Black Twitter (or Black X) is furious with Gayle King after she implied during an interview with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley that she was rooting for Iowa and its scoring phenom Caitlin Clark to win in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game on April 7. During a “CBS Mornings” post-championship interview the day after…
Source: Steph Chambers / Getty This year’s WNBA Draft and the resulting contracts for the top selected players have sparked outrage about equal pay along gender lines. But one overlooked aspect of the raging discussion is how the low salaries compared to their NBA counterparts is exactly the reason why so many WNBA players also…
Kansas City Chiefs tight end and breakout celebrity Travis Kelce has been tapped for a new gig two months after winning his third Super Bowl championship. According to a press release posted by Amazon MGM Studios, Kelce will be the new host of the game show called “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” Taylor Swift’s…
Source: GoFundMe / GoFundMe The disappearance of a Wisconsin Black woman has garnished national headlines after her alleged killer was arrested and charged in connection with her death. According to Bossip, Maxwell Anderson was arrested for allegedly killing 19-year-old Sade Robinson. He was then charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and arson. The…
A Mississippi school resource officer was reportedly fired after a 15-year-old student claimed the employee physically and verbally attacked her. Catanna Francois said the alleged assault occurred earlier this month, on April 4, when she tried to use the bathroom after getting approval from a teacher, WJTV reported. In addition to cursing at her, the Nichols Middle…
Like college basketball star Flau’jae, the world was introduced to the chart-topping rapper Latto from Jermaine Dupri’s hit reality show, “The Rap Game.” Fans also met Shayne Stephens, the father of the rapper formerly known as Mulatto, who appeared in the series as her guardian. The artist’s mother Misti Pitts is a little less known…
The CNN talk show hosted by Gayle King and Charles Barkley ended last week following low ratings and months after several staffers were reportedly laid off. Many cast doubt on the duo’s odd pairing on “King Charles,” which dropped 18 episodes since its premiere on Nov. 29, 2023, and aired its last on April 10….
Rudy Giuliani just failed at an attempt to dismiss the multi-million dollar penalty he must pay two former Georgia poll workers for defaming them, but he still plans to continue his fight against the judgment. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell rejected Giuliani’s motion to dismiss a verdict that ordered the former New York mayor to…
Source: Julia Beverly / Getty Atlanta’s flourishing hip-hop community endured a huge loss with the passing of producer and songwriter Rico Wade over the weekend. Wade was one part of Organized Noize and hip hop collective, Dungeon Family, whose influence will live on through his beats and lyrics. Keep reading to find some of his…
In 2006, Jociel “Yung Joc” Robinson was on top of the world with one of the most infectious songs in rap. However, one song, “It’s Goin’ Down,’” played in every club and on every radio station almost never made the light of day, after the College Park, Georgia, native opted to sign with Bad Boy…
