Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking and innovative filmmaker, writer, and musician known as the Godfather of Black Cinema, has died at 89. Van Peebles’ family issued a statement announcing he passed Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan. ‘This Isn’t About Good People or Bad People’: The Root […]
Photo: María Esme del Río, Illustration: Angelica Alzona “Black Lives Matter” has become a rallying cry for racial justice—as well as a highly organized movement—around the world, but for its co-founder Alicia Garza, its was a childhood spent with a mother who never hesitated to call out injustice […]
On a Tuesday episode of “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin called out the U.S. government’s handling of an influx of Haitian migrants after thousands arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last week. Last week more than 14,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, arrived at the border town of […]
“Brilliant and Black: A Jewelry Renaissance” at Sotheby’s New York puts a long overdue spotlight on approximately 60 pieces from 21 Black jewelry designers across the United States and Europe. Curated by journalist and author Melanie Grant in partnership with Frank Everett, Sotheby’s director of fine jewelry, the […]
Trigger Warning: The following article includes descriptions of sexual assault, and harassment. Jennifer Hough, the woman who’s currently suing Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, for harassment and intimidation is finally speaking out about the lawsuit and subsequent distress she’s faced at the hands of […]
The first-week sales projections for Lil Nas X’s debut album are in. The rapper’s debut full-length studio LP “Montero” moved 130,000-140,000 first-week units, according to HitsDailyDouble. All Hip Hop notes that the 15-track project is expected to end Drake’s two-week reign atop the Billboard album chart. Family of Missing 25-Year-Old Black Man […]
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