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Laila! is a young artist on the rise and has already gone viral with her vibey “Not My Problem” track and it appears that as the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. During a recent interview, Laila! confirmed that Yasiin Bey, the former Mos Def, is her father but she isn’t hamstrung to compete in the spaces he’s occupied. If you’ve been under a rock, Laila!’s […]

Source: Chet Strange / Getty Victor Moses, a 29-year-old Black police recruit from the Denver Police Academy, is suing the department and a Denver-based medical facility for the severe injuries he allegedly sustained during a “barbaric hazing ritual” known as “Fight Day.”  Filed in the District Court of Denver on July 30, the lawsuit claims that Moses was forced to amputate both legs following the brutal event, which involves scenario-based […]

Source: R1 / other According to TMZ, T.I. was catching a flight at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and was arrested. There was an active warrant for a different Clifford Harris and mistakenly arrested Tip. The Clifford Harris police were looking for a man from Baltimore, Maryland who had a warrant for violent acts towards women. The ATL rapper was free (expeditiously) within two hours of the false arrest. This isn’t the […]

Terrance “T” Howard. | Source: Facebook.com/bishopaaallen The parents of a young Black man who died last week following a car accident have accused a North Carolina hospital of organ harvesting, according to a series of videos posted to social media. Terrance “T” Howard, a 19-year-old college football, player died Thursday, more than a week after he sustained serious injuries after being struck by a moving vehicle on a highway. RIP […]

Source: Creative Services / iONEDigital Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven young women: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin and Cubena McClure.  The sorority has over 85,000 members with 500 chapters in the U.S., Bahamas, Bermuda, the U.S. […]

Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty He’s baaaaack. But he– Sean Hannity– ain’t back all fresh, clean and new. Nope. He’s back dusty and moldy with the same old, boring, failed strategy the racists tried to use with Obama in 2008: Attack the pastor. Remember that nonsense and all the racist GOP whining over Obama’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright? Remember how it didn’t get in the way of him winning […]

Source: Storyblocks / storyblocks TELL YOUR STORY What’s your story?  Whether it’s so complex you barely know where to begin, or you think it’s too insignificant to tell, be assured that it matters. From the beginning, God had you in mind.  He planned you out to the tiniest detail.  He has loved you forever.  The way in which you discoverd this beautiful truth, or the way it is currently unfolding, […]

Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Former CNN host Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and his social media platform X for a breach of contract after their content partnership deal was nixed by the tech mogul. According to reports, the former CNN host Don Lemon has officially filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The suit, filed in a San Francisco […]

Source: Jacqueline Anders / Getty Change makers from around the world convened for The African American Policy Forum’s fifth annual Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School series titled Freedom Summer 2024: No U-Turn on Racial Justice, held in person in Nashville, Tennessee, and online from July 28 to Aug. 2. The weeklong course included immersive breakout sessions, complemented by skills-building workshops and networking opportunities designed to inform, activate, and inspire […]