Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Travis Scott has received significant criticism since the fatal incident at his Astroworld musical festival in Houston, leaving nine people dead. Earlier this week, the rapper announced that all festival attendees would receive a free month of BetterHelp. An app that boasts convenient methods to connect with a licensed…
The film that tells the story of the late trumpeter’s only biological offspring will stream during the American Black Film Festival, starting Friday. Sharon Preston-Folta is a senior account executive at WUSF Public Media in Tampa, Florida. She also happens to be the daughter of the late Louis Armstrong. That latter revelation was not public…
Curtis Means and his twin sister had a less than 1 percent chance of survival. An Alabama boy nabbed a Guinness World Record as the most premature infant to survive. Sixteen-month-old Curtis Means and his twin C’Asya had a less-than 1% chance of survival when they were born at 19 weeks premature. C’Asya died the…
Viola Davis has fans in an uproar after seeing the first glimpses of her next role as Michelle Obama in the Showtime series “The First Lady.” The actress is known for her strong on-screen deliveries from the television hit show “How to Get Away With Murder” to her Academy Award-winning role in “Fences.” Davis, who…
The actress also opened up about working on Lena Waithe’s ‘Twenties’, which she calls “quietly revolutionary” On the latest episode of TheGrio‘s Acting Up podcast, Insecure‘s Christina Elmore broke down her journey throughout Hollywood, playing Condola on the HBO hit Insecure and more. As Insecure fans know, no one is stirring it up drama-wise on…
Earlier this year, California became the first in the country to form a task force to study reparations for Black Americans in the state. One of the things the committee was tasked to study was discrimination in the real estate industry. One outcome so far was the passage of the Fair Appraisal Act. During the fourth…
Gruden reportedly used a racist term to describe NFL union chief DeMaurice Smith Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy his career by leaking old offensive emails he had sent. The suit was filed in district…
Steve Harvey‘s attire became the center of attention on Nov. 10 after the “Family Feud” host uploaded a golfing video. In the Instagram clip, Harvey is seen playing his round on the golf course in a video he captioned with two separate golfing emojis, including a field and a figure of a man hitting a…
Three white men are each facing a total of nine counts in the killing of the unarmed Black jogger Vice President Kamala Harris has weighed in on the mostly-all white jury in the trial for the murder of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. As part of her visit to France this week to meet with “allies…
EXCLUSIVE: “This attorney has resoundingly made it clear that Black pastors still have a role in the pursuit of justice in America,” Pastor Jamal Bryant told theGrio. More than 100 Black pastors in Georgia are expected to pray for the family of Ahmaud Arbery next week Thursday, theGrio has learned. This prayer is in direct…
