Actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph and Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts will receive the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s (BWHI) 2023 Vanguard Award in September. The women will be honored during BWHI’s Atlanta-based 40th Anniversary “Homecoming” Event, which focuses on those who have empowered Black women’s health. Lee Ralph and Roberts

Have you ever dreamed about regularly sleeping in on a weekday? Do you dream of spontaneously traveling to a new place for a few months? Or perhaps you just want to be in charge of your time every day without answering to an employer? If any of these scenarios sound

A piece of hip-hop history has been added to The Book Of HOV exhibit currently featured at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City. Roc Nation has announced that the off-white Lexus prominently featured in Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents II” video, released in 1996, will be added to the popular

Black female-led video game studio Wicked Saints has raised $3.5 million in a fresh seed round to help the firm expand. Co-led by Riot Games and Oregon Venture Fund, the financing included a collective of angel investors as well as funds with creativity and deep gaming expertise. Now armed with

Ciara and Future‘s co-parenting relationship is apparently a laughing matter to the happily married and pregnant mother of three. The multifaceted singer recently sat down with The Shade Room to share the latest on her personal life and career.When she was asked about her and Future co-parenting their 9-year-old son,

Tory Lanez is headed off to state prison to begin his 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. But he didn’t leave the court before firing off at one reporter who has kept the world updated on the case. Legal affairs journalist Meghann Cunniff has made a name for herself

Tasha K is attempting to wave the white flag on her years-long legal battle with Cardi B. The vlogger issued an official apology while accusing the rapper of sucking her finances dry. In a lengthy statement posted to her Facebook page on Thursday, September 14, Tasha K got candid about

There are more than a million high school football players, but very few of them ever make the NFL—only about 300 athletes join the league each year. The number is similarly miniscule for neurosurgeons. According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, there are roughly just 3,500 currently practicing in

The talk of reparations has some California residents upset. A new poll from the University of California, Berkeley found that a majority of residents oppose Black residents getting any type of reparations, NBC News reported. After the state Assembly recommended Black residents receive reparations, including cash payments, for the harm slavery

New Jersey has a new lieutenant governor. Tahesha Way, the former secretary of state, has been promoted to the office following the death of Shelia Oliver, POLITICO reports. She is expected to be sworn in on Sept. 14. Way was Governor’s Phil Murphy number-one pick, but the choice was between Way