic, will be inducted into the National Recording Registry at The Library of Congress this year. The 1994 album has been called a “cultural reset” for its gritty and graphic descriptions of life in the…
