AI-Generated Artist, Xania Monet, Signs $3M Recording Deal
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton September 18, 2025 The Ai-track was a No. 1 hit on R&B Digital Song Sales Telisha Jones, a woman who utilized artificial intelligence to create an image while using the controversial AI music tool Suno, backed by industry heavyweight Timbaland, has signed a recording deal as her AI character, Xania Monet. According to Billboard, Jones, […]
Black directors who rose to prominence through Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival
Film icon Robert Redford died Tuesday at the age of 89, but not before leaving behind a massive legacy in Hollywood and one of the most influential legacies in cinema: the Sundance Film Festival. Founded in the early 1980s through his Sundance Institute, the annual festival began in Utah as a showcase for independent films […]
Jimmy Kimmel Show Pulled After Charlie Kirk Remarks, Ordered To Apologize And Donate To TPUSA
by Jeroslyn JoVonn September 18, 2025 Jimmy Kimmel has been silenced after his late night show remarks on Charlie Kirk’s death. Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show has been pulled indefinitely over his remarks on Charlie Kirk’s death, and he’s also been ordered to issue an apology and donate to Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Social media erupted […]
Beyond Burnout: Why Workforces Are Quietly Cracking
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors September 18, 2025 For 50 years, we built organizations for throughput: layers of bureaucracy, brittle processes, internal competition, and profit at all costs. For 50 years, we built organizations for throughput: layers of bureaucracy, brittle processes, internal competition, and profit at all costs. Now we’re watching people break under systems designed […]
Trump’s Fixation On Urban Crime Ignores Worsening Rural Violence, Experts Say
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors September 18, 2025 Longtime public health experts say the administration’s focus on gun violence solely as an urban issue, purportedly driven by communities of color, fails to address its complexity and could cost lives. In the nearly three weeks since President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital, […]
Federal judge orders Alabama’s largest county to redraw racially gerrymandered districts
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering. U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala ruled the county map was unconstitutional because race was the predominant factor when the Jefferson County Commission drew districts. The ruling came in a […]
Federal Judge Can’t Help West Africans Trump Deported To Ghana, Says Her ‘Hands Are Tied’
by Jeroslyn JoVonn September 18, 2025 A federal judge has sympathy for the five West African men deported to Ghana but says she lacks the authority to ensure their return. A U.S. federal judge is “alarmed and dismayed” over the deportation of five West African men to Ghana, where they could face torture or death, […]
Olori Swank Ushers StyleSeat Into A New Era As Head Of Content, Strategy & Influence
by Daron Pressley September 18, 2025 Olori Swank has long been recognized as one of entertainment’s most in-demand stylists, known for her signature blue hair and a client roster Olori Swank has long been recognized as one of entertainment’s most in-demand stylists, known for her signature blue hair and a client roster that includes Jeezy, […]
Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at Delta State
Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for De’Martravion “Trey” Reed, a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, in a case that has ignited strong emotions in a state with a history of racist violence. The 21-year-old student was found near the campus pickleball courts early Monday. While police have said they saw […]
Fani Willis’ Appeal Of Removal From Trump Case Denied By Georgia Supreme Court
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman September 18, 2025 Willis’ appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court was rejected in a 4-3 decision. Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from her Trump indictment in Fulton County has been denied by the Georgia Supreme Court. The Fulton County District Attorney tried returning to the prosecution of Donald Trump over his […]