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A partially deaf 15-year-old artist has blown up on social media due to his stunning portraits of various celebrities, including the late Betty White, Billy Porter, LeBron James, late actor Sidney Poitier and Vice President Kamala Harris. Tyler Gordon began painting when he was ten years old. In an interview, …

Photo: Leon Bennett (Getty Images) Orange is the New Black Actress Danielle Brooks married her boo Dennis Gelin and dressed DOWN at her wedding. People reported Christian Siriano was behind the designs of her stunning looks for the day. According to People, she chose her wedding venue to be the …

Whole Foods supermarket chain, owned by Amazon, doubled down regarding its policy of banning workers who wear embellished masks with the phrase, “Black Lives Matter.” Bloomberg reports that the grocery chain accused the federal government of violating its First Amendment rights by preventing them from disallowing their workers from wearing …

Photo: Gotham/WireImage (Getty Images) It just got colder in the crib! Congratulations are in order for “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai and rapper Jeezy, aka Jeezy The Snowman who welcomed their first bundle of joy together this past week. On Tuesday, the tv personality and stylist, Mai Jenkins, posted a …

On Wednesday, Derricka Patrick, a 29-year-old pregnant mother, was killed while in her parked car in front of her home. Police are pursuing two shooters were recorded on a surveillance camera shooting into the parked car in the Englewood community of Chicago, Fox 32 reports.   The shooting occurred when Patrick …

UKRAINE – 2021/12/20: In this photo illustration, the Navient Corporation logo is seen displayed on a smartphone and in the backgroundPhoto: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) As we all patiently wait to see if the Biden administration will make good on its campaign promise to cancel up to $10,000 of …

At first glance, British Vogue’s February cover might seem jarring to some; the shadowy tableau of nine dark-skinned Black women, stone-faced and stiffly posed, almost evokes the feeling of mannequins arranged in a store window. Arguably, this might be exactly its intent: to present Black, dark-skinned beauty and unabashedly African …

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his wife Laticia Maria McGee are expecting their first child together, the couple announced just a week ahead of another monumental date in their lives. Kilpatrick and McGee were married in July, after nurturing a friendship and relationship while the former mayor was serving …

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 05: Maurice Hines attends the “The Cotton Club” screening during the 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on October 05, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center)Photo: Dominik Bindl (Getty Images) …

This coming Monday, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., inarguably the most recognizable figure of 20th century civil rights movement. But among the many activists who forged a path for that iconic leader was Ida B. Wells, whose own crusade for racial justice and gender equality at …