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Every few years, the fashion industry circles back to the same question: is fashion art? Within Black design, that question feels late. Black designers have long operated as fine artists, whether institutions chose to recognize it or not. What the 2026 Costume Institute exhibition, Costume Art, and its accompanying Met Gala ultimately reveal is not […]
The Billboard Women in Music Awards recognized journalist, New York Times bestselling author, TV host, and founder of birthFUND, Elaine Welteroth, and her nonprofit, birthFUND, for their work in expanding access to midwifery care and improving maternal health outcomes across the United States. Welteroth took the stage alongside Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Rowland, one of […]
Osawese Agbonkonkon knows it’s the uniform that gets people’s attention first. At the University of Texas, he is a high jumper for one of the nation’s top track and field powerhouses. He is tall, fast, and explosive, the kind of athlete coaches noticed before he fully saw the path for himself. But the more interesting part […]
Stepping into May always comes with the urge to smell different. It’s not June, but it also feels like a warm-up to summer. You don’t want anything too dramatically different, just enough to signal that the season has shifted and so have you. Heavier winter scents start to feel like wearing a coat indoors, while […]
With Michael earning more than $217 million globally in its opening weekend, talk of a sequel is already building. That includes the biopic’s director, Antoine Fuqua, who confirmed in an interview with Billboard that the production originally filmed several years of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the point where the movie ends, with the Jacksons’ Victory […]
Angela Williams has spent much of her life in service. Long before she became CEO of United Way Worldwide, she was the daughter of civil rights leaders, raised in a household where faith, duty and public responsibility were part of the inheritance. Her father worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before becoming the […]
April showers were a torrential downpour… of great books to read this month. Because spring is also a season of renewal, this lineup includes mesmorizing memoirs, cultural healing, and inspiring guides that bring insight and warmth. Let’s start with a steady stream of personal stories that tug at emotional heartstrings. Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance […]
The conversation resurfaces every prom season, but this year it reignited mid-April when a white woman on the internet dismissed Black prom send-offs as “hood prom baby mama culture,” arguing that this is the closest some girls will get to being a bride, so their families go all out. It was racist, lazy and wrong […]
Let’s be honest: people still believe in love. The kind that’s intentional, secure, and worth giving your full self to. Especially Black women. Despite what timelines, podcasts, and group chats might suggest, the desire hasn’t gone anywhere; they’ve just evolved. In an era of situationships and extended talking stages, “soft commitment” has quietly become a […]
African American jockeys have played a significant role in horse racing, and more specifically, the Kentucky Derby. Sadly, their participation and accomplishments have been widely unspoken and erased due to systemic racism throughout the industry. Despite inequalities, pioneering jockeys exemplified love for the sport, the pursuit of excellence and the perseverance it takes to be […]