Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) André 3000 has become an enigmatic figure in hip-hop, rarely giving interviews or discussing what’s next for his music career. (But if you ask me, he’s earned a break away from the game.) However, he has been a bit more vocal than usual given the …
Read More »Gabrielle Union Wants Cops Arrested For Breonna Taylor Death
Four cops have been arrested and charged in the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day. However, the three officers who killed Breonna Taylor on March 13 in her own bed during a drug raid at the wrong house are still on the job. And Gabrielle Union is joining the …
Read More »<em>Da 5 Bloods</em> Is the Most Ambitious Film Spike Lee Has Ever Made
Read: With ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee sounds the alarm about America’s past and present Da 5 Bloods is a story about a buried past: It follows Vietnam War veterans Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) as they travel back to their old battleground …
Read More »'Greenleaf' Final Season Trailer Is Here
Greenleaf fans are preparing to say goodbye to the hit OWN series after the upcoming fifth season, and the newly-released trailer makes it clear that there will be more than a few tears. It also promises to wrap up some of last season’s cliffhangers. RELATED: Everything You Want To Know …
Read More »NFL Commits $250 Million To Battle Systemic Racism
Last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which many believed was empty considering the league’s history with peaceful protesting against police brutality. Now, the NFL is reportedly putting some pretty big money forward to combat systemic racism. According to Judy …
Read More »Tiffany Haddish Breaks Down Over George Floyd Memorial
Tiffany Haddish has opened up about her decision to attend the memorial for George Floyd, saying the recent deaths of unarmed Black people and the protests they’ve sparked has triggered painful memories from her childhood. “The thing that made me really want to be there was, I have watched …
Read More »Entertainment Journalist & “This Is Us” Writer Jas Waters aka Jas Fly Dead at 39
Jasmine “Jas” Waters, an entertainment journalist and writer for popular TV shows like NBC’s This Is Us and Showtime’s Kidding, has died at the age of 39. The passing of Waters, who also went by the moniker “Jas Fly,” was first confirmed by her friend and fellow writer, Sade …
Read More »Entrepreneur and Investor Monique Idlett-Mosley Shares How She Is Using Her Voice and Her Funds to Create Change
A key element to Monique Idlett-Mosley’s decades-long success as an entrepreneur, investor, and entertainment pioneer is knowing when to pivot. The Miami-based philanthropist started her career as an advertising executive when she was 22 years old after convincing a VP at USA Today to hire her for a senior-level sales …
Read More »Tulsa Police Officers Arrest Black Teen for Jaywalking, Say Cops Are Shooting Black People “Less Than We Probably Ought To”
Newly surfaced bodycam footage shows two white Tulsa police officers placing two black teens in handcuffs for jaywalking. The incident, which occurred last week and is now under internal investigation, comes as protests against police brutality continue across the country following the murder of George Floyd by a police …
Read More »Coronavirus Expected to Wipe Out 40 Percent of Black-Owned Businesses
Photo: Elijah Nouvelag (Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted American life in an unprecedented way. While a vaccine and antiviral treatment will eventually help mitigate the health effects, the economic cost of the pandemic is shaping up to be severe and long lasting. CBS News reports that 40 percent of …
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