The NBA and hip-hop go together like peanut butter and jelly. Lots of rappers and artists are part of the fabric of various NBA teams. For instance, rapper Drake is an ambassador for the Toronto Raptors and is always on the sidelines of the Raptors’ home games. Singer Usher is

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the countries and alleviating the need for tariffs he’s threatened against one of America’s top allies and trading partners. The traditional Lower 48 states would become the contiguous 50 as the Canadian territory between

Bubba Wallace said he “couldn’t care less” if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series’ only Black full-time driver of perpetrating “ a hoax ” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall. Trump suggested in

As a candidate last year, Donald Trump suggested he could easily conquer inflation and ease voters’ fears about the economy. “I will very quickly deflate,” he promised at a California rally. “We are going to take inflation, and we are going to deflate it. We are going to deflate inflation. We are

Working parents feel the effects of the U.S. child care crisis and have had to rely on extended family—especially grandparents—to help with child care. A recent index report from KPMG, a Big Four accounting firm, estimates that 1.2 to 1.5 million workers have to shorten working hours or miss work

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially introduced H.R. 40, legislation that has been advocated in Congress for more than 30 years. “It is an honor,” Pressley said during a Wednesday press conference announcing her reintroduction of the reparations bill. Seconds later, Pressley paused as she became

Michael B. Jordan is many things—an actor, an Aquarius, and many people’s choice for Man Crush Monday—but an avid user of social media (for personal reasons) he is not. In fact, he’s such a promotional content-only guy that when he posted a photo dump on Instagram in early December that

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Every so often, I forget that Kanye West (Ye) has spent most of his non-music-related interactions with the public since 2018, ensuring that we all know that he is

U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries, gasoline and rents rose, a disappointment for families and businesses struggling with higher costs and likely underscoring the Federal Reserve’s resolve to delay further interest rate cuts. The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from

For years, the collapse of traditional entertainment has been a hot topic, with U.S. audiences increasingly flocking to on-demand streaming for its flexibility, variety and affordability. Leading that change is a platform that transformed online video in the early 2000s and now reigns as America’s most-watched streaming service: YouTube.  As