On Thursday (August 13), a group of senators announced that they plan to introduce a “College Athletes Bill of Rights.” According to CNN, the proposal aims at compensating college athletes and comes amid an ongoing debate whether to pay these students as the coronavirus pandemic pressures conferences to cancel or …

Photo: Fulton County Jail Despite going on vacation to Florida earlier this month, bond will not be revoked for the former Atlanta police officer charged with killing Rayshard Brooks. According to AJC, a judge has ruled that Garrett Rolfe’s bond order will be modified but not revoked. Rolfe was initially …

HBO is bringing an elite cast for its adaption of a dramatized stage show, based on best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me.”  Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett, Joe Morton, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B. Vance and more will star in the special which taps into …

Former president Barack Obama attacked President Trump after he said that he is against funding the United State Postal Service in order to hinder a rise in mail-in ballots, which could make it tougher for him to win the election in November. In a tweet Friday morning (August 14), Obama …

Idris Elba was one of the first high-profile people to contract the coronavirus back in March. His wife, who also tested positive for COVID-19, is opening up about how terrified they were when he contracted the disease.  Sabrina Elba, 30, told Grazia magazine in an interview published August 13, “At …

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims are highlighting the inhumane conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The rappers are asking courts to compel the notorious prison to adhere to strict COVID-19 testing and compliance guidelines in legal documents filed by Team ROC, the legal arm …

The trailer for Justin Simien’s second feature film, Bad Hair, has dropped, and the horror flick will hit Hulu on October 23. The satirical horror, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, follows Anna Bludso (played by Elle Lorraine) who hopes to rise to the top of a music …

Photo: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images) You know, when one of your officers is alleged to have been responsible for the unnecessary death of a Black man, it’s probably not a good look to rehire an officer who was let go for racism. Yet, that’s exactly what the Minneapolis Police Department …

Read: The ‘dragon energy’ of Kanye West and Donald Trump “I’ve never heard a story of anybody saying Kanye turned them into a Christian, or turned them into a Trump supporter,” Brandon Gastinell, a 27-year-old artist who co-hosts the podcast YeezusTalks, told me. “He doesn’t have the power.” Gastinell and …

Fans have been asking to see Romeo and Bow Wow battle each other on Verzuz, but Romeo has revealed that they have a different idea to celebrate their respective musical legacies. Bow Wow previously said no to a battle with Soulja Boy. There was also a brief back-and-forth with Timbaland …