When Beyoncé announced the premiere of LEMONADE last week, viewers were left to ponder on what it would be, predicting it was simply the follow-up single to “Formation.” No one had a clue that Queen Bey would spill the tea about her marriage to Jay Z. For the past two years, there has been major…
Meet Phi Beta Sigma’s Top Chef Jeffrey Morneau
Sigma frater Jeffrey Morneau defeats the stereotype of men in the kitchen being an anomaly. The 28-year-old is the head chef-in-charge of his own catering business, Chef Jeff Catering, where he prepares delectable desserts and enticing entrees for patrons to devour. He has been called on by celebrities like Chef Roble, Rashidah Ali of VH1’s Love & Hip…
Lack of Affordable Housing Fuels Brooklyn Homelessness
Gentrification has given Brooklyn a beautiful makeover, but under the surface lies the ugly problem of homelessness and displacement. It’s now the least affordable borough due to gentrification and its hostile takeover of Brooklyn neighborhoods is pushing the poor out on the streets while giving the rich a new territory. Homelessness is a citywide concern,…
Being A Barber Saved This Zeta’s Life (ProgressiveGreek.com)
Even with Hillary Clinton running for the presidential post in the White House, many aren’t convinced that women can stomp with the big dogs. Females trying to enter male-dominated fields are still facing discrimination fueled by outdated, sexist views about gender determining one’s level of skill. That didn’t stop Phylicia Goins though. This 22-year-old Zeta…
Busta Rhymes Reunites With High-Profile Pals For Hot For The Holidays Show: Live Review (Billboard)
With nine albums and 10 million copies sold on his resume, Busta Rhymes is one of hip-hop’s elder statesmen. To celebrate 25 years in the game, he lit up New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Saturday night (Dec. 5) for Hot 97’s Hot for the Holidays concert. The Conglomerate Entertainment boss called on some of hip-hop and R&B’s A-Listers and rookies to tear…
Hard Work Eases Heartbreak For This Sigma Gamma Rho Soror (ProgressiveGreek.com)
If you turn on Power 92.3 on a Saturday afternoon in Chicago, IL, you will hear the warm, vibrant voice of radio personality, Jade Lucas. Her energy is jubilant, and even when she’s off the air, her voice sounds like she’s always smiling. But during the early beginnings of the 26-year-old’s career she had experiences that could…
Album Review: Ty Dolla $ign Makes Impressive Debut With ‘Free TC’ (ALLHIPHOP)
When Ty Dolla Sign arrived on the R&B scene, he wasn’t the typical crooner. With lyrics that depicted the life of a gangster and a ladies man, the west coast native made sure to not fit any prototypes carved out by singers like Usher or even an early Trey Songz. Obviously inspired by his more…
Meet The Sigma Who Lost 162 Pounds (ProgressiveGreek.com)
Students go off to college to gain knowledge, but most end up gaining weight as well. According to a 2012 study by researchers at Auburn University, 70 percent of students packed on the pounds during their four-year college career. The University of Southern Mississippi alumnus Brandon Nabors can relate to those students. He gained over 100pounds while…
Ty Dolla Sign Takes on Times Square With VIBE Vixen
Turn on “Paranoid” or “Or Nah” and you may think singer Ty Dolla $ign is a jerk. He sings about proudly thieving girlfriends, running into one too many baes in one night and having more toot it and boot it trysts than he can keep count of. But after spending time with the beatsmith you…
Is Our Generation Open To Open Relationships? (MadameNoire.com)
Molly from HBO’s Insecure has made hella bad decisions in her love life, and hooking up with her childhood friend Alejandro, aka Dro, has probably been her worst one. When she found out that Dro’s marriage to his wife was (allegedly) open, she was appalled and curbed Dro’s sexual advances. But after finding out her parents’ 35-year marriage…
This Woman Turned Her Blog Into A Nonprofit That Mentors Black Girls (MadameNoire.com)
In 2012, Diamond Craig was lost. With a college degree in biology from York College, the then 23-year-old was stuck in a dead-end temp job with no chance of progression. It didn’t help that she was also feeling stagnant in her five-year toxic relationship with her high school sweetheart. Searching for her purpose, she decided…
Why Aren’t There More Black Lawyers? (MadameNoire.com)
One of the many things we’ve learned through the repeated murders of Black men and women at the hands of law enforcement and the failure of these murderers to be brought to justice is that we need more Black lawyers and prosecutors. While nearly 40 percent of incarcerated prisoners are African-American, four percent of lawyers in the United States…
Vivian Green Talks Her ‘Vivid’ Album, What Rapper She Would Work With And More (ALLHIPHOP)
In the past few years, R&B has shifted from smooth to salacious, with only a few crooners staying true to the genre’s romantic roots. Vivian Green is among the pack and with her latest album, Vivid,she basks in her soulful sound. But she did change things up a little though, trading some of the slow,…
Ty Dolla $ign Brings The West Coast Party To NYC’s Highline Ballroom (VIBE)
New York City welcomed Ty Dolla $ign with open arms during his headlining soiree at the Highline Ballroom on Monday evening (Oct. 26th). He hit the stage just before 10 p.m dressed in all black with a Supreme cap sitting atop of his swaying locks, and his sleepy green eyes covered with dark shades. Toting…
