Kendrick Lamar leads with 10 nominations for 2025 American Music Awards nominations
The nominations for this year’s American Music Awards are out, and Kendrick Lamar is leading the way with the most nominations across categories. Nominated for “Artist of the Year”, “Album of the Year,” “Song of the Year,” and more, Lamar earned 10 nominations in eight different categories, most notably for his explosive diss track, “Not […]
Suge Knight Will Fork Over $1.5M To Family Of Deceased Hit-And-Run Victim
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton May 1, 2025 The former Death Row Records owner has agreed to pay the family of Terry Carter $1.5 million Former Death Records owner Suge Knight has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the man he killed to avoid another court trial for $1.5 million, Rolling […]
John Hope Bryant And Operation HOPE Raise Financial Literacy Awareness With Green Socks Day
by Sharelle Burt May 1, 2025 Participants were recommended to take a selfie or video wearing green socks and then post on social media platforms using the hashtag #greensocksday. John Hope Bryant’s Operation HOPE celebrated the end of Financial Literacy Month on April 30 with the Green Socks Day Challenge as a visible way to […]
Kamala Harris warns of Trump inciting ‘constitutional crisis’ in first extensive speech since leaving office
Former Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold back in criticizing her former 2024 opponent, President Donald Trump, in her first extensive public remarks since leaving the White House. Harris’ 16-minute speech at Emerge America’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco on Wednesday pushed back against Trump, criticizing his first 100 days in office. This […]
HOMIE Begins National Rollout Of Solar Energy In Florida
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 1, 2025 A new company is looking to make homes more energy efficient for low to middle-income families. There’s a new company on the market that’s focused on making energy-efficient homes more accessible to low to middle-income families. On May 1, HOMIE—a new company offering healthy home solutions for everyday families—officially […]
Couple Who Built Tiny Treehouses To Rent On AirBnB Make Over $30K A Month
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 1, 2025 The married couple behind a thriving tiny cabin rental business opens up about their humble path to success. A couple who began renting out rooms in their former Atlanta home now earns between $30,000 and $60,000 a month by hosting tiny cabins and treehouses on Airbnb in Upstate New […]
Melky Jean, Saint Sauveur 1972 Rum, And The Bold Reclamation Of Haitian Heritage
by Keka Araújo May 1, 2025 Melky Jean’s venture into the spirits industry is far from a capricious venture Melky Jean’s Saint Sauveur Rum celebrates Haitian heritage, resilience, and the 1972 refugee story, a significant event in Haitian history that saw a mass exodus of Haitians seeking political and economic freedom. This rum offers a […]
Tips for handling your finances in a time of economic uncertainty
Financial markets are volatile. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in five years. Economists say recession risks are rising. It all adds up to financial uncertainty for a lot of Americans. Roughly half of U.S. adults say that President Trump’s trade policies will increase prices “a lot,” according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center of Public […]
Seven questions we have before Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ federal trial starts
With the preliminary stages of jury selection officially underway, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ day in court is just around the corner. On Monday, April 28, hundreds of New Yorkers began the questionnaire process to determine their impartiality in the federal trial “United States v. Combs,” NBC News reported. The 55-year-old disgraced music mogul is facing many […]
UAB Ditches Scholarship For Black Med Students After Trump Administration Cries Discrimination
by Sharelle Burt May 1, 2025 The scholarship was created in 2013 in efforts to provide medical school tuition for Black students who maintained a 3.0 GPA and showed a need for financial assistance The Herschell Lee Hamilton, M.D., Endowed Scholarship in Medicine, designed for Black medical students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham […]
