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We’ve seen this before, and we’re tired of it. British-Ghanaian actor Paapa Essiedu has faced intense online backlash — including death threats — since being cast as Professor Snape in HBO’s new Harry Potter adaptation. The reaction is predictably troubling. It’s the same ugly cycle we’ve watched play out too many times: Black actors are […]
If you want to understand luxury, you do not start on the sales floor. You start where the codes are protected, archived and quietly reimagined. For a group of Spelman College students, alongside peers from Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, that meant stepping directly into the inner sanctums of LVMH in Paris. Not as […]
The creator economy has long outgrown the idea that influence only belongs to entertainers working within traditional gates. Today’s most magnetic cultural voices are building audiences in real time, shaping taste, language, beauty standards, family life, political conversation, and even how we understand humor itself. EBONY’s Creator’s Era list exists to honor that shift by […]
Scrolling through TikTok or Instagram lately, you’ve likely seen it: soft-lit videos about deleting apps, switching to flip phones, romanticizing “analog life.” The phrase floats through captions — being offline is the new luxury. In an age of constant updates, notifications, and algorithm-driven visibility, stepping away can look aspirational. Exclusive, even. Still, for many Black creators and community builders whose income and […]
There are men who age, and then there are men who evolve. Larenz Tate has been doing the latter in plain sight for over three decades. Since his breakout in Menace II Society, his face has remained a kind of cultural constant, less frozen in time and more refined by it. The internet calls it […]
With Joy Sunday, it’s all in the eyes. Looking into them, they seem to bore into your soul. It’s that gaze that’s led Sunday to be an indelible force in two hit TV series: first as Bianca Barclay, the siren whose gaze sways people’s actions on Wednesday. And now, that look is getting her to […]
A little bit of Harlem is coming to Los Angeles. Meagan Good has joined the cast of Reasonable Doubt for its upcoming fourth season. Good will play Regina Harris, the new district attorney, described as smart, compassionate, and no one’s fool. Last seen in Lifetime’s I’ll Never Let You Go, Good is known for her leading role as […]
Before returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, at the time, retired NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater took a short stint coaching at Miami Northwestern High School. This act of public service, however, did not come without controversy. After covering rides to and from practice and providing meals to his players, Bridgewater was suspended in […]
Serena Williams knows exactly what accessories she’d have in her Barbie playset. “A blazer—my go-to for off-court work events,” she exclaimed to EBONY. “A fun bag or heels. And of course, a tennis racket, because that’s where it all started. I’d also sneak in a little something extra for my girls.” The power blazer is […]
There was a time when creator agencies operated like booking factories. Secure the deal. Deliver the post. Collect the check. Repeat. That model is dead. Or at least, it’s no longer enough to survive in an industry where Black creators are not just shaping culture, but defining the business of it. In 2026, the agencies […]