Shedeur Sanders #2 of the Jackson State Tigers reacts after passing for a touchdown to Keith Corbin III #7 against the South Carolina State Bulldogs during the first half of the Cricket Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 18, 2021, in Atlanta. | Source: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Jackson State University is seemingly…
The Maya Angelou coin is the first in a series of quarters to be released over the next few years Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou became the first Black woman to have her likeness featured on a quarter after the U.S. Mint released the newly minted coin on Jan. 10. The Maya Angelou coin…
Fat Joe is not here for the Money Challenge like everyone else is. The New York artist is warning his followers and peers about the new challenge that has the participants write out messages using cash money. Although the challenge seems harmless, Fat Joe is informing them that it could actually get some people in…
The organization has 38 chapters across the nation, most in the South and the Midwest. Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has made history as the first Black and nonbinary person tapped to lead the national LGBTQ advocacy group GLSEN. Willingham-Jaggers, 39, joined the group as deputy executive director in 2019. She has been appointed executive director of the…
“Don’t Look Up” and “Tick Tick…BOOM” also earned nominations from the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America announced its nominees on Thursday morning for the best original, adapted and documentary screenplay categories, and King Richard and West Side Story are leading the pack nominations. King Richard nabbed a nomination in the Best…
In this handout photo provided by the Shelby County Detention Center, former Louisville, Kentucky detective Brett Hankison poses for a mug shot on September 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. | Source: Handout / Getty The upcoming criminal trial for a former police detective involved in the deadly raid that killed Breonna Taylor — even though…
His body was reportedly found in a park in McLean, Virginia The mayor of the City of Hyattsville in Maryland, an urban area outside of Washington, D.C., has reportedly died by suicide at age 44. Mayor Kevin Ward died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday, the New York Post reported. No additional details about his death…
OPINION: The entertainer-entrepreneur is rumored to be launching a design initiative highlighting Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis—but exactly how remains in question. Empowering or exploitative? That was the immediate question we had upon reading buzz from TMZ that Kanye “Ye” West, he of post-presidential and sold-out Yeezy runs, had “a radical new idea to address the…
Mike Tyson wants Triller to show him the money. On a recent episode of the “Just Send” podcast, Tyson joined UFC President Dana White and kept it real on the payout for his 2020 exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. Mike Tyson revealed that his purse from the pay-per-view is still not paid in full from then…
Janet Jackson’s two-night documentary will be released this week, and the legendary singer will be taking “Control” of her own narrative. In the project, Jackson is not only talking about her career, but she will also be addressing rumors about her personal life. One of those rumors has to do with her first marriage to…
