If you’re like most Black people in America, you’ve seen or you’re familiar with Ice Cube’s first foray into film Friday. And so you may remember one of the cameo characters Mrs. Parker. She was the older woman who lived in the neighborhood. She taunted Smokey and Craig by watering her lawn in a low […]
Back in 2014, we told you that Hi-Five singer Russell Neal had been arrested in the murder of his wife, Catherine Martinez. At the time, all we knew was that Neal went to the police to tell them that the couple had been in an argument and that she was in need of medical attention. […]
Former Vice President, Joe Biden confirmed the news of the relationship with the New York Post’s Page Six, “We are all lucky that Hunter and Hallie found each other as they were putting their lives together again after such sadness. They have mine and Jill’s all and complete support and we are happy for them.” […]
If you’ve ever seen “The Bernie Mac Show,” it would be impossible for you to forget Bryana, aka Baby Girl. And since we haven’t seen her on the acting scene since the show ended over ten years ago, in 2006, it would be very easy to still see her, in our mind’s eye, as a […]
My friend Jordan Ladd had come back from auditioning for it, and she was like, “Rachel, you’ve got to read for it. You’re perfect for it.” I went to my agents at the time and said, “Hey, I’d really like to get in on this film.” They were like, “No, you’re too old.” I had […]
If you’ve ever watched people share side-by-side images of themselves on social media, claiming that they look like a particular celebrity, then you know that they open themselves up to all sorts of scrutiny from the public. Everyone can agree that people are just plain ol’ mean these days. But in the case of Amanda […]
The Cheetah Girls are winning at love this year. Just one month after Adrienne Bailon wed Israel Houghton, her former Cheetah Girls group member and 3LW band mate Kiely Williams has also jumped the broom. Kiely tipped off fans and followers to her big day on Instagram Saturday announcing that she was getting married the […]
Often times we fail to remember that racism is not just an American problem. It began overseas, internationally and it continues. Even in places that seem completely removed from the Atlantic slave trade. Places like Australia. Josie Ajak, a South Sudanese woman, moved to Australia with her parents when she was 8-years-old. Today, she manages […]
If you’ve been on the internet within the past two weeks, you’ve likely stumbled across Ashton Howell. You might not know him by name but Howell is the baby gone viral, the “honey bun baby,” if you will. Not only is that smug, adorable 22-month-old face too much to resist; the memes with which it’s […]
When Vibe Viva released the most recent digital cover featuring Cardi B. in her grandmother’s kitchen, it wasn’t the image that had people in their feelings, it was the words, one word in particular. Feminist. They didn’t like that Cardi B. referred to herself as one. And when people landed in the comment sections and […]
An Oklahoma student has been suspended as authorities investigate an incident in which several racist pictures and texts were sent to Black UPenn students including an invitation to a “daily lynching”. NBC News reports the FBI is helping to investigate the 2-day incident in which black UPenn students were added to accounts on GroupMe, a […]
By 2044, experts say the United States will become a “majority-minority” nation — the share of Whites will dip down to 49.7 percent. Currently, four states model this theory: California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas. And it’s Hawaii, according to Forbes, where Black Americans are doing the best financially. According to the Supplemental Poverty Measure […]
