It’s time to have an honest critique of rappers. For many years, there was pushback against lyrics from inside the Black community—especially among Black women—about the images and themes that were...

This weekend as Drake and Kendrick Lamar continue their FDA-rated beef with each other, an unlike but not unlikely commentator, DJ Vlad, entered the chat to give his two cents, and sh*t went even...

After accepting his third Grammy of the night three weeks ago and claiming he did it for Atlanta (I’m sure Cop City was considered in that jurisdiction), rapper Killer Mike was later led off in...

Tomorrow, June 19, marks the annual festivities of Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of the last concentration of slaves in America located in Galveston, Texas.

This week, Dr. Greg Carr celebrated 23 years at Howard University. Dr. Carr is an Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies at the prestigious university and an Adjunct Professor at the Howard...

July 6 of this year will mark Ciara and Russell Wilson’s eighth wedding anniversary; they have survived the dreaded seventh-year itch and don’t seem to have any plans to stop loving each other out...

What George W. Bush failed to do, Ronald DeSantis wants to finish up in a final solution type intellectual genocide, where children and history both get left behind. After instituting the Stop...

About two and a half years ago, at the turn of the new year, I decided I would stop drinking. I told a male friend this, and his response was that he wanted to get me drunk one last time, and just...

Before the ink dried on the lawsuit, which singer Cassandra Ventura, better known as “Cassie,” filed against her former employer and the person with whom she was involved in an involuntary romantic...

Featured Did You Know Michelle Obama, the First African-American First Lady of the United States, Was Born on This Day? By Shayla FarrowJanuary 17, 2024 Lawyer, writer and wife of the 44th President...

In 1911, Nathan Lacey was taken from his home in Forrest City, Arkansas (named after notorious Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the city, not Mr. Lacey, of course).  I don’t know if guns...

Hip-Hop, like any music genre, is a spectrum but at the end of the day, its start (at least on the West Coast for sure) was marred with violent lyrics, misogyny, and of course, homophobia (though...

On Friday we lost one of the greatest football players and athletes the sports world has ever known when Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown passed away at the age of 87.

It’s never fun writing about musicians who have given you amazing moments of nostalgia. People are complex humans who all make mistakes, and Drake is not immune, but at what point does the mic drop?...

It was December of 2020, and most of the world was still at a standstill. Mortgages, car loans, and credit card bills were in deferment while people waited anxiously for their second economic...

Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine, has now found himself in hotdog water after an interview with New York Times writer David Marchese, where he revealed that the reason he did not...

Last week, professional grifter and split-ends enthusiast Candace Owens was fired from her job at the Daily White Supremacy Wire. She is now just another unemployed Black woman, pushed out of a white...

Nzambi Matee is helping to tackle homelessness in Kenya while simultaneously finding a way to save the environment by turning plastic waste into a building block stronger than concrete. Matee opened...

A star of the reality show Married To Medicine, Dr. Jackie, professionally known as Dr. Jacqueline Walters, was recently seen on a Zoom clip with Dr. Heavenly, another of the show’s stars, stating...

I have thankfully never been shot, but I have had the person whom I thought I once loved—once lived with and even once wanted to start a family with—attempt to violently run me off the road. This...

Neri Oxman, the wife of American hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, admitted to plagiarizing in her doctoral dissertation while getting her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)....

A Virginia middle school has been renamed to honor legendary Black NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson.

The first time the public ever saw Erica Mena was when she played opposite of Chris Brown in the “Yo! (Excuse Me Miss) video,” the video that essentially launched Chris Brown’s career into the...

Jacob Blake Jr is suing a white police officer who shot him seven times, accusing the officer of excessive force.

On what would’ve been Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 95th birthday, former president, unconscientious draft dodger, slumlord, bankruptcy expert and insurrectionist Donald J. Trump won the 2024...

Bill Cosby, P. Diddy and R. Kelly represent undeniable and important parts of Black culture. Their contributions to the Black cultural zeitgeist of the late 20th century were so bankable, that even...

While the internet is still smoking from the official rap beef between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj reaching its pinnacle this past weekend, a new contender has entered the arena and has...

Cariol Horne, a former police officer who saved a man from another officer choking him during an arrest, will have her pension reinstated.

Last night at the Grammy’s, Jay-Z gave an impassioned yet comical speech about what representation looks like while being the second recipient of an all-Black award named after a Black man: the Dr....

Althea Gibson, one of the greatest athletes of our times, was born on August 25, 1927, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Gibson became the first person from the Global Majority to cross the color...

Rapper Scarface is recovering from surgery after receiving a kidney from his son.

Dr. Yusef Salaam, one of the Exonerated Five, has is planning to run for public office in New York. According to the New York Daily News, Salaam informed associates that he is running to fill the...

It seems that in another bid to consider the feelings of white women, the term Karen is now a racial slur equivalent to the n-word (the Conservatives’ words, not mine). While I disagree with it being...

Howard University recently announced that activist and Democratic-nominee for governor in Georgia, Stacey Abrams, will join their staff.  According to the HBCU, Abrams will join as the first person...

This Day In History: March 7th Famed ballet dancer and choreographer Janet Collins broke color barriers in the 1950s as a prominent performer. Collins’ elegant dance moves earned her recognition as a...

Lt. Caron Nazario is suing two police officers who officers drew their guns, pointed them at him and pepper-sprayed him during an arrest.

Just look at her arms. Her legs. Her skin and hair.   She’s too fast. Too strong and loud. She’s too aggressive. Too angry. These are the refrains I have heard my whole life living in a Black girl’s...

Amar’e Stoudemire was destroyed the rim on the NBA hardwood? Or when the lean muscled forward was swatting shots into the 10th row?

I admit it, one of my guilty pleasures was once my obsession with the show 90 Day Fiancé, so much show that I even started quite a popular Facebook group dedicated to the show and its messiness. The...

This week, 39-year-old Insecure star Yvonne Orji spoke again about her virginity and waiting until marriage, and of course, the internet was buzzing with opinions. As someone who was also a virgin...

Even though he failed to gain the Republican nomination in a party that clearly does not favor minorities in leadership roles, Tim Scott is still all gums as he happily stands next to his bride-to-...

Max Robinson, founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and the first Black to anchor a national network broadcast news program in the United States, was born on May 1, 1939, in...

AA: Hello, welcome. Tell us about yourself, how do you identify, and the work you do. KTD: My name is Karine Teixeira Damasceno, I’m a 44-year-old black woman, born and raised in Feira de Santana in...

Last week, Charles Barkley, inspired by the impact Spelman College had on his business partner’s daughter, decided to donate $1 million to the HBCU institution. Jordyn Hudson, daughter of Barkley’s...

Featured Did You Know Michelle Obama, the First African-American First Lady of the United States, Was Born on This Day? By Shayla FarrowJanuary 17, 2024 Lawyer, writer and wife of the 44th President...

There are many different types of women, and as the famous tweet says, “I do not support all women, some of you b-tches are dumb.” Even as a feminist/womanist, I wholeheartedly do not support all...

Growing up, Brian McKnight was somewhat of an Orlando hometown hero, but I do not know why. His songs were really good, but not great. Maybe because I was never a huge fan of his work, or maybe my...

Dawn Staley was already of the one best coaches in all of college basketball not only this season but over the last few years as well. Not just among Black coaches, for she’s the first and only Black...

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith had long been Hollywood’s it couple and a bastion of the zeitgeist of Black love, so admirable that it had been immortalized in songs by J. Cole, Alicia Keys, Davido, John...

Clarence Thomas has always been a name I remember. He was sworn in when I was a kid, and I remember not knowing the particulars. However, I do remember a can of coke and a strand of hair and a Black...

LaTosha Brown is the co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the BVM Capacity Building Institute -- this week she celebrated Bloody Sunday

If what the gentrified streets say is true, Cesar Pina is definitely going to jail and popular morning radio host of The Breakfast Club, DJ Envy, is probably on his way to the chokey as well. Pina—a...

It seems that menfolk have gone mad this week…again, from Keke Palmer’s baby daddy and Jonah Hill, the theme has been, ‘get a bad b-tch just to humble her and watch how you fumble her.’ The debate...

On June 21, 1830, Luiz Gonzaga Pinto da Gama was born in the capital of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

As an artist, googling myself is an exercise in stroking and killing my ego. I have found some cool things and, some well less cool things. There were several large publications that had at least...

This week, the singer Lizzo was accused by former background dancers of some pretty “interesting” accusations. Lizzo was accused of everything from fat-shaming one of her dancers to coercing a dancer...

Nashville’s Metro Council unanimously voted to reinstate Democrat Justin Jones to his seat in the Tennessee House. Last week, Republicans voted to oust Jones and fellow Democrat Justin Pearson. Rep....

This week, Jamie Foxx, who had been recovering from a mysterious medical illness for quite some time now, recently posted on his Instagram a meme that said, “They killed this dude name Jesus…What do...

It’s pronounced ‘Illinoise,” argued one of my favorite students in the eighth-grade history class I was the permanent substitute for (permanent substitutes fill in for one teacher or course, they...

While Wellness Month may be over, the importance of taking care of the mind and body should still be a primary focus for those who want to lead good lives. To help with maintaining your well-being, ...

Tomorrow is Marcus Garvey’s birthday. To remember him, his son Dr. Julius Garvey is asking to help clear his father’s name. With the hashtags #PardonGarvey and #MarcusGarveyDay, influencers, activi...

In the last decade, there has been a greater recognition and appreciation for the important historical contributions of Black women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). ...

It is 3 a.m. on the East Coast of America. Tokyo’s afternoon sun has lit up his surroundings in bright light, a stark contrast to the pitch-black New York sky. He is sitting behind his desk at...

Climate justice reporter, Maya Richard-Craven, joins Lurie to discuss the power of the level of activism of Gen Z with particular attention to how Gen Z is responding to issues we are seeing in...

Earlier this week, the city where MLB great, Hank Aaron set the MLB home run record honored him by renaming a school for the baseball legend

Co-Founder of #BlackVotersMatter, LaTosha Brown, stops by “The Karen Hunter Show” on Sirius XM Urban View to discuss the work of organizing and fighting for rights despite those among us undermining...

2023 was a wild year, like most years, and had some ups and downs, as does every year, but there are some things that we just didn’t see coming.  Lucky for you I got my degree in predicting the...

Black Voters Matter has filed a federal lawsuit with the United States District Court Northern District of Georgia Atlanta division, alleging that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger violated the...

Businessman and Anti-Lynching Attorney John B. Stradford accrued millions in capital at the heart of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, a Black business hub destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921....

If you type in the word, “angel,” on Google, the very first thing to pop up is not Jesus, but definitely a God’s send to the world of women’s basketball. Angel Reese, a woman, who is as interesting...

On the November 21st episode of the podcast The Back Room With Andy Ostroy, actress Juliana Marguiles, famous for her roles in ER, The Good Wife, and most recently The Morning Show, has decided to...

On Thursday, October 5, or as someone would refer to as ‘yesterday,’ millions of people woke up to a sex tape leak of rapper Sexyy Red on her Instagram stories. In the video, Sexyy Red appears to be...

Dr. Greg Carr guides you through understanding the role that Africans played in International Development. JOIN KNARRATIVE: https://www.knarrative.com. It’s the only way to get into #Knubia, where...

On what would be the 96th birthday of James Baldwin, Karen shares an interview he did in 1960 and breaks it into three parts. In Part 1, Baldwin talks about how black people are viewed through the...

Elijah Schaffer is a loser racist who could dish it out but could not take it and was put in his place by two Black men as well as Black Xitter. Schaffer found himself at the sh*tty end of a poking...

Brittany Watts is a 33-year-old Black woman facing up to a year in prison for having a miscarriage and flushing a toilet. At 22 weeks along, Watts went to the bathroom where she miscarried her...

Over the past two weeks, nothing has been bigger in college sports than Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. College football fans and celebrities from sports media, hip hop and entertainment...

Torrence Hatch Jr., also affectionately known as “Lil Boosie” or “Lil Boosie Bad Azz,” recorded a diss track speaking on the tenuous relationship with his Baby Mama and their shared daughter,...

“Dr. Greg Carr has curated a diverse list of books for Black History Month 2023, including non-fiction, fiction, memoirs, and academic works that explore different aspects of Black history and...

Sheryl Lee Ralph celebrated her historic win at the 2022 Emmy Awards by breaking out into song during her acceptance speech. On Monday night, Ralph took home the award for outstanding supporting...

Listen, to say that Chris Rock has not had his funny moments would ruin my credibility, and I am not here to lose that, especially not over him. But to say that his target audience isn’t more...

This is not only a question I’ve pondered many times over but also a question that I asked on Twitter recently and surprisingly enough, there were a few people who were open with their racism, but in...