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After an electrifying stage performance, Lil Nax X landed the most coveted award of the night. He took home the Video of the Year Award for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”  He beat out some heavyweights in that category, including Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion for their “WAP” …

The credit card giant Visa, has announced the inaugural class of the Visa Black Scholars and Jobs Program, awarding 50 college students scholarship assistance for up to four years. The program is designed for college-bound Black American students in the U.S. High school seniors pursuing an education in business or …

Kim Kardashian arrived in New York City ahead of New York Fashion Week (NYFW), and as expected, she grabbed everyone’s attention.  On Saturday, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Kardashian, 40, arrived at the Ritz Carlton Hotel wearing an all-leather outfit. She arrived just a few days before the Met …

Col. Lamar Davis, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, speaks about the agency’s release of video involving the death of Ronald Greene, at a press conference held Friday, May 21, 2021, in Baton Rouge, LaPhoto: Melinda Deslatte (AP) The Louisiana State Police’s top cop said he’d welcome an investigation by …

“I signed up for Tinder, put in my name, and I tried to make a person meet me, and they didn’t believe it was me,” he explained. “I was like, ‘it’s me! It’s Shaq!’[They said], ‘No, you’re not! Do you know what’s funny? She said, ‘Shaq would never be on …

The Pentagon is not the most inviting place for first-time visitors, and it was no different for Chris Lynch. When he rode the escalator out of the Pentagon metro station, Lynch was greeted by guard dogs and security personnel wearing body armor and toting machine guns. He lost cell service …

An assistant to R. Kelly testified on Friday (September 10) that she was reprimanded for letting one of his live-in girlfriends “escape” his Georgia home. According to Insider, Diana Copeland, who worked for Kelly from 2004 to 2018, told the jury in the R&B singer’s Brooklyn trial that she was …

Drake’s much anticipated Certified Lover Boy (CLB) album dropped on September 3. The Canadian rapper’s sixth studio album has been making headlines ever since its debut. The album has sold over 613,000 equivalent album units in the United States, Chart Data reports. CLB is now ranked as the biggest debut …

Macon County officials covered the base of a Confederate statue, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Tuskegee, Ala., after it was vandalized with spray-painted obscenities. The Alabama county is seeking to remove the statue that sits in a town square.Photo: Kim Chandler (AP) A recently-filed lawsuit could result in the removal …

What animal lives closer to us than you do? Tim Lahan Why are you squawking at me, little messenger? Why are you up in that tree, clenched, flicking your tail in a fury and showering me with imprecations? What have I done to upset you? From our October 2021 issue …