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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 …

When the coronavirus pandemic began a year ago, Democratic governors had the highest COVID case and death rates, but it wasn’t long before Republican governors took over. The study was released Tuesday by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Medical University of South Carolina. The …

Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Never let it be said The Glow Up can’t spot an emerging trend. Back in January 2019, as Rihanna was debuting her first Valentine’s Day collection for Savage x Fenty, we wrote about the bad gal’s growing fashion and lifestyle empire, writing: We’re just waiting …

Illustrations by Mike McQuade Image above, clockwise from top left: A U.S. Army Special Forces sniper, 1991; the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed U.S. rescue operation in Iran, 1980; a marine during the invasion of Grenada, 1983; Captain Vernon Gillespie Jr. in Vietnam, 1964; soldiers on patrol at …

The name Patrick Ewing is synonymous with New York Knicks basketball, but not everyone seems to care about his legacy when it comes to their core protocols.  During a press conference for the NCAA’s Big East Quarterfinals, the nearly 7-foot Knicks legend voiced his discontentment with being stopped by Madison …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …