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Octavia Spencer Donates Respirators to Hospitals in Alabama and New York
Octavia Spencer is doing her part to make sure lives are being saved amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The Oscar-winning actress is reportedly donating respiratory monitors to hospitals in her home state of Alabama and the epicenter of the illness, New York. “Seeing what is happening in the communities that I love, I have teamed up…
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Troy Sneed, Grammy-Nominated Gospel Star, Dies From COVID-19
Gospel singer Troy Sneed is the latest musician to succumb to the coronavirus. Per NBC News, Sneed passed away due to complications from the illness at a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. on Monday. The artist was just 52-years-old. Sneed began his gospel career traveling across the country with the Georgia Mass Choir where he helped…
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Megan Thee Stallion and Fashion Nova Joining Forces to Create Jeans for Tall Girls
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion revealed on Instagram that she is collaborating with fast-fashion online marketplace Fashion Nova to create a line of jeans catered to fellow “stallions”—or tall women with curves and long legs. After posting a scintillating photo of her in her Fashion Nova ‘fit, fans inquired about her jean size. If you’re wondering,…
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Common Discusses Bumble Partnership, Tiffany Haddish, and Maintaining Connections While Quarantined
One of the most heartbreaking effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the lack of face-to-face interactions with family and friends. While phone calls and video chat services like FaceTime, Zoom and HouseParty have helped us maintain relationships during this period, some may be looking to build a few relationships of their own, because love isn’t…
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Rapper Scarface Reveals He Is on Dialysis as a Result of COVID-19 Diagnosis
Rapper Scarface of the Houston rap group Geto Boys was one of several musicians who contracted the coronavirus in March. He broke the news in a conversation with fellow Geto Boy Willie D via YouTube, where he said he felt like he was going to die. Now, Scarface is letting fans know that the illness…
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Juice WRLD's Mother Establishes Mental Health Support Fund in Honor of Son
Juice WRLD was open about his mental health struggles in his music, with songs such as his hit single, “Lucid Dreams.” Until his death last year at the age of 21, the rapper served as the voice of many young people who were feeling the same. Now, the musician’s mother is making sure to pay…
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T.I. Explains Why He Treats His Daughters and Sons Differently
Few can forget the “hymen-gate” scandal of November 2019. The controversy involved Atlanta-bred rapper and thesaurus-enthusiast T.I., who went on a podcast and made claims that he urges his 18-year-old daughter Deyjah’s gynecologist to check her hymen, in order to ensure her virginity is intact. Shortly after, he was chastised for this gross invasion of…
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Will Smith and Dr. Anthony Fauci Discuss COVID-19's Prevalence in the Black Community
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and truly one of America’s last hopes, was the latest guest on Will Smith’s Snapchat series Will From Home, where he informed viewers about COVID-19 facts, and more specifically, its devastating impact on the black community. The episode hit the social media…
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Beyoncé Spits Facts on How Coronavirus Affects Black Americans During Global Citizen Event
As if her skin tone and the themes on her Lemonade album weren’t dead giveaways, we’re here to remind you that Beyoncé is black. On Saturday the Grammy-winning musician and entertainer was featured on Global Citizen’s live-streamed event One World: Together at Home, where she used her brief camera time to thank essential workers and…
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Gov. Cuomo Says All New Yorkers Have to Wear Masks Outside and He's Deadass
New York is the epicenter of the United States’ COVID-19 cases, with over 200,000 confirmed cases and over 11,000 deaths. Because of these staggering numbers, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is implementing an order requiring all residents of the state to wear masks when in public, come Friday, April 17. Even more staggering, people haven’t acquired…
