Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Janet Hubert and John Earl Jelks attend The Season Two premiere of HBO Max Love Life series via Tribeca Fall Preview at DGA Theatre on October 24, 2021.Photo: lev radin (Shutterstock) Janet Hubert of Fresh Prince of Bel Air has been hospitalized. Although the cause is unknown, the original ‘Aunt …

Wizkid’s “Essence” featuring Tems has reached another level of success on the adult R&B market as his popular single topped Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart.  According to Billboard, “Essence” is Wizkid’s first Adult R&B No.1 on for his third appearance on the chart. He previously checked in on the charts …

Actress Janet Hubert, known affectionately as “The Original Aunt Viv,” shared words of wisdom after a recent hospital visit for an unknown health concern.  In a now-deleted post on Instagram, the 65-year-old veteran entertainer wrote a poignant post about anger and dealing with people.  “Don’t waste precious time people in …

Photo: TheVisualsYouNeed (Shutterstock) In a recently released report issued by the Government Accountability Office, it is noted that about 1.3 million students, ages 12 to 18, were bullied for their race, religion, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation in the 2018-2019 school year. In the same school year, the …

Everybody is talking about the new short series on Netflix, Squid Game, including Soulja Boy who stays with the trends! The rapper recently released his new song “Squid Game” that dropped on streaming platforms on Thursday (Oct. 14).  Listeners can hear Soulja rapping over the instrumental of the show’s theme …

In a new memoir set to come out next summer, NFL star Robert Griffin III vowed to reveal the toxic nature of his time with the Washington Football Team, which he says included being the victim of sexual harassment. Griffin announced the upcoming release of Surviving Washington with a video posted …

Photo: Wileydoc/shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) The CW is finally putting the attention where it belongs, on marching bands. More specifically, the amazing artistry of HBCU marching bands. Deadline reports, the network has greenlit docuseries March, which follows the Prairie View A&M University Marching Band. It premieres Monday, Jan. 24 at 8 pm. …

Mikey Saber, the preening, confident chump who’s the ostensible hero of Sean Baker’s new film, Red Rocket, enters on-screen to a loud and familiar tune: “Bye Bye Bye,” by *NSync. The song is a piece of mainstream pop from yesteryear (it’s a shiver-inducing 21 years old), and its usage in …

Another predominantly Black Michigan city is warned about toxic drinking water–just seven years after the Flint water crisis.  On Oct. 14, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a “whole-of-government” response in Benton Harbor three years after the first reports of high levels of lead in tap water, NBC News reports.  It …

Ahead of celebrating Jackson State University’s first SWAC Championship since 2007, Deion Sanders made headlines last week for recruiting an Instagram model to teach his players “the other side of the game.” Sanders, who became JSU’s head coach at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, shared a video to …