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  To Jevon Dewand & The Trap Starz, “trap” doesn’t refer to being stuck. Instead, it stands for “talent revolving around purpose.” The group consists of musicians Jevon Dewand, Jazze Pha and Gasner The Artist. They have been nominated for two 2024 Stellar Gospel Music Awards: New Artist of the Year, and Album of the Year in the rap and hip-hop gospel category for “Without You (There Would Be No […]

Six years and a million memes ago, Americans watched as Thanos, the big villain of the Avengers movies, faced a cold reality. He’d successfully managed to erase half the galaxy (it sounds sillier and sillier the further we get away from the movie), but the cost was incredibly high. He had given up everything to get there and it begged the question, was it worth it? And the obvious answer […]

Source: New York Daily News Archive / Getty For many Black women, spirituality and religion are anchors for their lives. Studies show they are some of the most devoutly religious folks in the U.S., and that is beneficial in unexpected ways. One study by the Annals of Behavioral Medicine found that Black women who use spirituality as a coping mechanism are less likely to develop hypertension. Generally speaking, however, Black women […]

Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty From cutting research to cure diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to blaming a plane crash on diversity, it’s hard to keep track of the neverending flow of vitriol and insanity coming out of the White House and President Donald Trump these days.  That’s okay. In fact, that’s exactly how Trump wants it because while he floods our attentions by firing the Board of Visitors at West Point, Annapolis and the […]

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Six officials with the Department of Justice resigned, declining to drop federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.   On Thursday (February 13), six senior officials in the Department of Justice resigned rather–including acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon—tendered their resignation in protest over an order to drop the federal corruption charges against New York City […]

Source: REDA / Getty A racist cop in Memphis, Tennessee, is under fire for, well, being a racist cop in a city where a quarter of its citizens are Black. Memphis Police Sergeant Brandon Lea. (Yep, not just a racist cop, but a high-ranking racist cop.) According to Fox 13, Lea is currently the target of a citizen complaint filed after he posted to his Facebook page, “I think if […]

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty A wave of resignations has rocked the Justice Department after top federal prosecutors refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. At least six prosecutors, including Danielle R. Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, stepped down in protest, marking a rare and public rebuke of the Trump administration’s Justice Department leadership. The […]

Source: FG Trade / Getty Black-owned businesses play an important role in the building of generational wealth for a lot of families, yet the number of Black-owned businesses still makes up the smallest share of overall firms in the United States.  A Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2023 revealed that while “more than one-in-five Black adults in the United States say owning a business is essential to their personal […]

Source: Tom Williams / Getty There used to be a time when opulence was a luxury vehicle or a high-end purse. Now, you are a baller if you have a 12-pack of giant eggs just chilling in your fridge! Because egg prices are so high… Audience: How high are they, Steve? They are so high that if I threw an egg at your car, I would need to stop you […]