On Wednesday, Miya Ponsetto, also known as “SoHo Karen,” pled not guilty to hate crime charges stemming from an incident where she was caught on video allegedly assaulting a Black teen, Keyon Harrold Jr., the son of jazz musician Keyon Harold Sr., over an alleged stolen iPhone. On Dec. 26, …

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is facing federal charges for an alleged robbery and shooting in Miami after federal investigators built a case using his Instagram posts. The Miami Herald reports that the 21-year-old rapper, born Lontrell Williams, made his first federal court appearance in Miami on Tuesday (June 29), and …

Bill Cosby speaks to reporters outside of his home on June 30, 2021; Phylicia Rashad attends the premiere of Tyler Perry’s “A Fall From Grace” at Metrograph on January 13, 2020; Janet Hubert on PopViewers.Photo: Michael Abbott (Getty Images), Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images), Screenshot: PopViewers/YouTube (Getty Images) Content Warning: The …

One of social media’s hottest couples, Da Brat and Jessica “Judy” Dupart, are heading to reality television. They are starring in the WEtv reality show Brat Loves Judy, which premieres August 5. Lauren Gellert, executive vice president of development and original programming for WEtv, said in a written statement, “WEtv …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection,” Thomas Paine wrote in his pamphlet series The American Crisis. It was …

Written by Demetria Wambia In 2015, A’Ziah “Zola” King took Twitter users on an epic roadtrip adventure full of strip clubs, pimping,violence, kidnapping and sex trafficking. Then-19-year-old Zola’s endearing wit and strong storytelling abilities made the dark tale relatable and even downright funny. Zola’s viral tweets (all 148 of them) …

Willow Smith is providing some shocking revelations about her experience while touring with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and how it impacted her own music career. During an interview for the cover of L’Officiel’s July 2021 issue, the 20-year-old remembered joining Pinkett Smith’s rock band Wicked Wisdom while they were …

Willow Smith is providing some shocking revelations about her experience while touring with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and how it impacted her own music career. During an interview for the cover of L’Officiel’s July 2021 issue, the 20-year-old remembered joining Pinkett Smith’s rock band Wicked Wisdom while they were …

The mother of a Naval Academy midshipman lost her life after being fatally shot outside of her Annapolis hotel on Tuesday morning. Michelle Jordan Cummings, 57, was visiting Maryland from Houston, Texas to drop off her son, Leonard Cummings III, at the Naval Academy, KXXV reports. Police don’t believe that …

Photo: Jaromir Chalabala (Shutterstock) A grand jury decided on Monday not to indict a former Georgia State Trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist last year. What was his crime? Having a broken taillight. According to the New York Times, 60-year-old Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis was fatally shot last August …