Culture

2020 has been a year we will never forget, a year of change, and a year of discovery. This year has been filled with ugliness and beauty, the worst and the best of humanity. It has been in a strange way about balance. In all things have to find the good to balance circumstances or […]

Mary J. Blige has teamed up with Fantinel Winery to release her new Sun Goddess Wine collection. The collection features an Italian Pino Grigio Ramato and a Sauvignon Blanc. Reports say that over 20,000 bottles have been produced and will be available for shipping July 5th. Preorder began on June 29, but the wine is […]

The passing of Assemblyman David Gantt has rocked the Rochester community, especially our Mayor Lovely Warren. Read her heartfelt statement, as she mourns his passing on her 43rd birthday.

Netflix is stepping up to help make changes in America. On Tuesday Netflix announced that they’re pledging $100 million dollars to Black owned Banks. The streaming company said they’re trying to do their part to support black communities in the United States by shifting 2% of it’s cash holdings to Black owned Banks. Netflix is […]

Disney has announced that its Splash Mountain ride will be reimagined as the Princess and the Frog. The film was released in 2009 and featured Disney’s first Black princess, voiced by Anika Noni Rose. The reimagining comes after a petition collected over 21,000 signatures requesting Disney change the theme of the ride. Splash Mountain is […]

Alicia Keys and John Legend came together to celebrate Juneteenth with a soulful Verzuz IG Battle. Check out the full video or skip ahead to your favorite songs with the play-by-play tracklist.

Saint Louis rapper Huey was shot and killed Thursday night in his hometown. He was 31 years old. The shooting happened just before 11:00 p.m. in front of a home on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Kinloch Missouri. According to police, Huey, whose real name is Lawrence Franks, arrived at a local hospital suffering from […]

NASA’s 1st black female engineer Mary W. Jackson, will be the name you see on NASA’s headquarters building. Jackson began her career in the 1950s in a segregated computing unit at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Jackson’s daughter, Carolyn Lewis said her family was “honored” by the recognition. “She was a scientist, humanitarian, […]

Malls, gyms, movie theaters and lazer tag are all shut out of Friday’s reopening plan in New York State. LaserTron announced earlier this week that their play palace would reopen on Friday June 26th, but that date has just been postponed. “We apologize for any inconvenience. Phase 4 of NY Forward currently does not include […]