Nick Cannon is making life a lot easier for seven HBCU students when they graduate. The actor and show host announced on his nationally syndicated talk show, The Nick Cannon Show, that he’s providing relief for student loan debt for seven soon-to-be-grads. The students explained on Cannon’s show the obstacles …
Read More »How to Rekindle a Long-Distance Friendship
Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with a group of men who found connection during the pandemic’s early, isolated days. Spread out around the country, …
Read More »Ice-T Isn’t Taking Online Parental Advice
Ice-T isn’t taking any online advice when it comes to parenting. Appearing on The View on Thursday (Sept. 30), the rapper and actor’s 5-year-old daughter Chanel was recently a topic of discussion. When asked by co-host Ana Navarro about what he thought of the online flak he and wife Coco …
Read More »#MCE!: Beards At The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
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Read More »Madame C.J. Walker’s Legacy Foundation Launches Women Who Enterprise Accelerator Program
Meet Ayris Scales, the CEO of Walker’s Legacy, formed in 2009 in honor of the late Madame C.J. Walker, the first self-made woman millionaire in America. As part of continuing Walker’s Legacy, the foundation is committed to aiding the next generation of minority women entrepreneurs. As part of Walker’s Legacy …
Read More »NeNe Leakes Reveals Late Husband Gregg’s Moving Last Words
NeNe Leakes is doing some reflecting when it comes to the final days she spent with her late husband Gregg. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star revealed some of the special moments she had with Gregg before he passed away on September 1. “The last five days before his passing …
Read More »Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Medicare to Cover Wigs: 'It’s So Much More Than Cosmetic'
Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) In January 2020, Rep. Ayanna Pressley came to a The Root video studio and opened up about a part of herself that she’d kept close despite being an extremely popular progressive Congresswoman and member of “the Squad” who stayed in the public eye. Pressley revealed …
Read More »'The Wendy Williams' Premiere Date Delayed Again
Wendy Williams appears to be still struggling with her health. Season 13 of her talk show has been delayed for a third time. The Instagram account for The Wendy Williams posted the following statement, “Wendy will not be returning with new shows on Oct. 4. She has been and continues …
Read More »Netflix’s <em>Squid Game </em>Is Bloody, Brutish, and Surprisingly Tender
For the chance to escape severe debt, the characters in Netflix’s hugely popular survival drama Squid Game would risk anything, even death. Take the protagonist Seong Gi-hun. Unemployed, he spends his days in Seoul gambling on horse races and has signed away his organs as collateral to his creditors. His …
Read More »Missy Elliot Explains Aaliyah’s ‘4 Page Letter’
Aaliyah’s “4 Page Letter,” from her 1996 album One In a Million, was a huge hit in 1997. Missy Elliot and Timbaland co-wrote the track— and now Missy is revealing a cute detail about the song. At the beginning of the song, Aaliyah is heard saying, “Turn my music,” Missy …
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