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Since The Wendy Williams Show ended in June, there have been a plethora of rumors and speculation as to the reasons why Debmar-Mercury ultimately decided to pull the plug on the popular program. While we knew the decision was largely brought on by Williams ongoing and seemingly increasingly declining health issues,…Read more...

Anything Deion wants, he gets.Read more...

Rick Ross’ famous food franchise, Wingstop, has been fined for various labor violations at five of its Mississippi locations. The U.S. Department of Labor shared their findings on their website last week.Read more...

Contrary to popular belief, there’s still plenty of summer left.Read more...

A hit-and-run car crash outside a Black-owned gay bar in Chicago left three dead and one injured, according to local CBS News. Officials say the events leading up to the incident suggest the crash was intentional. The lone survivor of the incident shared his story after waking up from the hospital to find his two…Read more...

As kids return to school in certain states, their libraries might have fewer titles to choose from. This is due to an ongoing push by conservative leaders who have deemed certain books unsuitable for school children. Texas currently has the most significant number of book bans, ranking at 713 titles.Read more...

Kid Cudi has had enough. He’s tired of Kanye West, he’s tired of the trolls on Twitter, he’s tired of everything.Read more...

Amara Skye didn’t hold anything back in a new interview with Essence about her famous grandmother, Whoopi Goldberg. Skye, 32, is currently on the ABC reality television show “Claim To Fame,” hosted by Kevin and Frankie Jonas (of Jonas brothers fame).Read more...

Damn, why hit Young Thug while he’s still down?Read more...

All 30 teams in the NBA will not host any games on November 8th, the date of the midterm elections, to galvanize fans to get out and vote, according to CNN. Instead, games will be played the night before on November 7th “to amplify the work of each team to promote civic engagement in their respective markets and share…Read more...

A Seat at the Table and When I Get Home singer Solange will be adding yet another impressive notch to her belt when makes her debut as a composer this fall at the New York City Ballet. With this feat, she also becomes the first Black woman and third woman ever to write an original score for the prestigious …Read more...

As the world now knows, actress Angelina Jolie has her daughter, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, off to her first year at Spelman College, according to PEOPLE. The renowned women’s HBCU was a special choice considering Jolie could have encouraged her daughter to go to any PWI or predominately white institution. But…Read more...

The ongoing investigation in Georgia looking into former president Trump’s election inference has been picking up steam over the past few days. Former Trump lawyer Rudy Guiliani was told by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s office that he is a grand jury target. Former Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis and…Read more...

It looks like there’s a new Verzuz battle on the horizon—only this time, it involves the creators of the popular pandemic music battle series, super producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland and social networking service Triller.Read more...

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Did anyone else know that Snoop Dogg has his own line of breakfast products called Broadus Foods and that he co-founded it with Percy “Master P” Miller?Read more...

A 58-year-old white man has been charged with a hate crime after drunkenly hurling a knife at a group of Black men and spitting racial slurs at them, according to NBC News. The New York Police Department said the man approached the group “unprovoked,” and called them the N-word.

There was nothing Dr. Nisha Verma, an OBGYN based in Atlanta, could do when one of her patients’ water broke at 15 weeks – ending any chance at a healthy birth, but wait.Read more...

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Five Black residents of Lexington, Mississippi have filed a lawsuit against the police department for infringing upon their constitutional rights and racially targeting them, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. Previously, the department’s police chief was fired for bragging about shooting and killing Black…Read more...

In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, actress Zoe Kravitz reflected on her decision to call out Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards in March.Read more...

After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in March at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, it quickly was regarded as the most shocking moment in award show history. A quick dig at Smith’s wife, Jada, and her bald hairstyle—which was a result of an alopecia diagnosis—led to an unpredictable reaction by the actor.Read more...

I know plenty of people that have diverse, expansive and awesome vinyl collections of some of their favorite albums of all time. But podcasts? That’s a new one.Read more...

Former president Donald Trump’s comments saying there were “very fine people, on both sides” after the 2017 Charlottesville protest didn’t surprise me at all. Nor was I shocked when he doubled down on that comment and placed blame on the “Alt-Left” two years later. He was giving the green light to the ideology poised…Read more...

As kids around the country prepare to head back to into the classroom, some may be a little sad about leaving summer behind. And after the COVID pandemic changed the way many kids learned, they may also have anxiety about heading back into the classroom. But fear not, there are lots of great books by Black authors…Read more...

We know the credentials; 10-time All-Star, six-time All-NBA, three-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the greatest scorers in the history of the NBA.Read more...

When someone has lived a life as impactful as Sidney Poitier, their story must be told to the world. Oprah Winfrey chose to do just that in a new documentary detailing her friend and mentor’s legacy.

When I hear the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, so many thoughts immediately come to mind: NBA great, the best center of all time, civil rights activist, genius, writer, historian. Now I can add Emmy-nominated narrator to the list.Read more...

A new poll has found that two-thirds of parents say their child’s school places an “appropriate” emphasis on topics such as racism and slavery, according to Chalkbeat. However, Black parents say that they’d prefer a greater emphasis on those subjects, even as state legislators wage a war against them.

Another day, another fandom hurls racist attacks at a Black actor.Read more...

Desus Nice is bouncing back nicely after his Showtime series, Desus & Mero, ended earlier this year after four seasons. The comedian, born Daniel Baker, served as a guest host on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and his return to late-night proved that he could easily get used to doing things on his own.Read more...

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, some execs got together with Kenya Barris and finalized a deal for him to write and direct the upcoming film remake of The Wizard of Oz.Read more...

SZA is taking her talents to the big screen.Read more...

I don’t know about you, but it’s a good day when I get to brag about Drake breaking music records. It just does something “massive” to my spirit, and luckily for me, today is one of those days as it’s been recently revealed that Drake has surpassed The Beatles as the artist with the most top five hits in Billboard Hot…Read more...

While the Oscars are still months away, films have to start campaigning early. That’s especially true in categories like live action short and documentary short.

After the 2020 murder of George Floyd, workers and businesses alike came to support the Black Lives Matter movement to shine a spotlight on police brutality. However, a Bloomberg report claims Amazon-owned Whole Foods started to ban any clothes their workers could wear, showcasing support for the BLM movement. This is…Read more...

After a two-week long strike, the Minneapolis teachers union and Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) finally came to an agreement. However, it came with a caveat. In regards to layoffs, the new contract suggests white teachers would be considered before teachers of color, per ABC 4 News. You can imagine the outrage that…Read more...

R. Kelly’s second federal trial is officially underway, and the disgraced singer’s attorneys are not off to a good start.Read more...

Last week, we told you how A$AP Mob member Relli, legal name Terell Ephron, identified himself as the person A$AP Rocky allegedly shot in Hollywood on Nov. 6, 2021. Now, according to an announcement made by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on Monday, Rocky has been officially charged with assault in…Read more...

It looks like the interview Meghan Markle did alongside Prince Harry for Oprah last year—which exposed the cruelty she experienced at the hands of the royal family—continues to leave some Brits uneasy.

Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have rejected a plea deal offered on Monday by state prosecutors, CNN reports. The deal would have seen Kueng and Thao serve three years each for their role in the murder of George Floyd back in 2020. A trial date is set to begin on October 24. Based on…Read more...

KeKe Palmer as Whitney Houston? We’d love to see it! Riding high off the success of her new film Nope, the actress recently took to Twitter to share that she would portray Whitney Houston in a biopic based on the legend’s life.Read more...

Remember when Kodak Black was arrested during a traffic stop in Florida on drug charges? Florida Highway Patrol seized his Dodge Durango, about $75,000 and a bag of oxycodone tablets that were found in the car.Read more...

The American education system seems to be sitting between two extremes: refusal to teach anything honest about racism and slavery or enforcing education about said subjects to an inappropriate degree. For reference, a parent just filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District and Board of…Read more...

These days, everyone is talking about mindfulness. You’ve probably heard how it can help reduce stress and anxiety. But you wouldn’t be alone if you didn’t totally understand what it’s all about. More than just some hipster practice of burning incense and meditating, mindfulness is a way of life that can benefit your…Read more...

Embattled WNBA star Liz Cambage has announced what’s next for her career and apparently it’s time away from the league.

Congratulations are in order for How to Get Away With Murder and The Woman King star Viola Davis, as its been revealed that she’ll be joining the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.Read more...

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It looks like Donald Trump could finally get what’s coming to him.

The civil trial concerning whether photos were shared after the 2020 helicopter crash, which took the lives of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others, has already provided us with heartbreaking testimony. On the second day, a witness alleged a Los Angeles County firefighter shared the horrific…Read more...