“I just feel like [with] everything that happened, I had to come back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen,” said Biles Olympic champion Simone Biles is ready to return to the mat. The star gymnast, 24, was on the Today show Wednesday to talk about the upcoming Tokyo Games and speaking up for…
“Whenever anybody thinks we can’t accomplish the impossible, we go and do it,” shared Ludacris. The new Fast and Furious trailer dropped, and it looks like the crew may be headed to space. F9, is the latest installment of the franchise and the major players of the series are back and taking their talents to new heights….
Source: Screenshot / GoFundMe The family of Joshua Haileyesus faced their worst fear this week after he died on Saturday, three weeks from being placed on life support due to partaking in a viral TikTok challenge. “We would like to update everyone that this evening, after fighting the good fight on life support for 19…
Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday and Sheryl Lee Ralph shared stories and sang in the virtual reunion Dreamgirls “will never leave you.” The original cast of the hit Broadway musical reunited for a virtual benefit on Sunday for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Read More: Sheryl Lee Ralph: Original ‘Dreamgirl’ redefines diva in new memoir Streaming from…
74-year-old Ruby Jones claims three officers used excessive force when they came to her residence in hopes of arresting her mentally ill son The Oklahoma City police are in the crosshairs of public outrage after bodycam footage was released, which shows officers roughly taking a 74-year-old Black woman into custody and fracturing her arm in…
The hip hop community continues to mourn the passing of rapper DMX. The Mount Vernon native passed away on April 9 at 50. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, had been on life support for a week after suffering a heart attack reportedly triggered by a drug overdose. DMX had struggled with drug addiction nearly his…
“I knew that I needed to make sure she wasn’t a caricature. I spent a lot of time finding a balance between making her humorous, making her strong, making her lovable.” As the star of the hit CBS series Bob Hearts Abishola, Folake Olowofoyeku is back in action now that the show has returned from…
From being jailed for singing to integrated audiences, to facing acts of violence while performing segregated shows in the south, Black artists’ talent has done little to protect them from the realities of racism. Such is the case for the late legendary singer Nat King Cole who reportedly survived a Ku Klux Klan attack while performing…
“Molly was such a good person, such a light in this world,” a friend said. Molly Lillard, the daughter of former NFL player Al Toon, was killed in what police suspect to be a murder-suicide by her husband on Sunday in their Arizona home. Read More: Ex-NFL player Phillip Adams accused of killing 5 before…
Texas parents are outraged after discovering white students were “auctioning” and “trading” their Black classmates as slaves in a virtual game. The game that was played among Daniel Ninth Grade Campus students in a Snapchat group priced Black students between $1-$100. Some of the dialogue included critiquing the hair of a male student who was valued at…
