Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Prakazrel “Pras” Michel’s life reads like a movie… from Grammy heights with the Fugees to a staggering fall from grace, culminating in a 14-year prison sentence. Once celebrated as one-third of one of hip-hop’s most revered trios, his later years have been mired in scandal, conspiracy, and a high-stakes political…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 25: Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks during a news conference near the U.S. Capitol Building on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Pressley held the news conference to discuss the impacts of government lay offs on Black women. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “It is a damning injustice that Black and…
Queen Camilla has the internet buzzing with speculation after her head-turning appearance at the Diplomatic Corps reception at Windsor Castle. But what was meant to be a regal flex quickly backfired as folks began revisiting her alleged affair drama in a fresh wave of commentary. The heirloom has been passed down through the Royal Family’s…
Singer/songwriter D’Angelo performs onstage during the Samsung Supper Club at SXSW 2015 on March 15, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung) D’angelo’s daughter, Imani Archer, partnered with Black Boy Joy Foundation to launch the D’Angelo Estate Pancreatic Cancer Fund in his honor. In the weeks since D’Angelo’s passing, fans and…
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 24: Wale performs on stage during AIDS Walk Atlanta 2022 at Piedmont Park on September 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation) OPINION: The D.C. rapper’s new album leans into honesty, pressure, healing and the struggles success can’t erase — offering rare reflection in…
Singer Brian McKnight has ignited yet another wave of backlash after appearing on a podcast and reopening old wounds tied to his first family. Fans online found his remarks cruel and ill-timed, coming just months after the death of his estranged son, Niko. What he framed as an explanation quickly read as a bashing session…
Source: baona / Getty The imagery of white bodies hanging from trees definitely fits the description of “strange fruit.” Billie Holiday’s legendary protest song from 1939 was an ode to the thousands of Black Americans who suffered the horrific fate of lynching, which remains one of America’s greatest sins. On Thursday, we learned that the…
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 29: Tina Knowles attends the 2025 Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater on March 29, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) In “High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” Tina Knowles opens up about being pushed aside for a white couple on the red carpet. The Kentucky Derby —…
A rattled White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to defend her boss, President Donald Trump, at Thursday’s press briefing during intense questioning about Trump’s calls to execute six Democratic lawmakers over a video message urging U.S. troops to protect the Constitution and refuse illegal military orders, but ended up fleeing the briefing in indignation instead. It…
Source: Krestofell / Getty Two grown adult white men thought they were going to create their own private Whiteganistan in which they would sail to some foreign country, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children. Using the spiritual guidance of all of the colonizing European white men before them, Gavin Rivers Weisenburg,…
