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By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 5, 2021

In a series of Instagram posts, singer Kelis‘ husband, photographer Mike Mora, revealed that he’s been battling stomach cancer.

As he came upon a year since his life changed, Mora shared his experience, noting that he first had a feeling something was wrong physically when he moved with his family to a farm two hours southeast of LA. He assumed working hard in the sun, tending to farm

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“My mom is my everything,” Jazmine Sullivan says of her mother, Pam Sullivan. She’s the singer’s co-manager as well as her biggest supporter and constant confidant. She’s always there, including in the background as Jazmine talked with us about their relationship over Zoom.

“The reason that I’m here and I’m doing what I’m doing now is because she believed in me at times

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By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 4, 2021

Robbie Montgomery of Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s fame is speaking out about her son James Timothy Norman’s troubling legal situation and why, as his mother, she is supporting him through it. 

The 81-year-old restaurateur behind the beloved Sweetie Pie’s soul food spots in St. Louis spoke with Black Enterprise to promote her new music and catch them up on her life. During the conversation, Tim was brought up, as

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Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 4, 2021

From celebrating anniversaries and getting dolled up for date nightto hitting red carpets from Atlanta to Paris, celebrity couples were boo’d up and beaming as they took fans into their weekend fun. See what some of your favorite pairs and a few new couples were up to from Friday through Sunday.

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Instagram By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 2, 2021

Scholar, professor and news host Marc Lamont Hill is on the mend after suffering a heart attack.

The 42-year-old took to social media on Wednesday, sharing an image of himself in the hospital, to reveal his recent condition.He noted that a blood clot was the cause of everything.

“I am home and recovering after a rough week,” he wrote. “After my successful Achilles surgery on

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Courtesy of Kamau Murray By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 1, 2021

Soon enough, we will be talking about the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic in the same way we speak of the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open and more. But for the man who created the first 500-level WTA event promoted by an African American, tennis coach and commentator Kamau Murray, he’s already reached his major goal. He’s brought tennis to his native city,