Willow Smith is following in her mother Jada Pinkett Smith‘s rocker chick footprints but is doing her best to learn from the darker parts of the path. In 2002, Jada formed the nu-metal band Wicked Wisdom and served as frontwoman for the group, going by Jada Koren. The band was made up of herself and…
Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Biz Markie was a top trending topic early Thursday morning after false reports of his death flooded social media timelines across the internet. A couple of media outlets even went so far as to publish their own news article declaring the rap legend had died at around the same…
Toni Braxton proved to be defying the aging process on Monday, June 28, after posting a steamy Instagram video of herself walking out of a pool in a burnt orange strappy bikini. In the Instagram Reel, a 15-second multi-clip video captioned, “Monday Splash ,” Braxton appeared to have shock value on her mind when she showcased her…
Pooh Shiesty, whose real name is Lontrell Denell Williams Jr., made his first appearance in court on Tuesday, June 29 Rapper Pooh Shiesty is reportedly facing federal charges for his involvement in shooting and robbing two men outside a Bay Harbor Islands hotel in Miami last October. The 21-year-old Memphis-based Shiesty Season rapper, whose real…
In 2015, when a 19-year-old exotic dancer A’ziah King, aka “Zola” tweeted a 148-part saga of a wild adventure, she never expected it to go viral. “I was just doing what I do, which is express myself and share myself to my online community. I call them my internet family,” Zola said. She also didn’t expect…
Source: Monica Schipper / Getty The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday finally voted to grant tenure to award-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, ending more than a month of controversy following the school’s initial reluctance. Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize last year for her “1619 Project” of essays about Black history…
“What I have done is what I said I would do since it started: cooperate in every way,” Reed said. Weeks after former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed launched a campaign for a third term, there is a report that he is under federal investigation for allegedly using campaign funds to make lavish personal purchases. Reed’s…
“It has truly been a beautiful journey,” a joint statement from Blair Underwood and Desiree DaCosta read After 27 years of marriage, Blair Underwood and his wife Desiree DaCosta are officially parting ways. DaCosta filed for divorce on June 29, according to The Blast per legal documents they obtained. This announcement comes about one month after they…
The “Black Panther” sequel is in production. Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige told Variety they began filming on Tuesday, June 29, at Pinewood Studios outside of metropolitan Atlanta. With there being no details about the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” sequel being given, fans are anxious to get at least one question answered. Who will play…
The Grammy-nominated singer/actor speaks with TheGrio about being a dual-threat as a vocalist and actor on ‘The Chi.’ When the world was first introduced to Luke James nearly a decade ago, he was a young man with movie-star looks and a voice with the range and depth of some of the greats. He signed with…
