2024 Grammy®-nominated, Sony Music recording artist, Ryan Ellis, performed the national anthem at the annual Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Valor Awards, held Monday, November 13, at the iconic Los Angeles Dodgers stadium. VALOR 2023 honored members of the LAFD who earned the Medal of Merit, Letters of Special Commendation, and LAFD Unit of the
Winners of the 2023 ULMII National Talent Competition, From top left: Angelic featuring Asim, Kah’Ni Rich, Tiarah Williams, and Kim Hewitt. *The winners of the recent Los Angeles “Uplifting Minds II” Entertainment Conference’s National Talent Competition were recently announced. Winners in the highly competitive talent competition include New York Hip-Hop singer/songwriter/rapper Angelic featuring Asim with
Ari Lennox Photo Credit: Cyndi Brown/Instagram *Ari Lennox‘s latest album, Get Close, drops 11/17/23, and social media influencer Hopeless Romantic Society got to ask her some off-beat questions about her love life. He asked Ari if she had ever written a song for a yt man and which vanilla prince she would consider engaging with
Brie Tiesi – Michael B Jordan (Getty) *Lawd! It’s hella hard out here for a celeb these days. Just ask Jada, Will, Diddy, or even Michael B. Jordan who just got his bedroom bidniss put on front street by Bre Tiesi. This woman just told the world that Jordan was not “good” in bed during the
*(CNN) — Producer and musician Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued in federal court in New York City on Thursday by his former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who alleges she was raped and subjected to years of physical and other abuse by Combs. “After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell
*Netflix has released the teaser trailer for the upcoming fantasy film “Damsel,” starring Millie Bobby Brown and Angela Bassett. The movie from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo “flips the script on the traditional fairy tale as a princess whose happily ever after is brutally interrupted when her Prince Charming sacrifices her to a dragon,” per
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Community members and activists gathered at Baltimore Unity Hall on Oct. 27 to participate in discussions on juvenile justice and the re-entry formerly incarcerated into American society and specifically in Baltimore. Rep. David Trone (D-Md.-06), who is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024, led the conversation. “If
Panelists discuss the Excel Project, a collaborative research initiative between Coppin State University (CSU) and the Baltimore Development Corp. that aims to identify and nurture young entrepreneurs. From left to right: Ron Williams, director of CSU’s Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship and principal investigator of the EXCEL Project; Rashad Staton, executive director of Community Law In
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Paul Coates dropped out of high school at the age of 17 in 1964 because–as he would say, facetiously– he “was so smart.” He joined the United States Army in a hurry to, as he explained, “get on with life, see the world and afterwards start a business.”
By Shaela Foster, Special to the AFRO Following the pandemic, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) has attempted to diversify their organization. CSC is a classical theater company based in Baltimore. They specialize in Shakespearian plays as they look to expose Baltimore to the wonders of classical theater. The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic prompted members