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Colorado, Minnesota and Washington State may be joining California, New York and New Jersey when it comes to making hair discrimination illegal.
This may be the wildest Black History Month headline ever. According to authorities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Robert Noye, a black man, kidnapped a white woman over the weekend and forced her to watch “Roots,” Alex Haley‘s 1977 miniseries regarding the history of slavery in America and threatened to kill her and chop off her […]
Dr. Dre turns 55 years old today and he’s definitely earn the title of one of the greatest to ever do it in the music game. We all know the Compton native is responsible for some of the greatest songs and talent we’ve experienced — like Eminem and N.W.A. — but there are some bangers […]
The NBA All-Star Weekend has concluded with Team LeBron taking home the win and Kawhi Leonard crowned as the first recipient of the newly renamed Kobe Bryant NBA All-Star Game MVP. The late Los Angeles Laker superstar was honored considerably throughout the weekend, culminating in moving tributes from Common, Jennifer Hudson, and more on Sunday […]
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, a 15-year-old rising star from Uganda who was featured in Disney’s Queen of Katwe, has died. According to published reports, the young actress passed away after a brain tumor diagnosis. Her death was announced on Sunday via Twitter by Gayaza High School, an all-girls boarding school outside the Ugandan capital of Kampala where […]
In a New York minute Michael Avenatti went from a resistance avenger taking on Donald Trump on behalf of Stormy Daniels to just another sleezy lawyer looking for a quick and easy payday. Now the 49-year-old lawyer is being held accountable for trying to extort Nike out of millions of dollars. According to NY Mag, […]
Jennifer Hudson took to the court before the NBA All Star Game in Chicago to pay Tribute to the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter GiGi. The tribute brought tears to audiences all over the world. Hudson song from her soul, as a photo montage of Kobe Bryant played in the background. RELATED: Aretha Franklin’s […]
Today marks two years since Hollywood, the Marvel Universe and Black cinema was changed….forever! Black Panther hit theaters on this day two years ago and the Ryan Coogler directed film cemented itself into the history books immediately. It made over $1 Billion at the box office in just 26 days of it’s release after breaking […]
Everyone loves a good ol’ comeback, but the resurgence of the entity that is Janet Jackson is way more than that. Miss Jackson (if you’re nasty) recently announced that she’s set to kick off her Black Diamond World Tour in arenas across North America this summer, and fans couldn’t be more excited! According to CNN, the […]
R. Kelly has been indicted, again. The disgraced R&B singer was hit with a new indictment by the Feds in Chicago. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a superseding indictment against Kelly has named a new victim, who reportedly met the singer in 1997 or 1998 when she was just 14 or 15. It says Kelly […]