Tag: July 2026

Deiondra Sanders says she is hurt after Jacquees admitted his heart was not fully out of his relationship with Dreezy when he began moving forward with her, and she felt she was just a rebound.

When colleges across the country rewrote scholarship language to comply with the Trump administration's restrictions on diversity initiatives, one prominent Black family in North Carolina decided to take their money elsewhere. For the first time in nearly thirty years, the Upperman family will not award new scholarships at the University of North Carolina Wilmington after refusing to alter the scholarship's mission to satisfy the UNC System's new equality policy. The family is exploring moving its roughly one million dollar endowment to Howard University, Dr. Upperman's alma mater.

Great news for Max Holloway -- Drake just placed a $1 million bet on Conor McGregor to win at UFC 329 on Saturday. Champagne Papi revealed the eye-popping wager on Friday, saying McGregor is back. If Notorious wins, Drake would rake in a whopping $1.85 million profit. However, the rap great hasn't been very lucky with his past bets, losing big on the NBA Finals, Super Bowl, UFC fights, and World Cup.

Big Tigger has been named in police records as the suspect in a domestic dispute investigation involving his wife, Alicia Brown. The veteran radio host, whose real name is Darian Morgan, is being investigated after Brown was involved in an alleged assault during a May incident.

When it comes to language, Black folks are no strangers to code-switching. Now, the conversation around the way we speak has sparked a growing movement in California that wants to change the narrative about Black English and its place in the classroom. Educators and advocates are pushing to recognize Black English as more than slang or improper speech, but instead as a tool to strengthen early literacy.