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Economic inequality and lack of access to capital are two of the main issues for minority-owned businesses. The UP Community Fund is a resource for these businesses. The Charlotte, North Carolina based company was founded in 2017 by investment expert David Sharp. The UP Community Fund provides flexible business loans up to $2 million for…

Most people vividly remember when the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan was murdered in 1993. Jordan had just won his third championship in a row with the dynastic Chicago Bulls when the devastating news made headlines. Now, the media has learned that one of the men convicted of killing and robbing James Jordan, stealing…

Fifteen-year-old Prince Navon has already worked with a few of music greats in his young career. The legends Teddy Riley and Jazze Pha have laced the young phenom with some of their magic. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native has been dubbed the next big thing. His most recent song, “Miss Me,” is heating up on…

Not only have White Americans spent decades telling Black people to “get over” slavery, but they also have been vehemently against providing any reparations as penance for past atrocities committed against the country’s oppressed citizens. Until today. In Asheville, North Carolina, members of the city council unanimously voted to provide a formal apology to its…

What took place in Cary, North Carolina, gives credence to what Blacks have uttered for decades — that many Caucasians’ souls have been weighed down with guilt for the way America has historically treated its Black citizens. People of different racial and ethnic backgrounds have coalesced in protests nationwide against police brutality and injustices perpetrated…

Ursula Dudley Oglesby is the CEO and president of Dudley Corp. LLC, a beauty brand that she started in 1967. The Brooklyn-born business leader and humanitarian began working at the Dudley Beauty Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a cashier and even sold products door to door in her neighborhood at 7 years old. Upon…

Stephanie Williams is a beauty maven and eyebrow expert with more than 16 years of experience in the industry. An esthetician licensed by the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners, she opened her Raleigh-based business, BrowZnAround Eyebrow Studio + Spa, in 2008 to create a luxurious atmosphere with affordable and accessible cosmetic services. BrowZnAround offers…

A Greensboro, North Carolina, woman, 28, appeared in court Thursday, Jan. 2, accused of a triple homicide that occurred on New Year’s Day. According to local FOX affiliate, FOX6, Brittany McKinney shot and killed her 10-year-old daughter Mkenzie, 2-year-old niece Serenity, and 61-year-old Jerry Griffin, who was living in the home. Fox reports that police…

After taking a six-year break from the music industry, Isaac Carree released a new single in August titled “HER,” which will be featured on his forthcoming album, No Risk…No Reward. The gospel recording artist will appear at the inaugural Imaginarium Film and Music Festival Oct. 18-19, 2019. The festival will be hosted by Pastor Jamal…

#BlackGirlMagic is alive and well and taking over pageantry. For the first time in history, three Black women are reigning as 2019 Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America titleholders all at the same time. On Thursday, May 2, 2019, Cheslie Kryst, a Black woman of beauty and brilliance, was crowned Miss USA 2019…

A North Carolina man is in jail after a road rage incident led to a violent altercation and gunfire. Police allege that Bryon Donnell Green, 41, was involved in an altercation with Craig Allen Sheff, in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. The situation quickly spiraled out of control and Green produced a gun and opened fire,…

In the vast experience of being Black in America, blood has been spilled and many lives have been lost simply for asking to be treated humanely while demanding equal justice under the law. The most famous of our Black martyrs is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was slain by James Earl Ray in…

Nafisah Carter is an international celebrity hairstylist. The North Carolina native has built a name for herself traveling the world doing hair. The hairstylist has worked with celebrities like Tinashe, Debbie Allen, Misty Copeland. She also has her own high-quality hair company, Pyara Hair. Carter stopped by rolling out for Monday Makeover to discuss her…

The brutal punch thrown by a White man in Asheville, North Carolina, has gone viral. The incident occurred at the Asheville Mall on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, after David Bell confronted several Black kids in a group. Bell, a 51-year-old, 250-pound man, punched an 11-year-old girl after a confrontation. The girl, who has yet to…

Susan Westwood, aka South Park Susan, is no longer on the run and wanted by police. On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2018, Westwood turned herself into police to face multiple charges related to an event that happened last month that went viral. Westwood was caught on tape making threats and racial slurs to two Black women…

Just a few weeks ago Susan Westwood became the latest bigot to be revealed to the nation through cell phone video. Westwood, who later was dubbed South Park Susan, was caught on tape making threats and racial slurs to two sisters, waiting on AAA to tow their car in an apartment complex. South Park Susan…

A case of high school bullying reportedly led to the shooting death of one teen and a charge of first-degree murder for another in Matthews, North Carolina. A hallway at David W. Butler High School was packed when a fight broke out between Jatwan Craig Cuffie, 16, and another student identified as Bobby McKeithen, 16.…

Another White woman has threatened Black people for simply existing. The incident, which involved sisters Chele and Leisa Garris, occurred on Oct. 19 in Charlotte, according to WCCB. While waiting for AAA after their car broke down in a parking lot of their apartment complex, Camden Fairview Apartments, they were approached by Susan Westwood. Chele Garris…

Klondike Blonde sat down with Romeo International on REMiXX to discuss the new single “No Smoke” and how she plans to impact the music industry.

J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival has set up a relief support team to help assist with families affected by Hurricane Florence. The 33-year-old rapper was set to play the inaugural festival in Fayetteville, North Carolina, last weekend, but the event was axed as the category 4 storm wreaked havoc on the city days before. Now his…