Congratulations are in order for Atlanta and Haunted Mansion star LaKeith Stanfield, as he recently announced he's tied the knot with girlfriend Kasmere Trice and that the two have welcomed a new baby!Read more...

Black Residents in a South Carolina town are renewing their push to throw up a roadblock to the state's plans to literally pave over their neighborhood.

Though she's been in the spotlight since she was a child, actress/singer Keke Palmer has somewhat been able to control which aspects of her personal life become public. With the premiere of her digital network, Key TV, and new album and short film, Big Boss, she's revealed more about her private relationships. During...Read more...

It's been almost 27 years since Tupac Shakur was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, but the mystery surrounding his death has remained a hot topic among his fans. There's finally been some movement in the case as Las Vegas Police recently served a search warrant looking for laptops and...Read more...

Summer may be coming to an end, but the books are still coming in hot. Memoirs are everything this August, and one at the top of our list is Viola Ford Fletcher's Don't Let Them Bury My Story," a powerful first-hand account of the devastating Tulsa Massacre that destroyed one of the most affluent Black communities in...Read more...

Florida has targeted the Black community from restricting voting rights to banning books about basic Black history while completely ignoring the systemic racism being perpetuated by every bill they pass. It's unsurprising that the oldest Black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., pulled their upcoming...Read more...

Despite the shocking nature of what happened to Bronny James on Monday, that didn't stop the vultures on the internet from speculating on what happened to him-and they had no problem being loud and disgustingly wrong. On Tuesday-just 30 minutes after the news was shared about James collapsing and suffering cardiac...Read more...

Tina Knowles-Lawson has filed for divorce from husband Richard Lawson after 8 years of marriage.Read more...

Now that the Carlee Russell case has been resolved, another family has gone public seeking help to find their missing loved one who disappeared the day after Russell returned home. According to WCNC, Allisha Watts, 39, has been missing for 10 days and her family has been given no information from the police on the...Read more...

With the 50th anniversary of hip-hop less than a month away, Netflix is shining a light on the women who've been instrumental in taking the genre to the next level in the upcoming docuseries, Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop. But fans of Nicki Minaj aren't too happy about the recently released trailer which...Read more...

News that the Florida Board of Education wants educators to teach that slavery benefited enslaved people (understandably) sparked national outrage. Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the move as promoting revisionist history." But Florida is far from the only state with restrictions on educators' ability to teach...Read more...

Updated as of 7/26/2023 at 3:00 p.m. ET

OnJuly 26, 1948, President Truman changed the course of American history when heissued Executive Order 9981 officially declaring there shall be equality oftreatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regardto race, color, religion or national origin." This order desegregated theUnited...Read more...

The nation was left revolted at the revelation that Carlee Russell lied about what happened in the 49 hours she was missing". And that apparently now includes Russell's now ex-boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons, who's joined the masses in their rebuke of Russell only days after rallying to her defense on social media.Read more...

It's hard to imagine, but a month from now we'll be looking as summer's unofficial last weekend. (Sadly, kids in some places are headed back to the classroom this week!) And whether you're heading to the beach or hanging out by the pool, dope swimwear is a must for summer's last hurrah. Now is the perfect time to...Read more...

The NFL has had its fair share of allegations of racial discrimination. And now, after months of limbo, one of those claims will be aired in court. On Tuesday, Judge Valerie Caproni stood by her March decision allowing NFL Coach Brian Flores' discrimination claims to go to trial.

The Supreme Court's decision to gut Affirmative Action in college admissionshas brought renewed scrutiny to admissions policies that benefit the wealthy and connected, namely, legacy preferences. Some schools like Wesleyan and Carnegie Mellon have taken it upon themselves to roll back preferences for children of...Read more...

For a group who are constantly claiming to be all about free speech, conservatives really seem to hate it when someone disagrees with them. To that end, the controversy surrounding country singer Jason Aldean's new single and video, Try That Iin a Small Town" has inevitably led to racist harassment for one social...Read more...

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Picture it: Sicily 1922 South Central Los Angeles, 2023. Rapper Ice Cube and conservative talking head Tucker Carlson taking a midday drive through the hood as they wax poetic about their ideologies and opinions-chief among them Cube's anti-COVID-19 vaccine stance.

A witness to the assassination of Malcolm X has rekindled a theory long believed by many people in the Black community: That law enforcement may have assisted the killers.

The case surrounding the heartbreaking death of actor Michael K. Williams has reached its end. According to NBC News, on Tuesday, Carlos Macci, one of the men arrested on drug trafficking charges in connection with Williams' death was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He received 30 months in prison, plus...Read more...

Whoopi Goldberg is coming to the defense of the recently released Barbie movie after conservative critics dubbed the film as woke" and angry feminist claptrap."Read more...

What do get when you combine a pimp, a whore, a drug dealer and a wildly disturbing covert government plot? You get Juel Taylor's They Cloned Tyrone, starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx in a romp through every barber shop conspiracy theorist's wildest dream. But if you think that's all there is to it,...Read more...

It sounds like something out of an old Western, but unfortunately, it's all too real: A Colorado police officer is on trial for leaving a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train. And the cop allegedly responsible has an interesting defense: she didn't know she parked her police cruiser...Read more...

The public is only now learning about a 2020 incident in which two Sacramento cops were eventually disciplined for using racist language while they improperly detained a group of Black boys while on duty.

On Friday, The View shared news of the death of the show's co-creator Bill via Instagram. Geddie died on July 20 due to coronary issues. On Monday, the current cast of The View" paid tribute to their late boss with former co-host Sherri Shepherd making an appearance. Geddie also served as one of the show's executive...Read more...

Moments before Jadarrius Rose got out of his vehicle after being pulled over by Ohio State High Patrol officers, he called 911 in fear for his life. Instead of getting help, hisinteraction with cops resulted in him being mauled by a police K-9.

Updated 07/25/2023 at 1:35 p.m. ET

The WGA writers strike and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike may have pushed pause on American movie and TV productions, but for international film festivals it's business as usual. These events are the first major stop on the road to awards season, so they're still very influential for projects looking to build momentum....Read more...

A spectator who decided to heckle Cam Newton during a football camp learned the hard way that the football star has no problem firing back in his own crude way. Newton was participating in former UCF kicker Donald De La Haye's 1ON1" tour, which made a stop in New Orleans at the time of the encounter.Read more...

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Maurice Jimmerson spent the last decade behind bars awaiting his trial in Dougherty County, Georgia. Earlier this month, he finally got his day in court.Read more...

With less than a month before hip-hop's official 50th birthday on August 11, it seems yet another potential beef may be brewing, this time between rappers A$AP Rocky and Travis Scott.Read more...

He may be one of the biggest movie stars in the world now, but Dwayne The Rock" Johnson has never forgotten his humble beginnings. He made a whole TV series about his rags-to-riches story. He's been open about how his early struggles are what drives him to work so hard.

Updated 07/25/2023 at 9:45 a.m. ET

A former Shreveport officer pleaded not guilty to an additional charge in the fatal shooting of Alonzo Bagley back in February. Alexander Tyler, 23, was arraigned Monday on one count of malfeasance in office in connection with Bagley's Feb. 3 death. Prosecutors earlier this year charged Tyler with one count of...Read more...

Since its inception in 2017, The Questions Hip-Hop has prided itself on being both a sanctuary and shrine to hip-hop's most ardent fanbase: those of us who grew up studying album liner notes like the Book of Mathew and who can recite Inspectah Deck's verse on Triumph" like it's the Pledge of Allegiance.

Usually when people go on yachts, the last thing anyone expects is to potentially be caught up in an armed robbery, but that's exactly what happened to Migos rapper Quavo.Read more...

Officials from the Hoover Police Department held a press conference Monday to confirm what so many on social media have speculated since last week about the mysterious 49-hour disappearance of Carlee Russell. Turns out, it truly was all a hoax.Read more...

The Real Housewives of New York has gotten a major reboot. Two weeks go Bravo launched the new and (debatably improved) RHONY. For context, the long-standing show famously went down in flames over allegations of racism.

The internet is still dragging Carlee Russell over her bizarre claim of being that abducted after calling 911 to report a missing toddler. Her parents initially spoke to NBC's TODAY asking for the trolls to leave their daughter alone. Now, her boyfriend has something to say to the cyberbullies.Read more...

Florida A&M University has suspended all football-related activities following the release of a rap music video recorded in the university's locker room. According to The Associated Press, a few players were featured in the video with a local rap artist.

Shark Tank investor Daymond John just scored a win in his ongoing feud with a family of former contestants.Read more...

I don't know about you all but if you're into astrology, then this new Venus retrograde allegedly has couples either making up or breaking up. Now, it looks like the same is being said Meghan Markle and Prince Harry once again.Read more...

In the latest attempt by conservatives to turn back the hands of time, a Missouri school district just voted to roll back a 2020 anti-racism resolution.

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An Ohio police officer is under investigation after releasing a K-9 on a man during a traffic stop. According to ABC 9 News, newly released body camera footage shows the man surrendering with his hands up just moments before the officer orders the dog to attack him.

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