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Amid a local, state and federal investigation into the death of unarmed and handcuffed Black male George Floyd due to a cop’s knee being pressed into his neck, four officers have been terminated. Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo announced the immediate dismissal of the officers after a bystander filmed one of the cops kneeling with…

Urban America is outraged that a Black man, lying on the ground and handcuffed, died after a White police officer refused to take his knee off the victim’s neck. While the man was could be heard on a cellphone video saying several times that he could not breathe, the officer refused to lift his knee…

Audio evidence reveals that Michael Jordan deliberately lied when he claimed resolutely that he had nothing to do with keeping fellow legend Isiah Thomas off the iconic Dream Team. Jordan, 57, said on the record-breaking documentary “The Last Dance” that he didn’t have any influence on keeping his mortal enemy Thomas off the 1992 Spain…

If you need any more evidence that some White people are ready to brandish their “White privilege” and sense of entitlement like a weapon against Black people, then pull up a chair and check out at this viral video. A White woman was out walking her dog in Central Park in New York City at…

Dwyane Wade is not stunting like his daddy, as Lil Wayne rapped in his hit song. D-Wade is stunting like his daughter, Zaya. Three-time NBA champion D-Wade, 38, is diving in head-first in supporting his daughter, who was born a boy named Zion but publicly declared he is a girl during his visit to the…

When Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers captured the first of their NBA championships in 2000, Bryant gifted his mother Pamela with a 14-karat gold ring. Twenty years later, Bryant’s ring was sold for $206,000 at the Goldin Auctions. The coveted ring initially was listed at the auction for…

Former Major League Baseball star Carl Crawford is opening up about double drowning that happened a week ago in the backyard of his Houston home. TMZ broke the story that a 25-year-old woman and a little boy she was watching for the day had drowned during a small gathering on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Sometime…

It appears that the National Basketball Association is ready to resuscitate a season that was on its deathbed a few months ago. The prospect of finishing out the 2019-20 NBA season has gained momentum in the past week, according to NBA.com and ESPN’s “First Take.” The season was halted abruptly on March 11, 2020, when…

Doja Cat is not creating that fire these days, but she is under fire for allegedly being involved in racist online chat rooms that routinely spew anti-Black rhetoric. The 24-year-old rapper and singer is also causing drama for a song she wrote, “Dindu Nuffin,” a term meaning “didn’t do nothing” that White supremacists routinely have…

Back in 2015, Ayesha Curry, 31, delivered a message about modesty that riled the nerves of many Black women. The culinary and restaurant maven and wife of NBA superstar Steph Curry, 32, indicated she was repulsed by women’s penchant for flashing skin publicly. Those nonconfrontational words nevertheless created ripples that reverberated throughout Black America, particularly…

Rap boss T.I. has joined the deafening chorus of discontent calling for accountability in the shooting death of first responder Breonna Taylor by cops in the middle of the night while she slept. Taylor was killed by a fusillade of police bullets as they executed a no-knock warrant in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13. They…

Cardi B is the very definition of “extra,” “outlandish” and “living on the edge.” She is a walking megaphone who trumpets everything she does at volume 10. Like millions of others, the Invasion of Privacy princess is occupying her quarantine time immersing herself in unorthodox activities that nevertheless enthrall fans and haters alike. Though the…

NBA legend Dwyane Wade has taken some bodacious stances in post-retirement that have created debate surrounding parenting, self-identity and sexual orientation. But D-Wade, as he is popularly known, caused double-takes when he unveiled his neon hair color on Memorial Day weekend that has some fans in … well … mourning. View this post on Instagram…

Quarantine has left folks with a copious amount of time to take vacations in their own heads and to reinvent themselves. Maybe too much time for some folks’ taste. The first family of reality TV is making headlines yet again, this time as Khloe Kardashian breaks out with a new look this weekend that caused…

Social media is debating whether it was right for NFL quarterback Russell Wilson to refer to himself as Future Jr.’s “daddy” in a touching birthday message on Instagram on May 19. Future Jr.’s father, rap star Future (born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn), 36, wished his biological child a happy birthday also, penning the following: “It’s your…

The annual BET Awards will celebrate a milestone in June, but it will commemorate the occasion with a radically different vibe this year. The largest of the African American-centered awards program took it to another level when it left the claustrophobic confines of a single structure on Wilshire Boulevard and moved its three-day extravaganza to…

A Colorado customer has been locked up on charges of attempted murder after he shot a Waffle House employee for demanding that he wear a mask inside the restaurant. The episode happened in Aurora, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, after a regular patron took umbrage at the repeated request to wear a mask on Thursday,…

No one is calling LeBron James the second coming of two-sport king Bo Jackson. But King James gave very real consideration to playing in the National Football League about a decade ago. The media voted James to the All-State wide receiver team when he played for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio in…

Italian luxury colossus Gucci has sparked conversation and debate after posting a risque ad to promote its underwear line for its 40 million Instagram followers. Some fashion enthusiasts found the ad spotlighting a Black man flossing the imprint of his private parts distasteful, debasing and contributing to the deleterious stereotype of African American males as…

A family member of the two men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery has posted a photo of the victim’s body on social media. Lindsay McMichael is the daughter of Gregory McMichael and sister of Travis McMichael, the two men who have been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of 25-year-old Arbery. The…