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An ambitious 14-year-old CEO from Columbia, S.C. named Gabby Goodwin always dreamed big, but little did she know a bigger blessing for her business GaBBY Bows was on the way from two special benefactors who believed in her. Gabby was invited to share her entrepreneurial journey as a guest on a …

On July 3, Nick Cannon welcomed a baby boy named Zen with model Alyssa Scott. The child, born on June 23, is his seventh, with four of his children to be born within one year. While some have been making jokes about Cannon’s rambunctious fertility, he’s making it clear that …

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump and alleged attorney Rudy Giuliani have been down bad since last November. Trump is apparently still fixated on what was probably the biggest L of his life, and Giuliani is currently the subject of multiple state and federal investigations. The hits …

Real Housewives of Potomac alum Monique Samuels is grieving the loss of her pet parrot. On Tuesday (July 6) Samuels posted the news on her Instagram, sharing with her fans that her African grey parrot, T’Challa, had died at the beginning of the month “in a freak accident.” The 37-year-old …

Gabby Thomas is disappointed at the growing trend of Black people talking about boycotting the Tokyo Olympics due to Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension. On July 6, the Olympic Games-bound sprinter wrote on Twitter, “It really hurts to see so many black people choosing not to watch the Olympics this year. There …

Zaila Avant-garde of Louisiana just made history as the first African American person to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She claimed her victory in round 18 after she correctly spelled “murraya,” a genius of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees. As the national champion, Avant-garde is walking away with a …

Artist Brittany Byrd; Lil Uzi VertPhoto: Dimitrios Kambouris for Dior Beauty/Theo Wargo for TIDAL (Getty Images) When we say protect Black women, we mean it. Even if it comes at the expense of one of rap’s favorite artist’s seemingly infallible legacy. (No, not him or him. A different one this …

Basketball Wives executive producer Shaunie O’Neal is introducing her new boyfriend to the world. On Tuesday (July 6), she took to her Instagram to honor Pastor Keion Henderson in a big way for his 40th birthday. The post features photos and videos of their time together, alongside a lengthy caption. …

Reuters – The Democratic party will invest $25 million in voter registration and education efforts, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Thursday, as the Biden administration tries to combat restrictive rules passed by Republican-led legislatures in some states. Harris, who was assigned by the president to lead the …

Photo: Jacquelyn Martin (AP) A hate crime investigation is underway in Long Beach, Calif., after it was discovered last week that some pitiful racist vandalized the city’s statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. According to NPR, the desecration of the monument at MLK Jr. Park honoring the iconic …