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LaTocha of the Multi-Platinum Group Xscape Launches BuzzFeed’s First Show Under Byron Allen Acquisition Era, Is It Vegan With LaTocha, Set for July Release

LaTocha of the Multi-Platinum Group Xscape Launches BuzzFeed’s First Show Under Byron Allen Acquisition Era, Is It Vegan With LaTocha, Set for July Release

LaTocha of the multi-platinum group Xscape is redefining culinary entertainment as she enters a new creative alignment with BuzzFeed under Byron Allen’s new era for its first-ever show, a bold and unconventional new series titled Is It Vegan With LaTocha, set to roll out this July as

By Pamela Broussard • 2 min read

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Is Redefining the Modern Civil Rights and Black Economic Empowerment Movement Through Faith-Based Action and Community Investment — Senior Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church continues to lead transformative faith-based initiatives focused on community empowerment, economic development, and social impact.

Everyday Community

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Is Redefining the Modern Civil Rights and Black Economic Empowerment Movement Through Faith-Based Action and Community Investment

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, the Atlanta-area megachurch led by Senior Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, is advancing a bold and expanding vision for what the modern Black church can represent in America, positioning faith institutions as engines of economic development, civic engagement, and long-term community wealth creation. Under

By Pamela Broussard • 3 min read

Culinary Visionary Chef M Todd Elevates The Velvet Note in Alpharetta, Bringing Bold Southern Luxury to One of the Nation’s Most Immersive Jazz Destinations — Chef M Todd joins The Velvet Note in Alpharetta, bringing his signature Southern luxury culinary experience to the acclaimed jazz destination

Culinary Visionary Chef M Todd Elevates The Velvet Note in Alpharetta, Bringing Bold Southern Luxury to One of the Nation’s Most Immersive Jazz Destinations

Culinary visionary and executive chef Marcus Todd Fitzpatrick, professionally known as Chef M Todd, has officially joined The Velvet Note, bringing his signature bold Southern luxury cuisine to one of the nation’s most immersive jazz destinations. The Velvet Note Jazz Club in Alpharetta, Georgia, is an award-winning live

By Pamela Broussard • 2 min read

BayRay Is Reviving Real R&B — With Soul, Substance, and Stage Presence

Everyday Community

BayRay Is Reviving Real R&B — With Soul, Substance, and Stage Presence

In an era where music often feels rushed, disposable, and built for quick attention spans, BayRay is moving in the opposite direction. He’s not chasing microwave moments — he’s building something that lasts. Rooted in soul, shaped by real life experiences, and fueled by a passion for performance, BayRay

By King O’muni Lens • 5 min read

JuJu Walker Is Making Music for the Spirit — and Asking the Questions Most People Avoid

JuJu Walker Is Making Music for the Spirit — and Asking the Questions Most People Avoid

JuJu Walker isn’t here to perform a persona. She’s here to tell the truth. In a music era dominated by algorithms, branding, and surface-level perfection, JuJu stands out as an artist creating from a deeper place — where vulnerability, faith, identity, and emotional honesty collide. Her sound isn’

By King O’muni Lens • 5 min read

The Major Is Building Dancehall’s Next Wave — One Feeling at a Time

The Major Is Building Dancehall’s Next Wave — One Feeling at a Time

The Major isn’t chasing noise — he’s chasing impact. In an era where trends come and go overnight, his approach is rooted in something more timeless: emotion, substance, and the kind of melodies that stick with you long after the song ends. Emerging with a sound shaped by early

By King O’muni Lens • 3 min read

Du Bois - Rebel With a Cause, A Conversation with Rita Coburn. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Humanity

Du Bois - Rebel With a Cause, A Conversation with Rita Coburn.

“One ever feels his twoness, – an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.” – W.E.B Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 When my grandfather passed on December 15th,

By Stone E. Mims • 4 min read

Tanya Nolan, Teedra Moses, Beyoncé, and Rihanna: How Boss Women Are Redefining Ownership and Keeping Their Masters — Acclaimed singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and independent powerhouse Tanya Nolan represents boss women redefining ownership and keeping their masters while building legacy on their own terms.

Tanya Nolan, Teedra Moses, Beyoncé, and Rihanna: How Boss Women Are Redefining Ownership and Keeping Their Masters

In today’s music industry, conversations around ownership have become just as important as chart success. More artists are recognizing that true power lies not only in creating hit records but in maintaining control over the masters, publishing, and intellectual property behind the music. For women in entertainment especially, ownership

By Pamela Broussard • 3 min read

One Golden Summer Forces America to Reconsider Jackie Robinson

Culture

One Golden Summer Forces America to Reconsider Jackie Robinson

There’s something deeply unfair about watching children become the face of a controversy adults created for them. That feeling stays with you while watching One Golden Summer, now streaming on Max and airing on OWN. The documentary revisits the rise and fallout of Jackie Robinson West’s historic 2014

By Giovanna Traconis • 4 min read

The Rich Girl Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

Culture

The Rich Girl Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

Stormi Steele is the primary of Belle Collective Birmingham, the cast built around her either idolizes, envies, or quietly antagonizes, exposing the uncomfortable truth about wealth, friendship, and female insecurity. There’s a reason wealth changes the temperature of a room, especially among women, because it has a way of

By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read

Netflix Turned Kevin Hart’s Roast Into a Public Lynching of Black Women — Creator: Kevin Winter | Credit: Getty Images

Culture

Netflix Turned Kevin Hart’s Roast Into a Public Lynching of Black Women

Netflix’s stage was not just comedy, but the modern repackaging of anti-Black female stereotypes dating back to Sarah Baartman, “Mammy,” Aunt Jemima and America’s long obsession with humiliating Black women for entertainment. There was one reason I watched Netflix’s roast of Kevin Hart, and surprisingly, it

By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read

I Spent Mother’s Day Weekend Recommitting Myself to Being a Better Wife

Lifestyle

I Spent Mother’s Day Weekend Recommitting Myself to Being a Better Wife

There is a strange silence that happens in modern culture whenever a woman openly says she wants to be a great wife. Not a successful woman. Not an independent woman. Not a boss. Not a woman who “has it all together", because all those attributes are celebrated ad nauseam.

By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read