Nicki Minaj Honors Her Roots At Trinidad Carnival

(Essence) THE ANNUAL TRINIDAD CARNIVAL FETE IS KNOWN AS THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

Nicki Minaj Honors Her Roots At Trinidad Carnival

BY DANIELLE POINTDUJOUR  Trini To Di Bone: Nicki Minaj Came To Play and Slay At Trinidad Carnival You can take the girl out of Trinidad, but you can never take the Trini out of the girl, and everyone’s favorite Barbie, Nicki Minaj, is proof of that. The 37-year-old “Yikes” rapper and Trinidad and Tobago native headed […]

Rihanna Delivers a Powerful Speech at the NAACP Image Awards

Rihanna Delivers a Powerful Speech at the NAACP Image Awards

By Christian Allaire Rihanna received the President’s Award for her philanthropy work at the NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California. The star, who wore a purple Givenchy Haute Couture number for the event, was specifically honored for her fundraising efforts with various charities, including Raising Malawi, UNICEF, and Clara Lionel Foundation, the nonprofit organization she […]

Destination Jamaica Wins Triple Gold at 2020 Travvys

Destination Jamaica Wins Triple Gold at 2020 Travvys

Alsion Wilson-Roach, Consul General of Jamaica to New York (center), joins the award-winning JTB team of Philip Rose, Regional Director, Northeast USA and Marcia Sinclair, District Sales Manager, Northeast USA on the red carpet to celebrate their win at the 2020 Travvys in midtown Manhattan NEW YORK, NY – February 14, 2020 – Jamaica captured three […]

Montserrat Native on CBS Series “S.W.A.T.”

Dionne Audain will appear on an all-new episode of the CBS American television series "S.W.A.T." on December 11th, 2019.

Montserrat Native on CBS Series “S.W.A.T.”

Dionne Audain (Photo: RJ Lewis) LOS ANGELES, California – Actor Dionne Audain emerges an unsuspecting wife in an all-new episode of the long-running CBS police drama S.W.A.T., airing on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. In the episode “Monster,” the S.W.A.T. team (Shemar Moore, Lina Esco, Jay Harrington) is tasked to provide security for a warlord who is […]

Rihanna Receives Her First Fashion Award for Fenty From Janet Jackson

Rihanna Receives Her First Fashion Award for Fenty From Janet Jackson

By Janelle Okwodu, VOGUE When Rihanna and Janet Jackson come together, the results are bound to be spectacular, and tonight at the Fashion Awards in London, the two divas shared the stage for the first time. No, they weren’t there to announce an internet-breaking pop collaboration—though fingers crossed, that is coming—instead, Jackson presented the bad gal with […]

How Rihanna Helped Kill the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

How Rihanna Helped Kill the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

By Kayla Kibbe, Inside Hook When Victoria’s Secret finally surrendered its struggling annual fashion show last month, those celebrating the fall of the outdated lingerie extravaganza were quick to credit pop star turned competing lingerie brand founder Rihanna for her role in the show’s demise. Rihanna’s successful Savage x Fenty brand has quickly gained popularity since its […]

Reading for Fall: Rihanna

By Janet Howard

While we patiently or impatiently count down the days until Rihanna releases her long-awaited ninth studio album, our girl just tightened her stranglehold on world domination. Rihanna has announced a new book, called Rihanna, of course, and it’s 504 glorious pages long. The collection, which is billed as a “visual autobiography,” comes out this fall […]

What Critiques of Normani Reveal about Racist Expectations of Black Women Artists

What Critiques of Normani Reveal about Racist Expectations of Black Women Artists

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DECEMBER 1,2018: Normani Kordei attends the 2018 WiLD 94.9’s FM’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California – Image By Brooklyn White, Bitch Media Music critics and listeners alike give Black pop stars hell—especially when they’re women. Jarring criticisms, unfair comparisons, and impossible standards plague the […]