Chance the Rapper is once again making history, this time in a different way. The 23-year-old South Side Chicago rapper is one of the new board members at the city’s DuSable Museum of African-American History, the museum being named after Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Haitian trader of African and French heritage […]
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.” “Remember This House” is an unfinished revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. “If any white man in the […]
Viola Davis received her Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star today, Davis has worked extremely hard and her hard work is paying off in recognition, a strong black woman playing strong characters, Davis is solidifying her place in history. “That wasn’t part of the dream,” Davis says, chuckling. “I feel like this is […]
Lee Daniels is riding high off of the success of “Empire,” so he created another show, “Star.” “Star” focusing on an up and coming girl group, two members, being sisters, grew up in and out of foster care, and one sister was sexual assaulted for years. The sisters team up with another girl […]
On January 3rd, Coachella made its official announcement on who would be performing at the 2017 festival, headliners including Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, and of course, Beyoncé. At a festival, that has a good gender-mix audience, will witness a great moment in music. Not only is Beyoncé the first solo female performer to […]
2017 is starting off a good year for Janet Jackson. The 50-year-old entertainer, and husband Wissam Al Mana, 42, welcomed a baby boy to the world on Tuesday, reports People. “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” a rep […]
Rebecca Ferguson was a contestant on the X Factor UK version, the amazing talented singer was runner up in the 2010 run of the show, but has since had her own success and multiple albums. It’s no secret Donald Trump has been having trouble finding people to willingly participate and […]
Janelle Monae, along with Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson are the stars of the new film “Hidden Figures,” which follows the journey of the 3 African-American women who helped get man into space first. The film has drawn a much needed buzz, and rightfully so, but recently not for the film. […]
2016 had us taking a seat at the table, while drinking lemonade. #BlackGirlMagic & #CareFreeBlackBoy became extremely popular hashtags in 2016, it’s the year where some real music came back, not just in their respective genres, but music for the culture, for the movement. “Now Michelle Alexander wrote the new constitution/ Beyoncé made […]
Whether you watched it live or woke up to Mariah Carey being the number one trending topic on social media, by now you’ve seen videos from her New Years Eve performance. (If you haven’t, Watch below) Well, Carey has since responded to the criticism to her performance in a tweet, […]
Remy Ma is working hard to let the people hear why she got signed in the first place, delivering fire verse after verse on songs, but as an artist; you critique yourself and others. With no knowledge of who the lyrics belong to, Remy Ma gives her unfiltered opinion on other […]
Yes, a lot of men are hurt right now as Serena Williams announced her engagement to boyfriend and Reddit.com founder Alexis Ohanian. The engagement comes as a surprise to many, as Williams and Ohanian have kept their love life private. However, they have posted a few pictures together on Instagram, nothing too […]
Debbie Reynolds, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital. She was 84. TMZ first reported. Debbie was rushed to a hospital shortly after 1 PM when someone at the Beverly Hills home of her son, Todd, called 911 to report a […]
Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theater’s FIRST African-American principle soloist dancer, traveled to Havana, Cuba, for a segment with The Undefeated, a show on ESPN that focus on African-American athletes on their past, challenges, racism in their respective sports, and more. While there, Copeland practices local dancers and discussed the sport’s lack of diversity; tackling reputation that people of […]
“The hood was fuckin’ with me, and now the suburbians is fucking with me too!” – Cardi B Let’s be real, who had an amazing 2016 like Cardi B? For the past few years, Cardi B has taken social media by storm with her videos on life, advice, stripping, and […]
