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Andre Rison, who played for the Oakland Raiders in 2002, says Jon Gruden, the former head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders is not racist. Amid racist, sexist and homophic emails that leaked, allegedly from Gruden, Rison told TMZ, “We all say some things behind closed doors that we regret …

Jussie Smollett is headed to trial in Chicago after a judge denied his latest motion to dismiss disorderly conduct charges from his alleged 2019 hate crime hoax.  According to USA Today, Smollett will stand in front of a jury beginning on Nov. 29, which will be open to the public …

The internet is endless, as are the possibilities to profit from its vast footprint. To those among the early adopters of the World Wide Web, its evolution over the years is mind-blowing. One of the largest impacts the internet has had on society is its ability to create new forms of wealth …

Adele is setting the music scene ablaze next month with a special concert performance and Oprah Winfrey interview as part of the event.  Ahead of the release of her long-awaited fourth album 30, CBS is set to air a two-hour special “Adele One Night Only” featuring a concert debuting the …

Photo: Marcus Ingram (Getty Images) In its efforts to recognize the hustle of the aspiring entrepreneurs and go-getters sprinkled throughout historically Black colleges and universities throughout the country, Now and Later has launched its #RecognizetheCHEW Class in Session Series to showcase the impact of the HBCU experience. As a part …

In the fall of 2006, law enforcement on the southwest border of the United States seized some crystal methamphetamine. In due course, a five-gram sample of that seizure landed on the desk of a 31-year-old chemist named Joe Bozenko, at the Drug Enforcement Administration lab outside Washington, D.C. From our …

ESPN analyst Jay Williams is facing heavy backlash after defending NBA superstar Kyrie Irving’s decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine.  In footage posted by TMZ, Williams says he’s been receiving death wishes from people following his take on Kyrie’s decision not to get the vaccine.  New York, Los Angeles, …

Hip hop mogul Rick Ross has partnered with Rap Snacks Founder and CEO, James Lindsay to develop and manufacture a line of hemp products that will disrupt the tobacco industry. Dubbed Hemp Hop, the line includes a series of smokables with different cannabinoids, Delta 8 products, and hemp blunt smoking …

Chlöe visits the SiriusXM Studios on October 15, 2021 in New York City.Photo: Cindy Ordfor SiriusXM (Getty Images) Beyoncé once said: “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.” Now, I think it’s pretty safe to say that Bey’s protégé Chlöe Bailey is definitely doing that and …

On March 16, 2017, Mount Etna almost killed Boris Behncke. He was on the volcano’s snow-covered flanks, accompanying a film crew from the BBC. Serpents of lava were slithering out of a southeastern crater, but Behncke, a volcanologist at Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, felt no need to …