Lauryn Hill joined Wyclef Jean for a Fugees' album anniversary celebration at Piccadilly Circus, where thousands turned out to get a peek at the superstars. They took snaps and signed albums to celebrate the release of their iconic album The Score. The event is part of the promotional run for a full-album performance Friday at the Diaspora Calling! festival.

Every year, college rankings get people talking about who made the list and who got snubbed. But some HBCUs are quietly excelling without the same national buzz. As students return to campuses this fall, these hidden gems around the country are making history and supporting Black students in full. From one-of-a-kind academic programs to rising enrollment and investments in the future of Black success, these HBCUs deserve some love too.

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Ted Lasso is officially back for its fourth season. While familiar characters made their grand return to the show in the premiere episode on Wednesday, there were a handful of surprising nods to Black culture that delighted fans. The first comes near the top of the show after Lasso is called into the principal's office at his preteen son Henry's school to discuss a disturbing poem he wrote. By the time he and his child's mother got there, they had to stifle their laughter while listening to the words. The joke here is their son's poem was actually him just writing down the lyrics to Public Enemy's 1988 song Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.

Sean Diddy Combs paid between seven to eight million dollars to his high-powered legal team over nearly two years of his federal criminal case. His attorneys included Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos, Brian Steel, and Nicole Westmoreland, dating back to his September 2024 arrest. For most people this would be staggering, but Diddy reportedly has hundreds of millions in the bank.