Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History
The Wild TikTok Theory About Teyana Taylor’s Meteoric Rise—and the Sudden Fade of Exes Iman Shumpert and Aaron Pierre
Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV
Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service
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Not Another Black Celeb Being Stressed out in Paris? This Time It’s Steph Curry’s Wife and Their Baby
From Oprah to Kelly Rowland to Travis Scott, Black Celebs often find themselves in a mess while in Paris. This time it was the wife of US Olympian Steph Curry.
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It Took One Surveillance Video to Prove This Black Man’s Innocence… 16 Years Later
I’m sure the family of Arvel Marshall are wondering what took so long.
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Is This Houston Rapper and Entrepreneur Behind a Multi-Million Dollar Surrogacy Scam?!
Dominique Side is accused of misappropriating millions of escrow dollars from women looking to pay their surrogates.
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Black Frontier Airlines Pilot Gets Arrested In Houston, Sonya Massey’s Shooter Shares Thoughts On Her Last Words, New York Prosecutor Tries To Meet With 12-Year-Old Boy, Teenage Girl Accused Of Setting Up Classmate’s Killing
A recap of the Root’s best and most viral news stories from the week.
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WATCH: Footage of Travis Scott Being Arrested by Miami Police in Fear
The rapper was arrested on Juneteenth on charges of trespassing property after being given a warning and disorderly intoxication.
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Black Family’s Trip to Visit Relatives Takes a Tragic Turn
Majority of the victims of the fatal crash were children younger than 10 years old.
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Mysterious Letter Suggests an Evil Plot Hatched by Sade Robinson’s Alleged Killer
The man accused of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old Sade Robinson apparently premeditated the crime.
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Metro Boomin’s Mother Was Killed in a Murder-Suicide. Here’s How He Honors Her Legacy
The superstar producer launched a grant program to give $20,000 to non-profit organizations helping single mothers.
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Akon Scooped Up Land in Senegal For a $6 Billion Wakanda-Like City, But the Country is Calling Him Out For Shenanigans
Four years after announcing his plans for a Wakanda-inspired city, the “Locked Up” singer is being told to get to work or risk losing the land