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Chanté Moore, PJ Morton, Stokley Williams and Shanice perform during the 2020 Soul Train Awards presented by BET. Photo: Leon Bennett/STA 2020/Getty Images for BET (Getty Images) Black Hollywood has awakened from its Thanksgiving weekend ‘itis-induced nap and prepared itself for yet another awards show! This time, it’s the Soul …

This year’s Soul Train Awards are over after countless laughs, the delivery of important awards, and epic performance medleys of today and yesterday. Check out the full list of award winners below. Best New Artist Snoh Aalegra Giveon Layton Greene Lonr. SAINt JHN Victoria Monét Soul Train Certified Award Brandy …

Canadian-born NBA star Tristan Thompson has officially been granted his United States citizenship. On Tuesday (Nov. 24) the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Twitter account shared a photo of the 29-year-old taking the Oath of Allegiance. “I came to the US on a student visa and have always had …

Mo’Nique (Image: Twitter) 1 Mistakes are typically made in life and for the person who has felt a mistake was made against them, an apology typically works depending on the severity of the error. With the recent Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special that is playing on HBO Max, most …

Ciara is celebrating Sunday (Nov. 29) in a big way as she kicks off the day wishing her husband, Russell Wilson, a happy 32nd birthday! The wife and mother of three brought in her husband’s special day with a dinner and movie at home. She shared a snippet of the …

Photo: Joe Scarnici (Getty Images) In a strange match-up that only makes sense in 2020 (and even then, just barely), former NBA player Nate Robinson squared up in the boxing ring against YouTuber Jake Paul on Saturday night and lost. The undercard match-up came as a lead-up to the headline fight …

Boosie isn’t going to let a bullet in the leg stop him from having a good time. Just two weeks after the rapper was shot in the leg while in Dallas, he decided to keep his agreement to host the “Thanksgiving Bash” on Thanksgiving night at Charleston, South Carolina’s Exquis …

Records are being broken by the former president of the United States! According to Penguin Random House, former President Barack Obama’s latest book, “A Promised Land” has sold 1,710,443 units in the United States and Canada in the first week it was released. The tome, which was released on Tuesday, …

Photo: Andrew Harnik (AP) The Catholic Church has elected Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. to the rank of cardinal, making him the first African American in history to hold that title. Gregory was elevated to a cardinal in an installation ceremony held in Rome over the weekend, reports CNN.  …

Owsley County, Kentucky, where my aunt lives, is not so different from Breathitt County, where Vance’s grandmother was born and where, in the book, he spent a lot of time. In fact, the two counties share a border. Nearly 40 percent of the population in Owsley County lives in poverty, …