Independent director Lawrence Watford, aka “Law,” struck gold when he acquired the rights to Patrick Parr’s book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age. This acquisition led to a fascinating film that delves into MLK’s formative years—long before he became a pastor in Birmingham before he led the Civil Rights Movement, and before…
Deborah Ayorinde is back for season two of “Them: The Scare,” but in a different role than she was in the first season. Ayorinde is set to play Dawn Reeve, an LAPD homicide detective who is assigned to a new case: the murder of a foster home mother that has left even the most hardened…
If you are a visual artist and you are Black — particularly if you are a woman and, specifically, if you are a fiber artist — you owe your visibility on the world’s stage to Faith Ringgold. She carved and held a space for you on museum and gallery walls for 60 years. Born Faith…
The Kelsey Plum and Darren Waller marriage seemed like a magical pairing carefully crafted by the athletic gods. However, this magic carpet ride has crashed and burned in just over a year. The WNBA point guard and the NFL tight end have jointly filed for divorce in a Clark County, Nevada, court in Las Vegas,…
You can help potentially save a loved one from an internal crisis with early detection. With most body ailments, you can get a feeling of something being out of the norm and letting someone else know about said ailments. With mental health, it can be difficult to always spot just by looking at a physical…
RenderATL continues to set the bar higher each year. This year, the Black-owned tech conference will feature Shannon Sharpe as keynote speaker and DJ Pee .Wee will be the special musical performer for the RenderHouse afterparty. DJ Pee .Wee is the DJ alias of soulful superstar artist Anderson .Paak. After the organization’s announcement on April…
Saaima Khaliq is the managing director and private equity chief financial officer for New Mountain Capital, where she has worked since 2015. In those roles, Khaliq manages all aspects of the accounting, financial reporting, and administration of New Mountain’s private equity funds and the firm’s general partner operations. She has over 20 years of experience…
Calvin L. Holmes has been president of the Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) since 1998. CCLF is a nonprofit U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution (CDFI) with nearly $176 million in assets that provides responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts that benefit low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods throughout metropolitan Chicago. Under his leadership, CCLF’s lending…
Kanye, J. Cole, and Kendrick – Source: Getty Images Kanye West recently sat down with Justin Laboy and discussed his feelings about J. Cole’s apology to Kendrick Lamar. “You can’t run now!” said Ye. As previously reported, in a preview for Kanye’s The Download interview, the rapper detailed how his “Like That” remix went down, and…
Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo recently discussed being in a polyamorous relationship with two women and expressed how happy he was to be dating multiple women simultaneously without issue. And everyone seems to approve except for his ex-wife, Crystal Renay Smith. The “Bold & Bougie” star revealed that her ex’s lifestyle is new to her and wouldn’t have…
