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.

Following his arrest this week in Manchester, United Kingdom (UK), the UK court ordered Chris Brown to remain in custody. As previously reported by theGrio, Chris Brown was arrested on Thursday at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester for his reported connection to an unresolved nightclub altercation. The incident reportedly took

When YG revealed on the recent track “2004” that he was the victim of childhood sexual assault at the hands of an older woman, he was blown away by how many others could relate. The 35-year-old Compton rapper, whose real name is Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson, opened up about making