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Academy Award-winner Will Smith has publicly apologized to Chris Rock for slapping the comedian during Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony. The actor assailed Rock after the latter made joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s baldness which is a result of the medical condition alopecia. Will Smith posted the following statement across his social media: “Violence in…
Amazon Music and Femme It Forward today revealed multi-talented singer-songwriter, actress and dancer Teyana Taylor is coming out of retirement for one night only as a special guest performer for the upcoming “Big Femme Energy Live” show on March 24, streaming live from Los Angeles’ Belasco Theater exclusively on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch…
The 40th mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras J Baraka, is paying homage to Black women with a poem on his forthcoming Audible memoir. On the Audible exclusive, The Book of Baraka, that will be made available to public on February 24th, Baraka will share his journey from a spoken word artist to school principle,…
Angela Lewis of FX’s hit series Snowfall covers the special 2022 Women’s Issue of Urban Magazine, now available on digital newsstands worldwide. Curated by Editor-in-Chief Dakari Eli, the issue highlights and celebrates a wide range of women of color every year. Lewis’ portrayal of drug queen-pin Aunt Louie has garnered her rave reviews with the…
Instagram has temporarily put a pause on Kanye West’s series of aggressive social media posts after he referred to The Daily Show host Trevor Noah as a c**n. His attack on Noah came after the comedian/television personality spoke on West’s harassment of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian since she started dating SNL co-star Pete Davidson. Noah…
Actor Jussie Smollett has been released from jail on a personal recognizance bond while appealing his conviction. Smollett was sentenced to nearly five months in jail and 30 months of probations for falsely claiming to be a victim of racial violence. His attorney Nenye Uche questioned the sentence and the motive for charges, declaring, “There…
Yesterday at SXSW, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, author and entrepreneur Ashanti, announced her historic partnership with EQ Exchange. Founded by tech entrepreneur Janice Taylor, EQ Exchange is the first female-owned tech company in Silicon Valley and is a Web3 company that’s dedicated to empowering musicians and rewarding their fans, through blockchain technology. Ashanti made…
Elite competitive breakers (‘b-boys’ and ‘b-girls’) from all corners of the globe will descend on New York City, where the world’s most highly anticipated annual breaking competition, the Red Bull BC One World Final, will take place on Saturday, November 12 at the Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center. With over 60 qualifier events hosted across…