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Jeremih is reportedly fighting for his life against the coronavirus. According to TMZ, sources close to the R&B singer say he’s being treated at a hospital for COVID-19. While it’s unclear how long he’s been admitted or when he got the virus, the source says Jeremih’s condition is getting progressively …

Rawlin Lee Tate Jr., an 18-year old teen from Georgia, has made history as the first Black male valedictorian in his high school. More than that, he has secured $1.3 million in college scholarships. In a now-viral tweet, Tate shared his list of academic accomplishments which included having a 4.7 …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) The injustices that led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement and this year drove hundreds of people to march in pain and protest against the police’s inhumane treatment of Black Americans, are littered across the this country. The latest development in the story of …

In one sense, the lack of diversity in classic FSA photographs comes as little surprise: The country was roughly 90 percent white during the Depression, and the FSA represented Black people in proportion to their share of the population. Yet overall representation is surely only part of the story, given …

Boosie Badazz was reportedly shot in the Dallas, Texas area on Saturday (November 14), just days after the shooting death of his friend and collaborator Mo3. According to TMZ, Boosie was shot in the leg. RELATED: Dallas Rapper MO3 Killed In Highway Shootout The rapper was spotted at an area …

Media Mogul Byron Allen sat down for a virtual chat with Black Enterprise President and CEO Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. for the opening remarks of day two of the 2020 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit. The two men discussed Allen’s childhood, his career, how he became a media giant, and his plans …

Photo: Sarah Silbiger (Getty Images) Whenever I think I can no longer be surprised by the GOP’s utter lack of anything resembling humanity, another piece of evidence jumps out to remind me. Cori Bush, a first term congresswoman recently elected to the House to represent Missouri’s 1st district, showed up …

The Republican future in this scenario replicates the southern-Democratic past. There is another way forward for the party, but it involves more change.   This way begins with a basic fact: Over the course of the 2010s, the share of adult non-Hispanic whites with a college degree rose from 33 percent …

Lil Pump made headlines and got mercilessly dragged on Twitter after he joined Donald Trump on stage during a campaign event. Now, we’re learning that not only did he not cast his ballot for Trump, Pump’s reportedly not even registered to vote. According to the New York Daily News, “Little …

The Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit continued on Friday with headliners Wayne Brady, an award-winning entertainer and improv artist, and Byron Allen, the chairman and CEO of the Allen Media Group. Other speakers included Resilia CEO Sevetri Wilson and ACE Petroleum founder and CEO Moses Shepherd. The two-day virtual conference, which …