A California man finally regained his freedom after spending a little over two decades in jail for a double homicide that he and the Loyola Project for the Innocent at Loyola Marymount University say he did not commit, citing new evidence. On Sept. 11, 2000, then 20-year-old Dwight Jones was found guilty for a 1999…
“Amen” alum, former Broadway star and voiceover actress Roz Ryan revealed more about her past as a Detroit nightclub singer, how she made her mark coast to coast, and how she has learned to embrace the next phase of her career and her life during the pandemic. Roz Ryan may have entered into many homes…
A graduate student from Illinois who went missing nearly a month ago was found dead earlier this month before being positively identified on Thursday. The body of Jelani Day, 25, was recovered in central Illinois on Sept. 4, but it took extensive testing — and time — to determine who he was, according to Fox…
Day’s family has pleaded with those who have any information to come forward. Authorities have confirmed that the body recently found in a river is that of Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day. The LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch identified Day through dental and DNA testing, confirming he was the male body found in…
Actor Lil Rel Howery during an interview with host Seth Meyers on June 25, 2018. | Source: NBC / Getty After the widow of late actor and comedian Anthony “A.J.” Johnson gave an emotional plea for financial help following her husband’s death, donations have poured into the GoFundMe account she initially suggested wasn’t getting enough…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been accused of playing political games for selecting a doctor who is against vaccines and mask mandates to lead the state’s Department of Health. DeSantis on Tuesday appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-American medical professor, as Florida’s next surgeon general. In the position, Ladapo would be at the helm of…
The producer/entrepreneur is already is paying around $300K per month in spousal support to Nicole Young Per new reports, Dr. Dre has been ordered to pay $1.5M in legal fees for his estranged wife Nicole Young. As theGrio previously reported, Nicole filed for divorce last year from rap legend Dr. Dre, born Andre Romelle Young, Since…
OPINION: Nicki could’ve simply let the courts deal with the drama surrounding her husband’s convicted assault of a Black woman. But instead, she chose to make matters worse. Nowadays, it seems like facts and Nicki Minaj don’t get along. Last week, the internet was breaking over the famed rapper’s public hesitancy over vaccinations — and…
The band is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a reunion tour set to embark this fall The Fugees fans were in for a surprise when the band reunited for a surprise pop-up performance in New York on Wednesday. For the first time in 15 years, The Fugees (Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Ms. Lauryn Hill)…
Toni Braxton moved everyone to tears on Sept. 22 after uploading a touching video in honor of her friend Jada Pinkett Smith‘s birthday. Pinkett Smith, who turned 50 on Sept. 18, had a special episode of “Red Table Talk” titled “Jada’s Surprise 50th Birthday Celebration.” The episode originally aired this week, showed everyone including the…
