In 1996, Master P (born Percy Miller) gained 100% ownership of his No Limit Records label’s master recordings. Ownership has always been the mogul’s gameplan and he further extends this mission with a new goal in place. The 50-year-old businessman took to his Instagram account to announce his desire to …
Read More »Georgia Sheriff Reopens Probe Into Death of Kendrick Johnson
0 Kendrick Johnson (Image: Twitter) Last year, the massive protests taking place worldwide in wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis had led to a petition calling for an investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson to be reopened. According to the New York Post, a sheriff …
Read More »Objection! Georgetown Law Professor Fired After Making Disparaging Comments About Black Students on Video Call
Photo: SAUL LOEB (Getty Images) The latest instance of academic racism takes us to Georgetown Law, where a professor lost her job after making disparaging comments about Black students. According to the Washington Post, professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson at the Washington, D.C., university were having a conversation over …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: First Came the Pandemic. Then Came New Parenthood.
Last summer, as the pandemic raged on, my colleague Sophie Gilbert became a parent. It was the hardest thing she’s ever done. “Other than my husband, not a single person I love has really seen me being a mother,” she writes in an extraordinary essay. “This new person I’ve become …
Read More »Houston Rapper Obe Noir Killed In Shooting
Houston rapper and activist Obe Noir was killed in a shooting on Monday (March 8). He was 31. According to ABC 13, police report that witnesses say they saw Noir, born Xavier Roberson, running down a street near Midtown Houston after hearing gunfire in the early morning hours on Monday. …
Read More »Rihanna files trademark application for haircare line Fenty Hair
Rihanna looks to expand her imprint on the beauty industry with yet another new brand. Harper’s Bazaar reported the pop star filed a trademark for Fenty Hair on March 3. The trademark covered a wide range of products like styling products, straightening products, relaxing, and waving products. Hair color and hair glitter were …
Read More »Survey Shows Almost Half Of Black Americans Would Rather Discuss Their Sex Life Rather Than Their Credit
Self Financial, a fintech startup, has released the results of a third-party survey showing the challenges Black Americans face when dealing with credit. The survey gives a unique picture of how Black Americans view credit and try to build savings and credit. The survey questioned 1,000 adults and one of …
Read More »Michelle Obama shut down Sasha, Malia from late-night baking addiction during pandemic
This week, while promoting her new Netflix cooking show, former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed to PEOPLE that her daughters, Sasha and Malia, became addicted to making baked goods at night during the quarantine. “They were baking way too much at the beginning of quarantine, too many delicious pies. They were good at it! Good pie crust, …
Read More »Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Alexi McCammond Wants to Be Held Accountable for Previous Anti-Asian and Homophobic Tweets
Alexi McCammond speaks onstage during day 2 of Politicon 2019 on October 27, 2019.Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon (Getty Images) Following up on an internal email sent to Teen Vogue staff earlier this week, incoming editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond has published an expanded letter addressed to the Teen Vogue “community, …
Read More »<em>It’s a Sin</em> and the Ritual of AIDS Fiction
The show’s five episodes are rich with texture, and the gang’s ambitions, flings, and catchphrases all come to feel like your own. Yet the engine of the plot is AIDS itself. It stalks stealthily in the beginning, then strikes peripheral figures, then inculcates fear and denial, and then moves in …
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