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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.

When colleges across the country rewrote scholarship language to comply with Trump administration restrictions on diversity initiatives, one prominent Black family in North Carolina decided to take their money elsewhere. For the first time in nearly 30 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.

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DJ Khaled is spinning fewer plates of grub these days because the famed music producer has dropped some serious weight and he's proudly showing off his transformation. Khaled stepped out Thursday night in New York City for the MCM x DJ Khaled We The Best launch party and he looked stylish as ever and shockingly trim. The Wild Thoughts hitmaker has been working to drop those pounds since the beginning of the year.