Image: Instagram With the legacy of Jim Crow laws and violent racism toward African American communities, many black families moved up North through the Great Migration for more economic opportunity. These days, there is a new migration happening with black entrepreneurs looking to take their ideas and businesses down South. …
Read More »Lizzo Shares A Mommy And Me Moment With Her Mother
Lizzo always has time for a little family and fun, and she uploaded an Instagram video on Monday (March 2) sharing a moment with her mom. The award-winning singer teamed up with her mother, Shari Johnson-Jefferson to film a choreographed dance video as Trey Taylor and Armon Warren’s cover of …
Read More »Nicki Minaj’s Husband Kenneth Petty Arrested, Indicted for Failing to Register As a Sex Offender
Nicki Minaj’s husband has been arrested by U.S. Marshals on an indictment after he failed to register as a sex offender. TMZ reports that Kenneth Petty was placed into federal custody Wednesday (Mar. 4) after he turned himself in to the Marshals. He’ll stand before a judge later today, …
Read More »Director X, Known for Highlighting Dark-Skinned Beauty In His Music Videos, Debuts Short Film Celebrating the 'Diversity' of Black Love
Director X at ‘Black Love Is’ Launch with Tinder on February 25, 2020 in Hollywood, Calif.Photo: Erik Umphery (Tinder) In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, Director X’s stamp was all over your favorite music videos. Whether he made you whine with Sean Paul’s catalog or emote with Usher, …
Read More »Tyler Perry Hires Actress Who Posted Billboard
Racquel Bailey was an aspiring actress in Georgia who desperately wanted to get Tyler Perry’s attention. Starting in 2012, she got creative and paid for ads on billboards in Atlanta. Eight years later, she will be featured in tomorrow night’s episode of Sistas. The 33-year-old told CNN about her audition …
Read More »Vegan Jogger Roasted Online After Asking Neighbors to Not Cook Meat Outside & Close Windows When Cooking Indoors
I’m going to start by saying not all vegans are annoying people, and many choose that lifestyle for a variety of reasons and simply go about it in silence. Now that that’s out of the way, one unidentified California runner really takes the (vegan) cake for being the stereotypical …
Read More »Why It’s So Hard to Stop Touching Your Face
Oh, right, yes—I’m supposed to avoid touching my face, a task that I and pretty much everyone else have been failing at specularly. It’s hard to change habits, and that is exactly what public health advice for coronavirus has asked us to do. By definition, habits are things “we don’t …
Read More »Gabrielle Union's Daughter Kaavia 'Inspired' Her New Book
Gabrielle Union is now an author of children’s books with Welcome to the Party, which the actress says was inspired by the birth of her first daughter Kaavia James. Union told PEOPLE, “I’m so excited to be releasing my first children’s book. Since the birth of my daughter … I’ve …
Read More »The Cast of 'Twenties' Plays 20 Questions
In Lena Waithe’s new series, Twenties, Nia (Gabrielle Graham), Hattie (Jonica “Jojo” Gibbs) and Marie (Christina Elmore) are three friends living in Los Angeles trying to find the answers to life’s burning questions. Loosely based on the life of actor, producer and writer Waithe, Twenties is lead by Haddie, an …
Read More »Stars of ‘Twenties’ Give Advice To Their Younger Selves
On Wednesday, March 8, viewers will board a nostalgic ride through one of life’s toughest decades, our twenties. The series — named after that ten-year period between adolescence and full-blown adulthood that’s full of highs and lows — follows a trio of friends (Hattie, Marie and Nia) as they chase …
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