Freddie Jackson performs on SiriusXM’s The Groove Channel at SiriusXM Studios on May 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Singer Freddie Jackson is “shining light” on kidney disease as Black Americans are three times more likely to develop the condition. R&B singer Freddie Jackson, who topped the charts…
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before the start of an NFL preseason football game against the Kansas City Chiefs Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) USC has retired only the uniform numbers of its eight Heisman Trophy winners — more than any other school. The school displays the…
At the age of 19, Emmanuel Jean was two days away from attending college on a full football scholarship when an alleged corrupt police officer accused him of murdering a store clerk, pressuring two other young men to testify against him, resulting in Jean being sentenced to life in prison. The Black Haitian-American from South…
Kevin Hart made headlines this week for doing what he does best — being naturally funny. The comedian was spotted Wednesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York, to watch tennis players Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov face off in a US Open 2024 quarterfinal match. However, it wasn’t just Hart’s attendance at the…
Charles Barkley looks on prior to game three of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat at Kaseya Center on May 21, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Barkley was moved to make the donation after seeing Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson discuss their “impossible mathematical discovery” on…
Source: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Getty The official U.S. food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 from 12.8% in 2022, according to data the U.S. Department of Agriculture released on Sept. 4, 2024. That means more than 1 in 8 Americans – about 47 million people – couldn’t get enough food for themselves or their…
Singer/songwriter Sade performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Sade will join Andre 3000, Moses Sumney and more on “Transa,” an upcoming compilation album promoting transgender awareness and advocacy. It’s been six years since the world has been treated to new music from…
Rich Homie Quan attends the arrivals at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on Monday, July 11, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File) Quan, whose legal name is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at an Atlanta hospital, and the cause of death was not immediately available, with an…
Mason Schermerhorn | Source: Artisea Bethea/GoFundMe A steady stream of donations to the tune of six figures and counting will help to support the grieving family of the lone Black person killed in this week’s school shooting in Georgia. An online crowdfunding account set up for the family of Mason Schermerhorn — one of the…
A man faces hate crime charges after allegedly launching a racially-motivated attack in San Francisco against a Black chef who starred in a Netflix limited series. Wendy Drew, a chef who founded and appears in the series “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment,” recounted to multiple news outlets the harrowing moments when she…
