Irv Gotti, the influential label executive and founder of Murder Inc. Records, has passed away at the age of 54, as confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. The exact cause of his death has not yet been established, but it comes days after he reportedly suffered a stroke leading to a brain bleed. This incident followed […]
Beyoncé’s victory at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night not only earned her the prestigious Album of the Year award but also propelled her husband, Jay-Z, to a historic milestone in the music industry. With writing credits on Beyoncé’s award-winning album, Jay-Z has now surpassed all other rappers by becoming the most awarded rapper in […]
Tennis star Coco Gauff is helping students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) who play tennis. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program on February 4, thanks to Gauff’s donation of $100,000. This money will help students who play tennis at HBCUs. Gauff said she made the donation to […]
Isabel Wilkerson stands out as one of the few Black individuals honoured in a field predominantly celebrated by whites. In 1994, at the age of 33, Wilkerson received a Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting for her coverage of the Midwestern floods and a poignant story about a 10-year-old boy taking care of his siblings. Isabel […]
President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order barring transgender women from participating in female sports categories, invoking significant backlash from LGBT and human rights groups who deem the move discriminatory. Effective immediately, this directive targets high school, university, and grassroots sports and mandates the Department of Education to scrutinize schools for compliance. Republican supporters […]