Grammy Award-winning rapper J. Cole‘s new single, “interlude,” off his highly anticipated album The Off-Season will be released Friday, May 14. After 2018’s K.O.D. album, he dropped Revenge of the Dreamers III, part of his Dreamville Records compilation in 2019. He revealed during a concert performance that same year that the long-awaited album The Fall […]
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Woman alleges Trey Songz guilty of road rage incident
TMZ reports that Trey Songz allegedly struck a woman’s car with his vehicle, and then her hand, in a case of road rage. Minutes after midnight May 6, Songz and a woman allegedly began arguing while each were in their respective cars. The unnamed accuser told police officers that she got out of her car […]
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‘Verzuz” unites SWV and Xscape in 1990’s girl group nostalgia
SWV and Xscape entertained millions of viewers on Instagram Live, Triller and Fite.TV, with their harmonic vocals for a ‘Verzuz’ battle celebrating Mother’s Day. They went head-to-head in a showdown, performing top 20 best hits including “Rain,” “Just Kickin It,” “Weak” and “Understanding.” The night was dedicated to the nostalgic era of 1990’s R&B and girl-group […]
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Shevaré Perry’s ‘She Is Her, I Am She’ art exhibit explores Black womanhood, beauty and fashion
Parkway North grad’s art collection featured in bottom level of Saks Fifth Avenue art gallery Upon exiting the lower level escalators at the Saks Fifth Avenue store in the Plaza Frontenac Mall, you’ll immediately become fascinated by the works in Shevaré Perry’s “She Is Her, I Am She,” art exhibition. The collection includes mixed media […]
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Regina Taylor’s ‘The Black Album.Mixtape’ dinner explored Blackness, change and identity
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Resident Regina Taylor recently premiered The Black Album.Mixtape Dinner. The event was presented via the organization’s YouTube and Facebook pages with a discussion about the intersectionality of race for African Americans in St. Louis. Rebeccah Bennett, founder of Emerging Leaders, moderated the conversation featuring a cross-section […]
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The show must go on
Parade ‘will come back with a vengeance in 2022’ The 111th Annie Malone May Day Parade’s theme of resilience and perseverance comes at a perfect time, as the world is working toward recovering and getting back to some form of normal in the wake of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 left the Annie Malone Children […]
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FleishmanHillard hires chief diversity and inclusion officer
FleishmanHillard recently announced the appointment of Adrianne C. Smith to chief diversity and inclusion officer, from WPP where she previously served as its first global director of inclusion and diversity. In her new role, she will advance FleishmanHillard’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy and continue its ambition to become the most inclusive agency in the world. […]
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Sterling K. Brown to host OWN Father’s Day Special
OWN will premiere a television special,“Honoring Our Kings: OWN Honors Black Fatherhood” at 8 p.m., Father’s Day, June 15. Oprah Winfrey and Sterling K. Brown will host the Reginald Hudlin-produced two-hour special, which features conversations with everyday dads, celebrity fathers and music performances recognizing fathers worldwide. “The greatest role of my life happened 10 years […]
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Teen confesses to shooting Pop Smoke
According to the New York Daily News, last year’s home invasion robbery that resulted in the murder of Pop Smoke was committed by a 15-year-old. On May 7, Det. Carlos Camacho of the LAPD confirmed the teen was with intruders interested in stealing Pop Smoke’s Rolex watch. According to police, Camacho and others rushed the […]
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Working to close the diversity gap
On the heels of a historic global pandemic that has resulted in an increase in cybercrime and revealed deep inequities in talent within the cybersecurity industry, The Global Center for Cybersecurity @ Cortex (GCC) officially launched by hosting its inaugural virtual conference — Net Measure. At the event, leading security experts addressed how the cybersecurity industry can remove […]