Babyface steals the show before Brandy and Monica make the wait worth it at ESSENCE Fest

Babyface, Brandy, Monica, Patti LaBelle and Leon Thomas delivered a marathon night of R&B at ESSENCE Festival that was well ...

Serena Williams pulls out of Wimbledon doubles match with sister Venus due to knee injury

Serena Williams has withdrawn from her Wimbledon doubles match alongside sister Venus due to a right knee injury sustained ...
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Cardi B says Caribbeans and Latinos can thrive in America because of the civil rights movement

Cardi B is giving credit to African-Americans for making it possible for Caribbean and Latino people to build lives in the United States. The “Bodgea Baddie” artist shared these remarks with CNN’s ...
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Keri Hilson breaks down her viral “music can harm” tweet and weighs in on the state of the industry

The post read: “If music can heal, music can harm too…” and it landed in the middle of an ongoing debate about Yung Miami’s viral single “Spend Dat,” a song that India.Arie and several other artists ...
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Naomi Osaka stuns world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to reach first Wimbledon quarterfinal

Naomi Osaka delivered one of the biggest wins of her comeback on Sunday, defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 (2) to reach her first ever Wimbledon quarterfinal. According to ESPN reports, ...
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Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension lifted by FIFA, Brooklyn-born striker cleared to play Belgium

Folarin Balogun will be on the field Monday night when the United States faces Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16 in Seattle, after FIFA suspended the one-game ban that stemmed from his red card ...
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GloRilla says she’s trying not to overthink her second album, teases a Destiny’s Child member as a feature

GloRilla is working hard on her second studio album, and after the success of her debut “Glorious,” says she’s been “trying not to overthink it too much.” In an interview with People, the rapper ...
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Trump supporters took shelter in the African American History Museum during the July 4 storm. The internet had thoughts.

Thousands of visitors attending the Freedom 250 celebration on the National Mall on July 4 ended up in an unexpected NMAAHC shelter situation after severe thunderstorms forced a mass evacuation of the ...
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Ex-NFL player and sportscaster Marcellus Wiley arrested on domestic battery charge in Florida

Marcellus Wiley’s rocky year just got worse. The former NFL defensive end turned television analyst spent part of the July 4 holiday behind bars in Florida after being taken into custody on a domestic ...

Bad Bunny’s earthquake aid reaches Venezuela as country’s president publicly thanks him

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, publicly thanked Bad Bunny this week for shipping humanitarian aid to the ...

Michelle Obama gets candid about the ‘freedom’ of life after 50 at ESSENCE Fest

Former First Lady Michelle Obama reflected on life after age 50 during a conversation with Keke Palmer at Essence Festival.

Alicia Brown, wife of Big Tigger, responds to Francesca Amiker’s defamation lawsuit against her

Alicia Brown has responded after Big Tigger's radio co-host Francesca Amiker filed a federal defamation lawsuit accusing her ...