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MC Lyte at the 2025 Rock The Bells Cruise. Photo Credit: Morgan Sophia By DeAnna Taylor ·Updated November 4, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The 2025 Rock the Bells Cruise was one for the books. Wrapping up its third year, the 4-night sailing was a celebration of the impact and beauty of hip hop music. Created by LL COOL J as an extension of his annual festival held
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Photo Credit: Peacock By Okla Jones ·Updated November 4, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Peacock has unveiled the official trailer for the fourth and final season of Bel-Air, offering a first look at the dramatic twists in store for the beloved Banks family. Debuting on November 24 with a three-episode drop, the season will follow Will (Jabari Banks) and Carlton (Olly Sholotan) through a high-stakes senior year—balancing college
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Taraji P. Henson By Okla Jones ·Updated October 30, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Taraji P. Henson is stepping into one of her most heartfelt roles yet. The Academy Award–nominated actress will lead ’Tis So Sweet, an upcoming Netflix drama inspired by the true story of Lenore Lindsey, a Chicago bakery owner whose life changes after an extraordinary discovery forces her to confront the past and rediscover her
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Photo Credit: Matthew McDermott By Lindsey Stewart ·Updated October 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
On May 15, 2025, Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest antebellum mansions in Louisiana, caught fire. The event immediately sparked an intense discussion on social media about race, slavery, and how we remember American history. While many white Americans mourned the loss of this grand historical estate, several African Americans expressed joyous relief.
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By Okla Jones ·Updated October 28, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
ADCOLOR is gearing up for a major return in 2025. From November 11–14, leaders in media, marketing, entertainment, and tech will gather at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando for four days of conversation, connection, and cultural elevation at ADCOLOR 2025.
This year’s theme, “CTRL + ALT + LIFT,” invites changemakers to take back control of their stories, reimagine
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For five electrifying days, Red Bull took over Los Angeles for the Shakeema Prescott teaches line dancing in LA. Courtesy of Red Bull
For Shakeema, who has danced since she was two years old, her workshop was a dream realized. The performer—seen on America’s Best Dance Crew, So You Think You Can Dance, and the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show—is also the co-creator
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Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre By Okla Jones ·Updated October 23, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
On Wednesday night at Lincoln Center, Misty Copeland graced the stage for her final performance with the American Ballet Theatre, closing a historic chapter in ballet. Under the golden lights of the David H. Koch Theater, the 43-year-old trailblazer—who became ABT’s first Black female principal dancer—was surrounded by
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Photo Credit: Alain BENAINOUS / Gamma-Rapho By Okla Jones ·Updated October 23, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In a bold move to invest in new voices in cinema, TDE Films has announced its first-ever Short Film Fund, awarding five emerging filmmakers full production support to bring their narrative short films to life. The selected cohort—Diamond Batiste, Ciara Boniface, Jeremy Hsing, Alejandra López and Brittany Alexia Young—were chosen from nearly 1,000 submissions, placing them at
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Naima Green, “Half on a Baby (DonChristian),” 2025. Courtesy of Naima Green By Okla Jones ·Updated October 23, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In her latest exhibition, Instead, I spin fantasies, on display at the International Center of Photography through January 12, 2026, Naima Green invites viewers into a world that reimagines the experience of pregnancy through photography and performance. Curated by Elisabeth Sherman, the show challenges visual