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Travis Hunter and fiancee Leanna Lenee. | Source: Leanna Lenee/Instagram The salacious and unverified reports about this year’s top college football player and the alleged motivations of his recently revealed girlfriend build on the stereotype that star athletes attract love interests who enjoy the clout – and money – from such a status more than they do their significant others. Football coach Deion Sanders, citing his own personal experiences, once […]

Richard Parsons, a Black executive lauded for his efforts leading Time Warner and Citigroup, died on Thursday (Dec. 26) at the age of 76. Richard Parsons navigated deals such as splitting one-time Internet giant AOL from Time Warner and other notable moves. Richard Parsons, who also went by the shortened version of his name Dick, was born on April 4, 1948, in New York and was raised in the South […]

Source: General / Radio One Alabama’s Mobile Police Department is currently the subject of a federal lawsuit accusing its officers of shooting and killing a Black teenager while he had his hands up during an unauthorized “no-knock” raid. It’s a story that shares striking similarities with that of Breonna Taylor, and if what the complaint claims is true, officers should be facing more than a lawsuit — they should be […]

Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty While Jay-Z remains mum about Dame Dash as the latter continues to dish his thoughts, opinions and memories about his heyday in the music industry, N.O.R.E., for one, has no problem responding. And one of his comments seems to have rubbed the thugged-out rapper the wrong way. In one of Dame’s segments in his recent interview on The Art of The Dialogue, Dame touched on […]

Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Elon Musk‘s X is now firmly the main meeting space for all things MAGA, offering a safe haven for the hateful and belligerent who fell in line with the movement. However, “First Buddy” Elon Musk and his DOGE Bro Vivek Ramaswamy are catching MAGA wrath on Musk’s social media platform. To illustrate what is happening with the proposed DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) coalition of […]

Source: New York Attorney General’s Office The New York prison officers who are shown ruthlessly beating to death an incarcerated Black man who was handcuffed and strapped face-down on a gurney earlier this month have not been arrested more than two weeks after the fatal incident. The video footage of Robert Brooks being fatally beaten was made public on Friday by the New York Attorney General’s Office nearly three weeks […]

Source: Paras Griffin / Getty According to TMZ, rapper OG Maco has passed away at age 32. After weeks of attempting to recover from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the ATL rapper has reportedly transitioned. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TMZ (@tmz_tv) On December 13th reports came out that Maco was fighting for his life after shooting himself in the head.  OG Maco was found unconscious at […]

Kasseem Dean Jr. learned the news of a lifetime during the holiday season after finding out that he was accepted to New York University on his 18th birthday. Helping Kasseem Dean Jr. celebrate the achievement was his dad Swizz Beatz, mom Mashonda, and stepmother Alicia Keys. Swizz Beatz got deep into his proud papa bag and shared a series of videos on Instagram with his entire family surprising Kasseem Dean […]

Source: Alex Slitz / Getty All signs are pointing to Beyoncé kicking off 2025 in a big way. She is seemingly teasing a major announcement for January. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. STAY INFORMED! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! As spotted on USA Today the entertainment icon brought her distinct energy to the holiday season. On Wednesday, Dec. 25 she performed at NRG Stadium […]