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Ja Rule just celebrated a significant fatherhood milestone: walking his daughter down the aisle. On Friday, May 23, the 49-year-old rapper’s daughter, Brittney Atkins, married her beau, Tevin Aitken, during an elegant and glamorous Great Gatsby-themed ceremony at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, New York. “Such an amazing
In 2025, consumers are standing on business and forcing companies to pay attention. Since the Trump administration launched its campaign on DEI rollbacks, customers have become more mindful of where they spend their hard-earned money and are participating in Target “fasts” and boycotts in response to major retailer—like Target and
As AT&T moves to merge with Lumen Technologies in a multibillion-dollar deal, the telecommunications company has expressed no desire to roll back its current DEI policies. While speaking to Yahoo Finance about the merger, AT&T’s CEO John Stankey said, while he does not want to “prognosticate on the future,” and
After issuing a series of high-profile pardons to individuals accused of committing tax and bank fraud, among other offenses, President Donald Trump is being accused of using the presidency to extend favors to friends and supporters, normalizing white-color crimes similar to those he himself has been convicted of or accused
A video, now confirmed by the U.S. Secret Service as authentic, has been making the rounds online of two on-duty female officers getting into a fight in front of the home of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., according to NBC News. The altercation allegedly happened on May 21 at
Letitia Wright is reflecting on what it means to be a Black artist. As the 31-year-old actress prepares to make her debut as a director on Saturday, May 31, at the South London Film Festival with the short film “Highway to the Moon,” she opened up to the Guardian about
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is proving once again that Black women contain multitudes. The former Atlanta mayor just added “TV executive producer” to her résumé while simultaneously launching a campaign for Georgia governor. Bottoms recently teamed up with Tyler Perry on his first Netflix comedy series, “She the
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura may be in labor. On Tuesday, May 27, the 38-year-old singer was reportedly rushed to a New York City labor and delivery unit, People magazine, TMZ, and the New York Post reported. It’s unclear if she is in labor or possibly experiencing complications. In February, in an
Sacha Jenkins, the writer, author, musician, documentarian, filmmaker (and so much more) passed away on Friday, May 23; he was 54. Known especially in the hip-hop world for his expansive contributions in nearly every facet of documenting and archiving the culture, Jenkins legacy through storytelling will live on in eternity.
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton May 28, 2025 The ex-Def Jam president states her legal team requested the money to avoid putting false ‘grooming’ accusations in a book she plans on publishing Former Def Jam president Kevin Liles has publicly accused recording artist Lady Luck of extortion after the former
Ja Rule just celebrated a significant fatherhood milestone: walking his daughter down the aisle. On Friday, May 23, the 49-year-old rapper’s daughter, Brittney Atkins, married her beau, Tevin Aitken, during an elegant and glamorous Great Gatsby-themed ceremony at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, New York. “Such an amazing
In 2025, consumers are standing on business and forcing companies to pay attention. Since the Trump administration launched its campaign on DEI rollbacks, customers have become more mindful of where they spend their hard-earned money and are participating in Target “fasts” and boycotts in response to major retailer—like Target and
As AT&T moves to merge with Lumen Technologies in a multibillion-dollar deal, the telecommunications company has expressed no desire to roll back its current DEI policies. While speaking to Yahoo Finance about the merger, AT&T’s CEO John Stankey said, while he does not want to “prognosticate on the future,” and
After issuing a series of high-profile pardons to individuals accused of committing tax and bank fraud, among other offenses, President Donald Trump is being accused of using the presidency to extend favors to friends and supporters, normalizing white-color crimes similar to those he himself has been convicted of or accused
A video, now confirmed by the U.S. Secret Service as authentic, has been making the rounds online of two on-duty female officers getting into a fight in front of the home of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., according to NBC News. The altercation allegedly happened on May 21 at
Letitia Wright is reflecting on what it means to be a Black artist. As the 31-year-old actress prepares to make her debut as a director on Saturday, May 31, at the South London Film Festival with the short film “Highway to the Moon,” she opened up to the Guardian about
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is proving once again that Black women contain multitudes. The former Atlanta mayor just added “TV executive producer” to her résumé while simultaneously launching a campaign for Georgia governor. Bottoms recently teamed up with Tyler Perry on his first Netflix comedy series, “She the
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura may be in labor. On Tuesday, May 27, the 38-year-old singer was reportedly rushed to a New York City labor and delivery unit, People magazine, TMZ, and the New York Post reported. It’s unclear if she is in labor or possibly experiencing complications. In February, in an
Sacha Jenkins, the writer, author, musician, documentarian, filmmaker (and so much more) passed away on Friday, May 23; he was 54. Known especially in the hip-hop world for his expansive contributions in nearly every facet of documenting and archiving the culture, Jenkins legacy through storytelling will live on in eternity.
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton May 28, 2025 The ex-Def Jam president states her legal team requested the money to avoid putting false ‘grooming’ accusations in a book she plans on publishing Former Def Jam president Kevin Liles has publicly accused recording artist Lady Luck of extortion after the former