Fans of the HBO series True Blood are devastated as they learn of the death of Nelsan Ellis. The 39-year-old actor played fan favorite Lafayette on the show. According to an initial statement released by his manager Emily Gerson Saines, Ellis died “after complications with heart failure”; however, a new statement was later released confirming…
Jay Z dropped his latest album, 4:44, without much fanfare on June 30th. Only those who subscribe to Jay Z’s exclusive streaming platform, Tidal, are able to listen to the record. Despite not much of PR effort and the very exclusive way of hearing the music, 4:44 has gone platinum in less than a week.…
The word “drama” seems to follow the Kardashian and Jenner families. This time, the headlines are playing out all over social media where Rob Kardashian decided to air his dirty laundry about Blac Chyna, the mother of his adorable baby girl Dream. The youngest Kardashian sibling was on the attack and not holding any details…
When model Nyadak “Duckie” Thot posted a picture of herself on social media recently, the internet went a little crazy. Many said that she looked like a Barbie doll. Some insisted that she was a doll. Ultimately, Duckie is an exquisite beauty that outshines any doll. Duckie has South Sudanese heritage but she was born…
The Motion Picture Association of America puts out a report each year about movie attendance. Of particular interest in their most recent report is that the numbers show strong upward growth in African-American movie viewers. This fits into the overall trend of a more ethnically diverse movie audience. Caucasians now make up the smallest per…
One of the most contentious Executive Orders signed by United States President Donald Trump went into effect at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 29. Executive Order 13769 is being called Travel Ban 2.0 because the original order signed in March was deemed to be in contravention of the Constitution in light of the fact that…
Adama Paris is a stunning Senegalese fashion designer, and by the way, her real name is Adama Amanda Ndiaye. The founder of Dakar Fashion Week told CNN that she had established the annual event in Senegal’s seaside capital because she believed that talented black models and designers were being ignored by the industry. The globally…
On June 27, the President of the United States and one of his sons spent most of the morning posting Twitter updates calling American cable television giant CNN “fake news”—a term that has become a general put-down of journalism that does not conform to the White House agenda. CNN was not the only news network chastised…
Serena Williams is having quite a year. She won the Australian Open in January. In April, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child with fiancé Alexis Ohanian. The timing meant that she was around eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian tournament. She won Sportswoman of the Year at the BET…
Sunday’s BET Awards 17 did not disappoint during any moment, from the glamorous pre-show red carpet to the exciting live telecast held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones was killin’ it as the hilarious hostess of the beautiful evening that celebrated African-American accomplishments in entertainment and sports. If there…
