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Xavier Odom by Sammy Oguejiofor for VULKAN Magazine.

Former boxer Adrien Broner had to be carried down a flight of stairs and placed into a wheelchair at a concert last night after he was seemingly unresponsive. He appeared out of it in rapper Blueface's livestream from Saturday night's Skilla Baby concert in DTLA before slumping over on a couch. An EMS worker attended to him before friends lifted him off the couch toward the stairs. Eventually his friends and EMS workers guided him to a wheelchair and took him out from backstage into a car outside the venue.

Kourtney Kardashian reveals that Kanye West once intervened in her dating life, saying he believed God wanted her to avoid casual hookups until she met her future husband. She confirmed she followed his advice.

The 2026 midterm elections produced a sweeping political shake-up, with Democrats emerging in control of both chambers of Congress. Keisha Lance Bottoms, Cyril Jefferson and James Talarico were among those making headlines as historic races turned into victories. Black candidates secured landmark victories across the country alongside the national party shift.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms recalled how her famous soul-singing father Major Lance never met a stranger and always kept his friends. Lance was the defining voice of 1960s Chicago Soul who teamed up with Curtis Mayfield and producer Carl Davis to launch OKeh Records. Lance racked up back-to-back Billboard smashes, with his 1963 breakout hit The Monkey Time reaching number two on the Billboard R&B chart and spawning a national dance craze.