The album has expanded from 27 to 32 tracks. If you thought that Kanye West’s album Donda had a lot of songs, you haven’t seen anything yet. On Sunday, the rapper/producer dropped the deluxe edition of Donda on streaming services featuring additional tracks and guest features. The latest edition of the 22-time Grammy Award winner’s…
AUP EP#27 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 11/15/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture and our stories. I’m your host. Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio and this week we’re speaking to actress Christina…
Investigators released the 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain midfielder less than two weeks after her teammate was brutally beaten by masked men After French authorities arrested Paris Saint-Germain women’s soccer star Aminata Diallo last week for suspected connection to the brutal Nov. 4 attack on her teammate, they now have identified a new person of interest in…
Young filed for divorce from the rapper in June 2020. Dr. Dre’s ex-wife has turned to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for help collecting legal costs she claims the music mogul owes. Nicole Young’s legal team is seeking to collect the $1.5 million owed to her per a court order via a writ of execution…
Grants for Black-owned businesses are pivotal during the pandemic. Fifty-eight percent of African-American entrepreneurs feel distressed about the financial health of their businesses, found a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However, there are grants that can help Black businesses. Here are some funding options: Photo by Roberto Hund from Pexels Fearless…
Shaquille O’Neal could have been an NBA championship winner and appeared in an Oscar-nominated film had he not turned down a role in one of 1999’s most raved about films. “That was my role in ‘Green Mile.’ I turned it down,” O’Neal told the host of “The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast.” Up until…
Source: Pool / Getty In the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the prosecution’s closing argument seeks to pierce the veil of reasonable white fear. Making the final case before the jury is dismissed for deliberations, Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger framed Rittenhouse’s actions as those of a provocateur instigating violence. Rejecting the idea that Rittenhouse feared for his life…
OPINION: As President Joe Biden wins major victory in his legislative agenda, lawmakers and civil rights activists say social infrastructure and voting rights must now take center stage in Washington. President Joe Biden has a major victory under his belt after he signed into law the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Reverend…
OPINION: Sophia A. Nelson writes that bombshell CNN report alleging tensions between her office and Biden’s team says a lot about how accomplished Black women are treated. Following the bombshell CNN report of so-called dysfunction in Vice President Kamala Harris‘s office and within the Biden White House at large, a group of my sorority sisters…
The rapper is on the latest cover of GQ’s ‘Men of the Year’ issue. All eyes are on Lil Nas X. At the end of a record-breaking year for the openly gay rapper, he sat down with GQ and talked about everything from hyper-masculinity in hip-hop to avoiding becoming a one-hit-wonder after the massive success…
