Source: Scott Olson / Getty Hurricane Ida ripped through the Gulf Of Mexico Sunday, leaving New Orleans beaten, battered, and without power. Police have deployed “anti-looting” around the city as a way to deter the looting it saw when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. 16 years after Katrina, another record-breaking Ida’s devastation looks…
Lizzo took to Twitter with her own pop music royal family, citing artists like Janet Jackson, Beyoncé and more as some of the most influential and impactful Lizzo has some explaining to do. The music star sparked some backlash after calling Justin Bieber the “prince of pop” over the weekend. As music is constantly changing…
“I got tired of seeing it [Black bodies brutalized],” the actor explained. Oscar winner Jordan Peele is giving audiences a fresh new take on a cult classic urban legend: Candyman. Critically acclaimed filmmaker Nia DaCosta directs this contemporary reimagining of Candyman, which returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began, and the original…
Osaka says she’s working on maintaining a positive outlook ahead of the start of the 2021 U.S. Open. In a lengthy social media post written in Apple’s notes feature, tennis star Naomi Osaka says she is working on maintaining a positive outlook ahead of today’s start of the 2021 U.S. Open. The note is titled…
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed a $5.1 million fine against two right-wing operatives who made robocalls discouraging people from voting in the 2020 presidential election, including some calls that targeted the Black community in an attempt to suppress the Black vote. In the months leading up to the general election last year, Jack…
The way rapper Common sees it, he has fellow rapper Fat Joe to thank for “saving” his life. In a Friday, Aug. 20, interview with Hot 97, Common talked about how Fat Joe looked out for him following an earlier beef he’d had with rappers Ice Cube and Mack 10. He shared that he, Fat…
Exclusive: The celebrated actress tells theGrio that she has gotten appreciation that makes her know she’s made “lives of so many people happier or better.” After working in the film industry for over three decades, Loretta Devine has become a notable name for many households. She gifted people with a reason to laugh after her…
The Middle Passage Port Marker was installed last October at the end of Long Wharf looking out onto Boston Harbor A public marker to remember the enslaved Africans forced to journey across the ocean to toil in the Americas was formally dedicated Sunday on Boston’s downtown waterfront. The Middle Passage Port Marker was installed last October at…
Twenty-seven-year-old Antwan Gilmore was asleep in his car on Wednesday when he was approached by Washington D.C. police officers, one of whom proved once again that cops—who are celebrated in “back the blue” circles for their bravery and willingness to put their lives on the line—often open fire at the faintest sign of perceived danger,…
Deyjah Harris is getting candid about her dislikes about her physical appearance. She took to Twitter on Friday, Aug. 27, and confessed that she does not like having type 4 natural hair, which she also revealed that she gets from her dad, rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris. Harris wrote, “i hate to say/admit it, buttttt ):…
