Source: Ira L. Black – Corbis / Getty Black Lives Matter activist Derrick Ingram filed a lawsuit against the NYPD on Wednesday after a 5-hour police stand-off at his home last summer. According to Ingram, police arrived at his door at 7 am on August 7th, 2020 with a K-9 unit claiming they had a…
Savage’s mother and father are imploring their daughter, a reported R. Kelly girlfriend, to contact them regarding the death of a family member. The parents of Joycelyn Savage, a reported girlfriend of R. Kelly, are reaching out to their daughter publicly, imploring her to contact them in the wake of the death of a family…
The first season of Issa Rae’s reality series was a hit for the streamer that fans online seemed to embrace Sweet Life: Los Angeles fans, rejoice! The reality series from the mind of Issa Rae has officially been picked up for a second season on HBO Max. Sweet Life: Los Angeles debuted on HBO Max…
EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio spoke with White House officials and members of Congress to get the break down of federal dollars earmarked for Black farmers, clean water in Black communities, crime prevention, better housing and more. The White House and members U.S. Congress have been dropping hints that they are nearing a deal on the Build Back…
Serena Williams fans might have just figured out a bit of what the television viewing lineup for her daughter looks like. Williams shared a cute video of her 4-year-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., revealing the names she has given a few of her dolls. In the 18-second Oct. 28 video, Williams picked the dolls…
“To have a Black face speaking in behalf of a White supremacist legacy is nothing new,” Michael Eric Dyson said of Sears’ win. As a guest Thursday on MSNBC’s The ReidOut, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson addressed this week’s election of Winsome Sears as the first woman and first Black candidate to be elected to a…
The 2021 NFL rookie crop has now reached the halfway point in the season. These first-year phenoms are a cut above the rest. Most of those on this list have been here before, but it’s fluid and any given Sunday a new star could emerge on the scene, a new breed, potentially on his way…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty A common mistake made by media outlets, law enforcement and society, in general, is the mistake of taking the word of police officers as gospel. Far too often, police reports are taken at face value and regarded as the official word of truth as if cops don’t have the…
Ashanti left fans scratching their heads on Wednesday, Nov. 3, after announcing that she was resuming her Shantober commemoration. Shanotober, as the singer calls it, is the combination of Ashanti’s name and the month of October, in which she was born. The celebration typically lasts throughout the entire month of October. But this year proves…
The artist-producer-designer and 2020 presidential hopeful, formerly known as Kanye West, had plenty to say on “Drink Champs.” The Drink Champs podcast created by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN has given prominent figures in hip-hop the opportunity to share stories with fans since 2016. Rapper Ye — the artist-producer-designer and 2020 presidential candidate formerly known as…
