Lil Nas X came out as gay last year at the end of pride month. He has since proudly embraced his identity, advocates for the LGBTQ community, and has sparked a needed conversation about homosexuality in the music and hip-hop industries. But the rapper just revealed to the Guardian …

(Image: Facebook) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is flexing the power he has at the Starz network. The rapper-turned-television producer has gotten his series Black Mafia Family on the cable network. As 50 Cent gears up to present his upcoming sequels to his very successful Power television series, the mercurial businessman has gotten his …

During the coronavirus outbreak, most Americans are  being told to stay home. While staying home for weeks with your family can be a blessing, it could also be challenging. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend recently opened up about quarantining on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Yesterday (April 7), Chrissy, 36, told …

New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux invited us into his world with his first body of work, “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé.” The author opened up about his upbringing in Texas and revealed his journey to embracing …

A beloved Mississippi barber has died of COVID-19, and a number of social media posts suggest that he may have contracted the virus while still cutting hair during the nationwide quarantine. 46-year-old Eugene Thompson, the owner of Taper Nation and Taper Nation 2 barbershops, died Saturday (Apr. 4) at …

Percy “Master P” Miller at Black Enterprise (Photo: Bryon Summers) The rapid outbreak of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, has become a public health crisis that has devastated the world. The elderly and people with pre-existing ailments and respiratory problems are among the most vulnerable for contracting the virus. Rapper …

The iconic pop culture television show, MTV’s Punk’d is returning to screens with Chance the Rapper as the host for its new iteration produced by the streaming network Quibi.  Sharing how it feels to now be calling the hilarious jokes to celebrity counterparts, Chance says it is “f**king real.”  “I …

Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN (Getty Images) It’s been a little more than a year since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” rode into our hearts, making the newcomer an overnight sensation, and later, a Grammy winner and history-maker. The song spent the longest consecutive number of weeks atop the Billboard …

Ready. Set. Dance! Join BET House Party on Instagram Live today for another virtual dance session sure to make you sweat now, but smile later. At 1pm ET, dancer and choreographer to the stars, Kida The Great, will be hosting a hip hop dance class on BET’s official Instagram. Kida The …

The past weeks have of course meant economic devastation for small and local businesses of all sorts, as discussed here in an item about Erie. The pressures on local book stores and publishers, and local newspapers and other news organizations, deserve special attention (as the writers’ group PEN has argued …