Subversive Capital Acquisition intends to reinvest 2% of its net income into Black-owned marijuana brands Jay-Z is the new chief visionary officer at a California-based cannabis company called Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. Subversive has been acquiring smaller cannabis companies for some time. Its latest acquisitions being Caliva and Left Coast Ventures, creating a holding company…
Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, took social media by storm on Monday, Nov. 23, after the rapper shared a stream of photos of the duo posing provocatively as they sported different looks. In the first photo, the hip-hop artist is seen arching her back as Petty holds her hips. The “Queen” radio host rocked two different…
The first-day sales amounted to 887,000 in all formats and editions Former President Barack Obama has sold 1.7 million copies of his new memoir called “A Promised Land.” Selling almost 2 million copies in North America in its first week, Obama set a record for publisher Penguin Random House. As theGrio previously reported, first-day sales…
In the wake of Breonna Taylor‘s death “Insecure” actor Jay Ellis explored no-knock warrants during a new episode of his podcast titled, “The Untold Story: Policing.” Ellis covers the Daugherty-Burr family, who recounts their experience when officers stormed their home using a battering ram and flash grenades while pointing automatic rifles during a “No-knock” raid…
The Georgia senator appeared to compare his experience in Asia to racial discrimination against Black Americans and immigrants living in the United States All eyes are on Sen. David Perdue‘s runoff race against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff to keep his Georgia U.S. Senate seat — a political battle that will determine whether Republicans maintain control…
A Lyft driver was diagnosed with COVID-19 a week after heated run-in with a customer who used racist language after the driver asked him to put on a face mask. David Kangogo, the driver, revealed his diagnosis on his Instagram page on Tuesday, Nov. 24. David Kangogo announces his COVID-19 diagnosis. (Photo: Screenshot/Instagram) “I got…
The 63rd Grammy Awards nominations were announced this week, and The Weeknd is furious, to say the least. While many artists didn’t receive as many nominations as they thought they would, the Canadian superstar was left out of the discussion altogether, to everyone’s surprise. Throughout his career, the singer has been nominated nine times but taken home only…
“A living legend who has Broken down barriers in every medium of arts, entertainment & media,” the actor writes on Instagram. After R&B artist Brandy did not receive any Grammy nominations for her latest album B7, her former costar on The Game took to Instagram to give the singer her flowers. Read More: Cardi B…
Source: Michael Stewart / Getty New York City, the nation and the world lost a gentle giant and a champion for equality this week. The death of former Mayor David Dinkins is a loss difficult to encapsulate in words, for he was a remarkable leader who in many ways laid the groundwork for Blacks to…
