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With his best-selling songs, singular style, and enigmatic approach to branding — even changing his name to the self-proclaimed love symbol — Prince made a lasting impact, redefining art, identity, and sound over his decades-long domination. But there’s still a lot about the American artist that you may not know.
Tina Turner was more than a singer and performer. She was a creative icon who defied the norms of what a Black woman or Black artist should be. In addition to several chart-topping hits spanning decades, she proved that, regardless of age, race or gender, her talent was unstoppable. Her
The artist currently known as The Weeknd has spent the last 15 years building his reputation as the “dark prince of pop.” Starting as an enigmatic artist who released his songs anonymously, The Weeknd has become a global superstar and household name. But now — after several chart-topping albums, an
Google has settled a racial bias lawsuit with its Black employees to the tune of $50 million. On Thursday, May 8, a preliminary settlement for over 4,000 current and former Google employees in California and New York was filed in the Oakland, California, Federal Court, and is awaiting a judge’s
Singer and model Cassie Ventura testified on Friday for a fourth day in New York for the federal criminal sex trafficking case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Ventura, who was cross-examined by defense attorney Anna Estevao, maintained that her relationship with Combs was allegedly abusive and impacted her mental
New York University said it would deny a diploma to a student who used a graduation speech to condemn Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and what he described as U.S. “complicity in this genocide.” Logan Rozos’s speech Wednesday for graduating students of NYU’s Gallatin School sparked waves of condemnation from pro-Israel groups,
Are the ancestors trying to send us a message?Nottoway Resort—or more commonly known as Nottoway Plantation—the largest remaining antebellum plantation home in the United States, was destroyed by fire on the night of May 15. Located in White Castle, Louisiana, the 64-room, 53,000-square-foot structure was engulfed in flames just after
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved Africans. The “Reparations NOW Resolution” was reintroduced on Thursday by Rep. Lee, marked by a press conference alongside progressive members
A woman who had been missing for more than two weeks after a hiking trip just before a blizzard in California has been found safe. On Wednesday, May 16, 27-year-old Tiffany Slaton was “miraculously” found alive in a cabin at the Vermilion Valley Resort near Lake Edison in the Sierra
The board of Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school’s next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governor’s efforts to restrict the teaching of African American history and ban public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs.
With his best-selling songs, singular style, and enigmatic approach to branding — even changing his name to the self-proclaimed love symbol — Prince made a lasting impact, redefining art, identity, and sound over his decades-long domination. But there’s still a lot about the American artist that you may not know.
Tina Turner was more than a singer and performer. She was a creative icon who defied the norms of what a Black woman or Black artist should be. In addition to several chart-topping hits spanning decades, she proved that, regardless of age, race or gender, her talent was unstoppable. Her
The artist currently known as The Weeknd has spent the last 15 years building his reputation as the “dark prince of pop.” Starting as an enigmatic artist who released his songs anonymously, The Weeknd has become a global superstar and household name. But now — after several chart-topping albums, an
Google has settled a racial bias lawsuit with its Black employees to the tune of $50 million. On Thursday, May 8, a preliminary settlement for over 4,000 current and former Google employees in California and New York was filed in the Oakland, California, Federal Court, and is awaiting a judge’s
Singer and model Cassie Ventura testified on Friday for a fourth day in New York for the federal criminal sex trafficking case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Ventura, who was cross-examined by defense attorney Anna Estevao, maintained that her relationship with Combs was allegedly abusive and impacted her mental
New York University said it would deny a diploma to a student who used a graduation speech to condemn Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and what he described as U.S. “complicity in this genocide.” Logan Rozos’s speech Wednesday for graduating students of NYU’s Gallatin School sparked waves of condemnation from pro-Israel groups,
Are the ancestors trying to send us a message?Nottoway Resort—or more commonly known as Nottoway Plantation—the largest remaining antebellum plantation home in the United States, was destroyed by fire on the night of May 15. Located in White Castle, Louisiana, the 64-room, 53,000-square-foot structure was engulfed in flames just after
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved Africans. The “Reparations NOW Resolution” was reintroduced on Thursday by Rep. Lee, marked by a press conference alongside progressive members
A woman who had been missing for more than two weeks after a hiking trip just before a blizzard in California has been found safe. On Wednesday, May 16, 27-year-old Tiffany Slaton was “miraculously” found alive in a cabin at the Vermilion Valley Resort near Lake Edison in the Sierra
The board of Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school’s next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governor’s efforts to restrict the teaching of African American history and ban public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs.