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Pharrell Williams has officially announced the beginning of a new nonprofit organization called Black Ambition: “dedicated to Black and Latinx entrepreneurs who are launching tech, design, healthcare, and consumer products/services start-ups.” The initiative also includes two competitions with generous prizes: The Black Ambition HBCU Prize focuses on current and former students at HBCU’s so they […]
Our 44th President Barack Obama broke sales records with his new memoir. “A Promised Land” set the record for largest first-day sales total for any book ever published by Penguin Random House. The publisher announced the numbers this week and claims Obama’s book sold more than 887,000 units in all formats and editions in the U.S. […]
Alicia Keys has launched a MasterClass video to help hopeful singers and songwriters improve their craft. For the one time cost of $180, subscribers gain access to around 3 hours of lessons from the Grammy winning artist. According to a press release from AOL: In the 19 video lessons, the 15-time Grammy winner will teach […]
In less than 10 days, a group of artists turned a 3,000 square foot empty wall space in downtown Rochester into a multi-story mural tribute to John Lewis. The mural on State Street is called “I Am Speaking” and it depicts Lewis delivering an impassioned speech in 1963. It sits steps away where […]
Michael B. Jordan has been crowned 2020’s Sexiest Man Alive. “It’s a cool feeling,” he tells People in this week’s cover story. “You know, everybody always made that joke, like, ‘Mike, this is the one thing you’re probably not going to get.’ But it’s a good club to be a part of.” Jordan who played Rocky […]
A Promised Land is a forthcoming memoir by Barack Obama due to be published on November 17, 2020. It is the first of two volumes that former president Obama has written following his presidential tenure from 2009 to 2017. According to TMZ, Obama says he could sense an “undercurrent of tension in her, subtle but […]
Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will be the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States. As well as the first with Black and South Asian heritage. Now, America is looking for books about Harris. According to the Associated Press, four of the top 10 best-selling books on Amazon were either written by […]
The battleground state of Wisconsin has awarded it’s 10 electoral votes to Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The news comes two days after the Kenosha shooter had his first day in court. Kyle Rittenhouse of Illinois is being held on a $2 million cash bail and facing a mandatory life sentence, according to a court commissioner. […]
In 2014 a group of Black community leaders in Rochester came together to ensure that we have a seat at the table when it comes to policies and procedures that impact us. Jackie Campbell, one of the founding members of The Black Agenda Group, says the organization is made up of volunteers who are on […]
It is literally my job to entertain people everyday. There’s no limit to what I will do, if it brings a smile to the viewers face. When my boss asked me to walk through one of the Most Intense Haunted Attractions in North America, I took off running SCARED.