The actress deleted her social media accounts following a similar backlash in December 2020 Once again, Black Panther’s Letitia Wright is trending on social media over her anti-vaccine views. Wright, known for playing Shuri in Marvel’s hit Black Panther series, deleted her social media last year after sharing some anti-vaxx sentiments, theGrio previously reported. The…
Nelly is the official recipient of the prestigious “I Am Hip Hop Award” at the 2021 BET Hip- Hop Awards, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 5. Following behind hip-hop royalty such as Lil Wayne, Lil Kim and Master P, Nelly will receive his flowers for influencing the culture through music, fashion and films over the last three…
OPINION: The recent return of the California Beach resort land to a Black family is just one example of efforts to reclaim Black, Brown and Indigenous land, provide repair for the theft and make people whole. With racial justice on our minds and in the public conscience, it is time to decide what that justice…
The L.A. City Attorney’s Office declined to move forward with charges due to insufficient evidence against the singer. Chris Brown’s battery case is now dust in the wind, as the L.A. City Attorney’s Office has declined to charge the embattled singer. Last June, police responded to a disturbance at the singer’s home, where an unidentified…
CCA’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Television will be held this December Halle Berry, Jennifer Hudson, Anthony Anderson, and Barry Jenkins are set to be honored by the CCA’s Celebration Of Black Cinema & Television. The Critic’s Choice Association’s Celebration Of Black Cinema & Television was first bought about in 2014. The event was created…
Atlanta Dream point guard Courtney Williams did something questionable for a professional athlete in real life. Then she compounded it by doing something suspect on social media. In this new world of screen recording and reposts, an adage holds for Williams: Everything on the internet lasts forever. listen squaring up with Courtney Williams is just…
Pop-up shops in Europe are also reportedly in the works for customers to have an in-store shopping experience. Rihanna is expanding her lingerie line in a major way. The Savage x Fenty owner is reportedly opening physical store locations for fans to shop in person versus online. Per Daily Mail, stores are set to begin…
Source: Ryan Muir / The FADER Artist Noname is the self-proclaimed “hood librarian” opening a free library called the Book Club. Her radical hood library provides books and other resources to the local community of Chicago. The rapper and activist believes the only way to eradicate the violence of colonization is by studying and practicing….
Moneybagg Yo’s girlfriend Ari Fletcher looked stunning on the red carpet for the pre-recorded 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards, which aired Tuesday night. “I’m in love. I love my man,” Fletcher expressed to Lore’l from “The Morning Hustle Show,” according to a clip on Instagram. (L)Ariana Fletcher, pictured with Moneybagg Yo, had a message for…
Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell October 3,2021 Cortney Wills [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our communities and our stories. I’m your host, Courtney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week we are talking to the amazing, the fantastic…
