“Southern Fried Rice” creator Nakia Stephens and Keke Palmer (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Nakia Stephens, the creator of “Southern Fried Rice” on Keke Palmer’s network “KeyTV,” says she welcomes the social media discourse. When KeyTV dropped the trailer for its new series “Southern Fried Rice,” social media did what it…
For more than five hours, not a single law enforcement officer was able to determine that a 50-year-old Black man in their custody had suffered a stroke after he drove his car into oncoming traffic and was confused and incoherent when questioned by responding police in Minnesota last year. As a result, Kingsley Fife Bimpong,…
(Photo: Getty Images/Stephen A. Smith via YouTube) “I was pissed off,” said the podcaster on a special edition of “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.” Stephen A. Smith apologized to U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, after initially doubling down on his criticism of her “rhetoric for the streets.” During a “special edition” of his podcast show…
President Donald Trump is famous for employing his aggressive “death clasp” handshake in oddly long greetings, but it appears that he might be losing his grip. The president complained about college athletes “ripping his hands up” after welcoming the Louisiana State University and LSU-Shreveport baseball teams — national champions in the NCAA and NAIA, respectively —…
Wendy Osefo attends The 6th Annual URBAN ONE HONORS: Best In Black presented by TV One at Coca Cola Roxy on January 20, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for TV One) In newly filed court documents, Wendy Osefo is claiming her arrest in Maryland—alongside her husband—on October 9 was “illegal.” After…
Cardi B has never been one to hold her tongue, and with the holidays around the corner and millions facing empty dinner tables, the “Am I the Drama?” rapper is serving up a heaping plate of “I told you so.” While many are preparing for the harsh reality of SNAP benefit cuts mere weeks before…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) Katreena Davis of Georgia CORE discusses the troubling rise of colon cancer in young people and Black people, in particular. Colon cancer is rising in young people as experts and doctors work to understand why. By 2030, the disease is projected to be the leading cause of cancer death among people…
Source: Vinnie Zuffante / Getty Sometimes you take absence for granted. Not because you don’t miss the person, but because you know that they’ll be back. While D’Angelo’s presence was never constant, it was still a fixture, and that makes his loss feel so odd. When the news broke last week that D’Angelo had passed,…
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, have been married for 11 years, but it hasn’t always been marital bliss. The couple nearly separated and strategized a plan to address the public after Kennedy was caught exchanging inappropriate text messages with former New York Magazine political…
FILE – This photo combo shows from left, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. (AP Photo/File) The charge or charges Rozier and Billups face were not immediately known. Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting…
