The incentive program is following the model of other popular social media apps that pay their creatives for using their platform. Triller, a video-sharing social networking platform, is launching a funding program for Black creators. Creatives will be given $2,000 in cash and another $2,000 in company equity per month for posting eight monthly videos,…
Seven songs from their debut album are currently on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Congratulations are in order for Silk Sonic, a supergroup created by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. The duo has debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart with their first album, An Evening with Silk Sonic. The album’s first week…
The Grammy-winner spoke with theGrio about the award and the completion of his “blacksummers’NIGHT” trilogy. The first three things that Maxwell’s grandmother ever gave him were a Bible, a harmonica and a radio. All of those things would steer this half-Haitian, half-Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn into the direction that not only solidified the course…
Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma is getting roasted on social media for his pre-game ’fit from Monday, Nov. 22. Kyle Kuzma pic.twitter.com/Lp55jZ2Ihk — Overtime (@overtime) November 22, 2021 Kuz arrived at the Capital One Center in D.C. sporting black pants by Rick Owens, Amiri sneakers and a pink Raf Simons oversized-sleeve virgin wool jumper. The sleeves…
Exclusive: Childs recalled that shooting during the COVID-19 pandemic “kept him on pins and needles.” Melvin Childs‘ latest project, For the Love of Money, is in theaters now, and theGrio caught up with the creator to break down the film, creating art during the pandemic, and more. Boasting an all-Black creative team (producer, cast, director,…
One of Malcolm X’s youngest daughters, Malikah Shabazz, was found dead on Monday, Nov. 22, in her New York apartment. Her death is surely felt throughout Black America, as many have watched for years the family struggle to reconcile the loss of her iconic father. Shabazz’s 23-year-old daughter found her lying unresponsive in the Brooklyn…
OPINION: Sophia A. Nelson writes that the treatment of Jackson following the 2004 Super Bowl is part of a long history of disrespecting Black women. Who could forget Super Bowl XXXVIII? It was the day that introduced us to the term “wardrobe malfunction,” but more infamously, it was the day that Janet Jackson was humiliated…
Ciara‘s family upload on Monday, Nov. 22, got sidetracked after fans pointed out how identical the singer and her 4-year-old daughter Sienna Princess Wilson look. Ciara and her children, Future Zahir Wilburn ,7, Win Harrison Wilson, 1, and Sienna attended a Seattle Seahawks game, where Russell Wilson and his teammates played against the Arizona Cardinals….
The jury awarded slightly more than $25 million to nine people who suffered physical or emotional injuries during two days of demonstrations. In a mixed verdict, a jury awarded more than $25 million in damages Tuesday against white nationalist leaders and organizations for violence that erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville….
The GMA host will be one of two “honorary guests” on a Dec. 9 Blue Origin flight Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan is about to add astronaut to his long list of career accomplishments thanks to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his rocket company Blue Origin. The 50-year-old NFL Hall-of-Famer, who joined GMA‘s broadcast…
