14-year-old sailor Imani John Polanco (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

14-year-old Imani John Polanco shares sailing ambitions

Imani John Polanco, 14, discusses her sailing beginnings at the age of 7 and her goals in the industry, and Youth 2 Keel Boat director Allison Anthony discusses John Polanco and other young people breaking barriers during Antigua Sailing Week.

Flavor Flav at Raising Cane's in Las Vegas (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

Flavor Flav on what makes Raising Cane’s uniquely popular

Hip-hop and reality television legend Flavor Flav discusses what makes Raising Cane’s chicken fingers uniquely popular, including its great taste, during an appearance at a Raising Cane’s location on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

Michael B. Jordan. Wunmi Mosaku, Miles Caton, and cast in Sinners. (Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers.)

Wunmi Mosaku on love between Annie and Smoke in ‘Sinners’

Rolling out spoke exclusively with actress Wunmi Mosaku, who plays Annie in the movie Sinners. She breaks down the relationship between her character and Smoke, played by Michael B. Jordan, working with Ryan Coogler, and more.  What were your first

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Jasmine Cockfield on 36th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

In September 1987, NBC debuted the iconic show “A Different World,” which aired for six seasons and took us into the lives of students at the fictional HBCU, Hillman College. Less than five months later, future Academy Award winner Spike

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Exclusive: Omarion dishes on the Millennium Tour 2025

The Millennium Tour is legendary and crucial to the culture. The first installment of the tour took place in 2019, with the late 1990s/early 2000s group B2K as the headliners and hip-hop legend Bow Wow joining as a co-headliner with

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Nicole Scherzinger kicks off TDF’s Costumes and Cocktails

Singer and actress Nicole Scherzinger kicked off the TDF’s Costumes & Cocktails Spring gala at Tao Downtown in Manhattan on April 7. The 2024 Laurence Olivier Award winner discussed the importance of costumes. “Making my Broadway debut this season in

National Black Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Jonathan McCrory (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

NBT Soul Producing Residency Program applications open

The National Black Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director Jonathan McCrory discusses the Soul Producing Residency Program, which is now accepting applications, and the recent production of Kings … Come Home at the Apollo Stages at the Victoria.

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Bishop T.D. Jakes on inspiration to create Good Soil Forum

Bishop T.D. Jakes shares his inspiration for creating Good Soil amidst the 2025 Good Soil Forum, which returns to Dallas June 12-14, 2025, at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. This year, Oprah Winfrey joins T.D. Jakes for a one-on-one fireside

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Rickey Smiley shares his first visit to Walt Disney World

Television and radio personality and comedian Rickey Smiley reflects on his first trip to Walt Disney World and discusses his interactions with the students of the Disney Dreamers Academy in his second year of working with them.

Newark Mayor and New Jersey candidate for Governor Ras Baraka (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

Exclusive: Mayor Ras Baraka running for New Jersey governor

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has recently been called a reasonable radical and a practical progressive. Still, for the Black community in general, and specifically in Newark, N.J., Baraka has always been ours. The son of the iconic poet and activist

Three-time NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe winning actor Tyler James Williams (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

Tyler James Williams shares wisdom with Disney Dreamers

When asked by rolling out what words of advice he hopes to leave the 100 Disney Dreamers Academy students with based on his success and adversity at a young age, Three-time NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe winning actor Tyler

Briana Kelly, owner of B Beautiful Medical Spa (Press Photos courtesy of Chad Johnson)

B Beautiful Medical Spa set to open in Metro Atlanta

Spring is often seen as a season of renewal and rebirth, as it offers the promise of summer annually. For entrepreneur Briana Kelly, it will be just that. The wellness expert first conceived the idea of opening a medical spa

Three-time NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe winning actor Tyler James Williams (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)

Tyler James Williams welcomes 100 Disney Dreamers

Three-time NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe winning actor Tyler James Williams welcomes 100 teens to Disney Dreamers Academy, a four-day transformative program that annually offers mentorship from every imaginable field at Walt Disney World. 

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Common reflects on his Broadway debut, doing more theatre

Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar winning hip-hop artist and actor Common reflects on his Broadway debut in Between Riverside and Crazy, relishes the opportunity to do more theatre in the future amidst the possibility of earning the rare EGOT with a