Sammy Approved , Associate Editor @sammyapproved Chelsea Samuel is an Associate Editor at Global Grind, who writes under the moniker Sammy Approved. Chelsea currently creates content to provoke thought and conversation within Black and Brown culture and entertainment on a range of topics including music, television, film, lifestyle, and celebrity news. She has worked at Global Grind since 2020. As an Atlanta native, Chelsea has always taken pride in her hometown fueling her ear and love for music and culture. Her academic background in Television Production at Howard University further inspired the foundation of her brand Sammy Approved…
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Source: Tyler Golden / Peacock One thing Peacock‘s “Bel Air” has done a great job of this season is showing the importance of family and how the decisions one makes can affect them all. There hasn’t been a better example of this than in the latest episode. Source: Tyler Golden / Peacock Episode 9 entitled “Can’t Knock The Hustle” begins with the Banks family attending Sunday service. Before it started, Will (Jabari Banks) tells Carlton (Olly Sholotan) about his current situation with him wanting to know more about his father and asks his cousin what he thinks he should…
MadameNoire Featured Video Source: N/A / Amazon What a blessing it is to be a blessing, and this week fashion designer Milan Rouge did just that. Over the weekend, the Milano Di Rouge founder visited a local Target in her hometown of Philly, where she stuffed wads of cash in a few items within the baby aisle for lucky moms to find. On Instagram, the bustling businesswoman gushed: “Whoever was blessed with extra funds, I hope you know you deserved it!” In her caption, Milan said she had been thinking about doing the charitable deed over the last year,…
Kevin Hart sent a touching video message of support to Traci Braxton before she died, her sister Toni Braxton said on Tuesday. The “Un-break my Heart” singer shared a video on Instagram that featured Hart sending his love to Traci Braxton before she passed from esophageal cancer on Saturday at age 50. “A lot of people didn’t know about Traci’s (@therealtracibraxton) illness [because] she preferred to keep it private, however special thanks to @kevinhart4real for taking the time to send her love and well wishes… you were her favorite,” Toni Braxton wrote in the caption. “We really appreciate you.”In the…
House Republicans and Democrats joined forced on Thursday to demand that President Joe Biden give them more information on nuclear deal talks with Iran, claiming that aspects of the ongoing negotiations are already ‘highly concerning.’A bipartisan group of 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans sent Biden a letter urging him to reach a ‘longer and stronger’ agreement with Tehran than the US government did under former President Barack Obama.It comes as reports indicate the months-long indirect talks in Vienna have hit a road bump after Western diplomats indicated they were nearing the end of discussions.The Trump administration unilaterally withdrew the US…
Black to the Future in the Metaverse for Families of Color and CultureWilliam Jackson, M.Ed.Lead Organizer for Youth and Teen Conferencehttps://blackmeta.io/youth/ There is a commemoration inviting the community to attend a Celebrationof Black History Month virtually that will be held Saturday, February 26thfrom 10am to 4pm. The Black Meta Fest 2022 is inviting youth, teens andyoung adults with their parents to a virtual event in celebration of BlackHistory Month on a virtual tour of the Metaverse and upcoming Web 3.0technologies. This event is an introduction to help parents understand what the Metaverseis, what NFTs are, how youth, teens and young…
By Sechaba Mokhethi, Pascalinah Kabi and Billy Ntaote (MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism, Lesotho). In a desperate bid to win the 2017 elections, former Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili ordered the Ministry of Finance to disregard due procedure and swiftly take M1.3 billion (US$82 million) Chinese loan that would see a 91-km road built in his home constituency, Tsoelike, which he also represents in parliament, MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism can reveal. Mosisili is alleged to have abused ‘limited’ powers of a caretaker prime minister as he ordered that Lesotho should take a rushed China loan for construction of the Mpiti to Sehlabathebe road after the dissolution of…
In 2020, most of us stayed home and skipped the traditional holiday get-togethers. While that didn’t make for a fun holiday, a lot of my clients have been comparing 2020 when they “saved so much money” to last year where their spending was “way out of control.” If you’re anything like most of my clients, you are probably finding that your spending has been a bit larger than usual thanks to a feeling of wanting to “make up” for 2020. The fact is that holiday spending, for any holiday, can go off the rails thanks to an abundance of advertising,…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana teacher who pleaded guilty to tainting cupcakes with her ex-husband’s bodily fluids and feeding them to school children was sentenced Friday to 41 years in prison. Authorities said Cynthia Perkins committed the acts with her ex, Dennis Perkins, a former Livingston Parish sheriff’s lieutenant. She initially faced 150 felony charges, including rape, child pornography, sexual battery of a child and video voyeurism stemming from a 2019 child pornography probe. On Monday, Cynthia Perkins, 36, agreed to a deal with prosecutors in the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, pleading guilty to one count each of producing…
Civil rights leader Marc Morial of the National Urban League speaks as (L-R) Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference for Civil & Human Rights, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Damon Hewitt of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law listen at a briefing outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on July 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Alex Wong / Getty…