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Jay Electronica (L) and Jay-Z perform during TIDAL X: Jay-Z B-sides in NYC on May 16, 2015, in New York City. Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images for Live Nation) In the uncanny journey known as life, we’ve all frequented a figurative Game Stop and traded in our barely-used innocence as …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Plans To Open Assisted Living Facilities
Megan Thee Stallion has big goals outside of hip hop after she graduates from college. During a recent appearance on Strahan, Sara and Keke, the “Hot Girl Summer” rapper revealed that after completing her studies at Texas Southern University, she plans to open assisted living facilities in her hometown of …
Read More »A Movie That Makes the Abortion Debate Personal
Hittman’s previous features, 2013’s It Felt Like Love and 2017’s striking Beach Rats, were both set in Brooklyn and focused on similarly guarded teen characters nurturing a secret. In her fledgling career, the director has already excelled at depicting the pressures of young life with blunt naturalism. Never Rarely Sometimes …
Read More »Chet Hanks Clowned After Updating On His Parents’ COVID-19
Social media exploded last night (March 11) when Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks revealed that he, and his wife Rita Wilson, had been diagnosed with COVID-19 while in Australia shooting a movie. But once his son, Chet Hanks appeared on Instagram to add his commentary, bare chested and tatted up, he …
Read More »Rep. Ilhan Omar Marries Campaign Consultant
Ilhan Omar is a new bride. On Wednesday night (March 11), the Minnesota Rep. announced she married Tim Mynett, a political consultant from the firm E Street Group who previously worked with Omar’s campaign, according to NBC News. The announcement comes just over five months after Omar filed for divorce …
Read More »Kenya Moore Reveals More About Her Divorce From Mac Daly
Apparently, RHOA star, Kenya Moore had a lot more to say about her divorce from husband, Marc Daly than Real Housewives of Atlanta originally revealed. During their trip to Greece, Moore actually opened up to castmate, Kandi Burruss about her split, which happened right before the entire cast took their …
Read More »Byron Allen Makes $8.5 Billion Cash Bid For Tegna Station Group
Byron Allen at the 2018 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit (Black Enterprise) Media entrepreneur Byron Allen got a big win when he acquired the Weather Channel through his company, Allen Media Group. This week, the mogul is looking to make another large purchase for his massive media conglomerate. Allen made an …
Read More »Iyanla Vanzant Attempts to East Coronavirus Fears
Two weeks ago, no one could have imagined the mass hysteria that has been brought on by the spread of COVID-19, which has officially been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Now, people must begin to manage their heightened emotions around several weeks of self-imposed and mandatory quarantines, …
Read More »Man Reportedly Stabbed at Sam’s Club During Fight Over Supplies Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has folks in such a mass hysteria that they are actually fighting in retail stores and supermarkets over supplies like toilet paper, bottled water, and food. A man was violently attacked at a Sam’s Club in Hiram, Georgia Thursday (Mar. 12) over an apparent dispute over …
Read More »2nd Utah Jazz Player Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Rudy Gobert No. 27 of the Utah Jazz is congratulated by Donovan Mitchell No. 45 after scoring against the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the NBA game at Talking Stick Resort Arena on March 13, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.Photo: Christian Petersen (Getty Images) On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz …
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