R. Kelly’s former protege, singer Sparkle, has broken her silence on the guilty verdict in the singer’s sex trafficking trial, which began in August. Guilty is the verdict Sparkle has longed to hear for the past 20 years, after decades of working to convince the world Kelly abused her teenage niece. Sparkle tells The Cut…
“We go through a lot. We go through some generations,” said star Yvonne Orji. HBO has dropped the trailer for the fifth and final season of Issa Rae’s Emmy-winning series Insecure, set to air Oct. 24. The trailer opens with Rae chatting with a younger version of herself in the mirror, before several scenes of…
Elliott says the ‘Turn my music up’ dialogue on the song was recorded by mistake but she decided to keep it for the final edit. Missy Elliott is one of the most prolific writers producers, and artists of the past decade. More specifically, she’s lauded as one of two super producers who helped shape Aaliyah’s…
The animated film stars John Leguizamo and a full cast of Latinx voice actors Walt Disney Animation Studios released the trailer for the upcoming Latinx-led film Encanto on Wednesday. Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals, a family imbued with magical gifts who live in the titular enchanted place in the mountains of Colombia. Each…
The rapper settled his case with the mother of his three children Rapper Rick Ross has settled his child support case with Briana Singleton, the mother of three of his children, to the tune of $11K in monthly child support payments. The settlement ends a nearly year-long court battle over support for their three children:…
A New York white woman is out of a job and has since apologized after she was accused of telling a prominent Black author and his fiancée to stay in their hood while they were out walking their dog in a now viral clip. Frederick Joseph took to his Twitter page on Saturday, Sept. 25,…
Naomi Osaka‘s indefinite tennis hiatus may end up being over sooner than expected because the athlete is already starting to miss the sport. Following a surprising loss to Leylah Fernandez during the third round of the U.S. Open earlier this month, Osaka, 23, told the press that she would be taking a break from competing in…
An investigation has been launched after video footage showed a member of the U.S. Marshals Service seemingly struck a handcuffed suspect in the face during a violent arrest on Sept. 16. According to Ring camera footage, authorities were seen striking 17-year-old Kevin Harris as he was escorted from his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Harris and…
The title of the book is inspired by their non-profit foundation of the same name and is set to release in spring 2022 Ciara and Russell Wilson have announced plans to release their first children’s book, Why Not You, in the spring of 2022. The Wilsons are a celebrity couple that gives back and with…
EXCLUSIVE: “Well, I’m tired of Black and brown folks and the most marginalized always being the first thing that is sacrificed, and that is compromised,” says Rep. Ayanna Pressley Arizona Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has met with President Joe Biden at least four times over the past 24 hours, placing a microscope on the power…
