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Kanye West Launches Grant for Young Creatives, YEEZY Alum Named First Recipient
Rapper and revisionist historian Kanye West has launched a grant for young creatives, providing financial assistance and mentorship to up-and-coming designers. According to Vogue, Kanye’s incubator program will provide aspiring creatives in fashion and design access to the studio and eye for talent that gave the world Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh and Fear of God…
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Lynne Patton Doesn’t Care If She Violated the Hatch Act Again
When Lynne Patton isn’t violating the sensibilities of hairdressers this side of 1999, she’s possibly violating the Hatch Act, a federal law meant to prevent officials from politicizing positions in the government, starting with her social media habits. Congressional gollywog Patton is tasked with overseeing the largest regions controlled by the Department of Housing and…
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Maleah Davis Likely Dead While Cooperation Wanes, According to Houston Law Enforcement
Houston police believe Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old girl last seen near a highway in Houston, has been killed, according to CBS News. Now, they need help finding and identifying her body. “She deserves to be found, she deserves to be recovered and she deserves to have a proper burial,” Chief Art Acevedo said at a…
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San Francisco Judge Orders Attorney General to Release Police Records From Before 2019
A judge in San Francisco has ordered the attorney general to release police misconduct records prior to Jan. 1 of this year, the date new transparency legislation took effect, according to the Los Angeles Times. San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. rejected arguments that the office should not be compelled to…
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Congrats, Grad! Morehouse Keynote Speaker Pays Off Debt of Graduating Class
Now we know exactly what it takes to upstage Angela Bassett: Forty million dollars, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On a hard-earned day of celebration for hundreds of families, Morehouse upped the ante on black excellence. After the casually ethereal Bassett spoke, Robert F. Smith, the billionaire tech investor and philanthropist received an honorary doctorate…
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No Applause: Mo’Nique Addresses Steve Harvey’s Recent Bad Luck
Earlier this week, news broke that serial sleep avoider Steve Harvey had not one, but two gigs stripped from his weekly schedule: his eponymous talk show was set for cancellation, and his hosting gig for NBC’s Little Big Shots would go to another personality, thought to be “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson. Harvey, who gained…
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Texas Police Officer Fired After Being Charged with Homicide in Shooting Death of 24-Year-Old Black Man
Arlington, Texas, police officer Bau Tran has been fired days after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide for shooting and killing 24-year-old O’Shae Terry during a traffic stop in 2018, according to the Associated Press. Tran may appeal his dismissal. He has yet to enter a plea in his criminal case. While Terry’s death…
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Mississippi Jury Awards $3 Million to Black Strippers in Workplace Discrimination Case
A jury in Mississippi has awarded more than $3 million to five black strippers after a federal judge found their working conditions worse than those of their white counterparts. According to NBC News, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate presided over a week-long trial, and jurors decided the women would split the money, including funds for…
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Cardi B Hit with $1 Million Defamation Suit by Blogger
Bronx-born American sweetheart Cardi B has been hit with a $1 million lawsuit by a blogger who claims a war of death threats followed a lie Cardi told about them on social media. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, celebrity blogger Latasha K has filed suit two months after Cardi sued her for…
