The company announced an investment with Berkshire Partnerships and is making change with a bevy of celebrity ambassadors, including Megan Thee Stallion and Keshia Knight Pulliam An industry favorite amongst beauty editors of all hair textures, Mielle Organics is known to help keep your hair healthy. Monique Rodriguez, nurse turned CEO of Mielle Organics, founded…
DJ Spinderella proved to be the belle of her nuptials on Saturday, May 24, after the 49-year-old shared a private video showcasing the customized dress she wore to her wedding to longtime boyfriend, comedian Quenton “Q” Coleman. Spinderella and Coleman, who have been together for over six years, initially met at a strip club in Dallas,…
OPINION: It’s important to remember Floyd in the context of violence against Black Americans and not as a turning point. Not doing so erases the names that came before him. Last week, my editor asked me if I wanted to do an essay for the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder (we can say that…
Akon is the latest celebrity to fall victim to car theft. The entrepreneur’s white Range Rover was stolen at a gas station in Buckhead, Atlanta, WXIA-TV 11Alive reported. The news outlet stated that according to the Atlanta Police Department the incident took place a little after midnight on Tuesday, May 24, at the QuikTrip at the…
A Black political artist in South Carolina artist is speaking out after being wrongly handcuffed and detained at gunpoint by police officers who mistook him for an intruder in his own apartment and art gallery at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) in Columbia, located next to the University of South Carolina. The incident…
The rapper also detailed a challenging week leading up to the performance, including a 24 hour rush to find new dancers In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, Lil Nas X opened up about his SNL wardrobe malfunction, calling it “perfect timing.” As theGrio previously reported, Lil Nas X made headlines on Saturday after his…
On National Missing Children’s Day, theGrio has compiled a list of some of the most recent reports of missing Black children in the U.S. based on data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The Black and Missing Foundation cites the over-classification of missing Black children as runaways and criminals, and desensitization as…
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the Justice Department to release the March 2019 memo as part of a public records lawsuit from a Washington-based advocacy organization The Biden administration is appealing a judge’s order directing it to release in its entirety a legal memo on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice during…
Former NBA player Lamar Odom has had a tumultuous life. From drug addiction, divorce from socialite and reality star Khloe Kardashian, and his breakup with ex-fiancée Sabrina Parr, Odom has made headlines for almost everything but has managed to bounce back each time. In a new documentary “Lamar Odom: Reborn,” the 41-year-old faces his past…
“We’re going to be turning mourning into dancing,” rapper Nur-D tweeted. “We’re going to be celebrating 365 days of strength in the face of injustice.” The intersection where George Floyd took his final breaths is to be transformed Tuesday into an outdoor festival on the anniversary of his death, with food, children’s activities and a long list…
