LOS ANGELES — Snoop Dogg has taken over a popular record label that launched his stellar career. The rapper-mogul acquired Death Row Records’ brand from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by a private equity fund managed by Blackstone, the investment firm announced Wednesday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Snoop Dogg said […]
Makyia wasn’t found until the end of the day when the driver returned to the van. The employee then drove her home, however, Makyia’s family reportedly didn’t learn of the incident until she told them the story herself after she got home almost an hour late and her mother noticed a change in her after-school […]
South Carolina restaurant owner and former auto mechanic, has given away over 30 used cars that he personally repaired to people in need in his town McClellanville. Eliot Middleton has continued his efforts and even did a giveaway for the holiday season. Last June Middleton’s good works made headlines for donating cars. According to CBS […]
McDonald’s will pay $33.5 million to a former baseball player who owns multiple franchises to end a lawsuit he brought against the company accusing it of racial discrimination. Herb Washington, who is Black, owned more than a dozen restaurants in Ohio and Pennsylvania when he filed a lawsuit in February that said the company has […]
A former business owner of a ice cream shop in Schenectady, New York will now have to pay nine Black Lives Matter protesters $4,500 after he made false, race-fueled against them in 2020. A New York State Supreme Court judge ordered David Elmendorf last week to pay nine Black Lives Matter protesters $500 each after […]
NBA Africa has announced that former President Barack Obama will join their ranks as a strategic partner, the NBA reports. In his new role with NBA Africa, Obama will seek to bolster the league’s social responsibility efforts which include programs and partnerships across the continent that support economic inclusion and gender equality. Additionally, he’ll have […]
Wolfer was later chased down by nearby witnesses, including Mary Mundling, who works at a nearby jewelry store. Mundling explained that people were quick to respond because the culture in their community is that they “take care of our own.” She added, “He made it an issue with the police, egging them on. The first […]
On June 5th Robert Kraft celebrated his 80th birthday, when he received a Bentley by rapper and business mogul Jay-Z, Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin, rapper Meek Mill and a few other celebrities. In a video, shared on social by Mill, Kraft is seen at his home with Rubin as he finds out that the blue sports […]
With a $4 million donation, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti is creating a scholarship fund in honor of the team’s former general manager Ozzie Newsome, the first Black person to hold that position in the NFL. Newsome made history when he took the position in 2002, and continued the role until 2018. “The brilliance of […]
A Black nonprofit organization in Kentucky received a six-figure donation after a white donor discovered their great-grandfather owned formerly enslaved people. The organization, Change Today, Change Tomorrow (CTCT) was founded in Sept. 2019 and has served over 100,000 marginalized Louisville residents, according to its website. “It is a blessing for us but also definitely owed,” […]