Black artists tend to be left out of the mainstream art world, but are getting their art exposed, and sold, through non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. NFTs are becoming part of the digital art world — and Black artists selling NFTs are starting to benefit. On the art global market, just 1.2 percent is artwork, according…
Source: Justin Ford / Getty The murder of rapper Young Dolph in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee has raised many concerns about the cities rising murder and crime rates. Why are so many young black children being killed on the streets of Memphis? According to WREG, as of Nov. 8, there have been 268 homicides…
Mendeecees Harris‘ subtle gesture toward his wife Yandy Smith-Harris in a joint Instagram post left fans swooning over the reality star’s chivalrous behavior. In the social media upload, the couple, who is seen wearing an all-black ensemble, were adjusting each other’s outfits before heading out the door. Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris’ latest post has…
Vice President Kamala Harris has notched another accolade under her belt as she becomes the first woman in U.S. history to assume presidential power. On Friday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden, 77, will undergo a routine colonoscopy at Walter Reed Medical Center and “will transfer power to the Vice President for the…
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty On Aug. 23, 2020, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in front of his kids as he walked away from the police. While Jacob survived the shooting, he is paralyzed, and his life will never be the same. Two days later, a 17-year-old white supremacist drove over state lines and…
Young Dolph’s legacy as a fiercely independent artist and businessman was cemented in the hip-hop universe Two days before he was gunned down while buying cookies at his favorite bakery in Memphis, Tennessee, rapper Young Dolph visited a cancer center where a relative had received treatment. The 36-year-old who grew up on the Memphis streets…
A Wisconsin jury found Illinois native Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the killing of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum. The Nov. 19 controversial verdict left many in the nation numb, as video clearly showed him fatally shooting both men. But no one has been more affected than the families left in bereavement by this act….
Authorities say the Philadelphia subway attack on four local high school students was unprovoked and “based on ethnicity”. Four Black teenaged girls in Philadelphia were charged Thursday in an attack on a group of Asian high school students riding a train. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office charged the suspects, whose ages range from 13 to…
An unofficial tabulation showed Byron Brown defeated democratic socialist India Walton Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has been elected to a fifth term with a write-in campaign that lifted him to victory over India Walton, the democratic socialist who became a rising star of the left when she defeated him in the Democratic primary, a count…
Darryl Banks, who served four decades on the board, resigned after he claims Coe College did not consider diverse applicants in search for new president Alumni and students are protesting Coe College’s treatment of a prominent Black trustee who resigned after criticizing the school’s recent presidential selection process as lacking in diversity. Darryl Banks, a…
