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With a projected buying power of $2.1 trillion this year, according to Nielsen, there is no question that Black influence is strong on both the buyer and influencer sides. Many creators have had to face their new reality head-on, of going from a few dollars in their bank account to thousands, sometimes even millions, at their disposal. […]
The taboo nature surrounding cancer and cancer diagnosis only fitting certain age groups or races is being debunked with new findings revealing that colorectal cancer rates for those between the ages of 20-39 years old have been rising by 2% on average every year, as reported by the American Cancer Society. Despite The U.S. Preventive […]
When Norfolk State first offered Brehanna Daniels the chance to walk on to the basketball team, she did not answer like someone grateful just to be considered. “Respectfully,” she told them, “I’m too good to be a walk-on.” It is the kind of line that reads as swagger once someone has already made history. But […]
Gizelle Bryant has officially entered a very special and meaningful chapter of Black sorority life. The Real Housewives of Potomac star has not one, but two of her daughters standing by her side as members of the illustrious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the first African American sorority in the nation. View this post on […]
Ashley Edwards’ journey to founding MindRight began long before the term “mental health” became trendy. Raised in and later working in education in New Jersey, she witnessed up close what it looks like when communities carry heavy loads of trauma, loss and grief without access to equitable care. As an educator, she saw students and […]
There’s a certain kind of woman the internet doesn’t quite know what to do with. Too smart to flatten, too stylish to dismiss, too intentional to scroll past. Creator Tariro Makoni exists in that exact tension, and not only does she live there, she’s building a universe from it. Before the think pieces, before the […]
Less than 24 hours before her debut memoir, Phases, hit shelves on March 31, Brandy Norwood added another milestone to her already remarkable career: a star on Hollywood’s legendary Walk of Fame. “Back then, I was just a little girl with a big dream,” Norwood said while accepting the honor in front of a lively crowd of […]
The creator press tour doesn’t need press anymore. And that should concern more people than it currently does. There was a time when red carpets, junkets and press days belonged to journalists. People trained to ask better questions, pull real answers and actually understand the moment they were documenting. Now those same spaces are being […]
Just add an engagement ring to that teething ring! Rapper Jay Cinco proposed to his girlfriend, Internet model and personality Lala Baptiste, during a baby shower for their first child together, which was live-streamed on YouTube March 28. Getting down on one knee, Cinco produced a sparkly engagement ring to Baptiste, his partner of one […]
What you need to know: This week, the federal government took a hard look at diversity programs and said, “What if… less of that?” while also voting against a global resolution calling the slave trade one of history’s greatest crimes. Meanwhile, millions of Americans hit the streets in nationwide protests, and the Supreme Court is […]