Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty The 66th Annual Grammy Awards are this weekend! We’re hoping to see big wins from our favorites including SZA, Victoria Monét, Jon Batiste and many more. The 96th Academy Awards are about a month and some change away. The nominees were announced last week and they were refreshingly diverse. Some…
Issa Rae is preparing for change following the cancellation of her MAX show “Rap Sh!t” by Warner Bros. in January after only two seasons. The “Insecure” creator spoke about the cancellation of several Black-led television shows during a recent interview. The 39-year-old actress believes executives are no longer prioritizing Black television shows. Rae’s reality show,…
A California woman filed a lawsuit against the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department and several deputies who beat her as she awaited a CT scan in the emergency room in San Leandro, California. The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 1. According to the lawsuit, Malia Ashad was in attendance at a court hearing at the Alameda…
A Washington, D.C., college student from the University of California-Berkeley who loves making TikTok videos has gone viral after sharing a video of herself buying tea for an unhoused man with prostate cancer, and now she’s raised nearly $400,000 for him. Sanai Graden, who uses the TikTok handle @hustlanani, was on her way to the…
One of the most universal challenges that US citizens face is the struggle to make decisions. Between the fear of missing out or the urgency to avoid pitfalls, the journey to make a choice can leave people with a high level of anxiety that affects their day-to-day lives. Whether it involves making decisions at work,…
A former contractor for the IRS was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to leaking tax information about former President Donald Trump and thousands of other prominent U.S. citizens. Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., received the maximum sentence for leaking the tax records to The New York Times and…
The Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta. | Source: SETH HERALD / Getty Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU-GA.) issued a report on overcrowding in the Fulton County jail. We found that on Oct. 26, 2023, nearly 400 people were in jail simply because they did not have the money to…
A Dallas food truck owner whose business, Sweetly Seasoned, was highlighted and reviewed by food critic Keith Lee has issued an apology in the wake of the controversy surrounding her failure to disburse part of a four-figure tip meant for an influencer, a barber and to cover various meals and haircuts for the community. Sweetly…
ROBYN BECK Issa Rae isn’t mincing words regarding her take on the entertainment industry’s recent changes. The cancellation of her TV series “Rap Sh!t” by Warner Bros. Discovery has fueled her frustration, highlighting what she sees as a shift away from creativity and inclusion in Hollywood. “You’re seeing so many Black shows get canceled, you’re…
The Twitterverse — or shall we say X-verse — has been on fire with hip-hop fans debating on who is the top female emcee, Nicki Minaj or Megan Thee Stallion. Everyone from Joe Budden to Charlamagne Tha God has attempted to defuse the escalating tension among enthusiastic fans who were becoming unruly and disrespectful toward…
