President-elect Biden encouraged front line workers, scientists and researchers to keep the faith President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday expressed empathy with struggling families and applauded Congress for a passing the coronavirus relief as the nation deals with a COVID-19 surge that’s casting a shadow over the Christmas holiday. He called out to frontline workers, scientists,…
A Virginia mother-and-daughter duo is planning to open a Black-owned grocery store in an area of Henrico County considered to be a food desert. Tyra Gallagher and her mother Renee Thompson True-Hart plan to open Darrell’s Family Supermarket at 5118 Richmond Henrico Turnpike, a location True-Hart has had her eye on for years. When she saw that…
The rapper sat down with The Shade Room to break down ‘misconceptions’ After a substantial amount of controversy, Atlanta rapper Mulatto confirmed to The Shade Room that she is working on changing her name, insisting that she’s not a colorist. Read More: Mulatto on claims she denied colorism: ‘Stop with the false narrative’ When asked…
Actress Nicole Ari Parker’s cameo announcement on Dec. 16 was met with few interruptions by her husband, actor Boris Kodjoe, and their 14-year-old son Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe. At the beginning of the recording, Nicole told Boris, who was placing a phone call at the time, that he was in her frame. Shortly after, Nicolas, nicknamed Nico, steps into the…
The Baton Rouge Police must give back what isn’t rightfully theirs. Local media outlets reported that a judge in the Louisiana capital ordered authorities in that city to return more than $47,000 in cash and several jewelry pieces they took from rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again after he was arrested during a video shoot earlier this year. …
Dr. Jerome Adams asks the Lakers superstar to ‘Take the shot’ to help convince others to do the same The nation’s leading doctor has a request for Lakers superstar LeBron James who’s fresh off a championship with the celebrated team. Dr. Jerome Adams says that James should be one of the first people to publicly…
Exclusive: Damon Dash told theGrio how he is maintaining his health and understands why some in the Black community may be reluctant to take a vaccine The year he turned 15 was probably the hardest year of Damon Dash’s life. He was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. It was also the year his mother died from an…
The infectious disease specialist is among the first health officials to take the shot On Tuesday morning, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top government health officials received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. According to NBC News, Dr. Fauci received the shot around 10 a.m. at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center…
DaBaby sat down with XXL Magazine and discussed his plans for the future In an exclusive interview with XXL Magazine, rapper DaBaby revealed his plans to retire from music in five years. DaBaby has had a truly remarkable year, with his hit song “Rockstar” making it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and receiving multiple…
Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee airman, died on Thursday. Farrar’s son, Roy, confirmed his father’s passing to The Associated Press on Sunday. He reportedly died in his Lynchburg, Virginia, home. A cause of death has not been announced. Former Tuskegee airman Alfred Thomas Farrar died on Thursday at 99 years old. (Photo: Screenshot/News10) The…
