Featured Posts

To top
Title Image

Friends Tag

21 Nov

All Of The Times Celebrity Friends Looked Out For

All Of The Times Celebrity Friends Looked Out For
Nearly a decade ago Lil Wayne was swimming in tax debt, to the tune of $7 million to be exact, and was facing a contract dispute with Birdman‘s Money Money Records. Despite doling out a long time value of hits and having fun with immense success, times were hard for Wayne. Fortunately, Jay Z was there to support his friend during his time of need. In a video, Lil Wayne expressed his gratitude for a “real friend” like JAY-Z, who apparently stepped in to pay the back taxes. While acting on the ultimate stop of his “I Ain’t [expletive] Without You” tour in Chicago in 2018, the Recent Orleans rapper said Jay Z helped him sort through the mountain of debt, and in addition acknowledged...
Continue reading
20 Nov

Surprising Celebrity Best Friends

Surprising Celebrity Best Friends
Once I say “celeb besties,” you most likely consider Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, or Oprah and Gayle! But famous friendships aren’t all the time that obvious. Sometimes, they’re downright surprising! What if we told you Matthew McConaughey was besties with Guy Fieri? Or that Katy Perry and actress Allison Williams are close enough that Katy performed at Allison’s wedding? Florence Welch also sang at her friend Blake Energetic’s wedding to Ryan Reynolds. And Beyonce and Jay-Z’s friendship with consciously uncoupled Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin is so strong, that Jay name-dropped the exes in a song. Other surprising famous friendships include Harry Styles and Lizzo, Adele and Jennifer Lawrence, David Beckham and Snoop Dogg, Victoria Beckham...
Continue reading
14 Nov

Leveling The Equal Pay Field: Why Black Women Need

Leveling The Equal Pay Field: Why Black Women Need
I stood there – frozen. Because the news sank in, I felt a wave of emotions hit me without delay. Confusion. Anger. Shame. Guilt. Embarrassment. I used to be being paid $5,000 for a project while my white counterpart was being paid $30,000. And I used to be the one who set the value. Sadly a lesson I now carry with me today. In line with AAUW, Black women make 58 cents to each $1 white men make. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day falls on September twenty first and is the approximate day a Black woman must work into the brand new yr to make the identical salary a non-Hispanic white man earned at the tip of the previous yr. Long story...
Continue reading
26 Oct

Family And Friends Remember Arlana Miller – Essence

Arlana Millerু
Arlana Miller Janice Tappin-Miller is warm, however, the undercurrent of grief is powerful. As she welcomes me into her home in Waxahachie, Texas, I pass the dining room. It’s crammed with photos of Arlana Miller, Janice’s late daughter. “I actually miss my baby,” Janice tells ESSENCE. “That was my baby.” Arlana, who died by suicide this past spring, began her first yr at Baton Rouge’s Southern University and A&M in the autumn of 2021. She was a talented cheerleader majoring in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences. Southern awarded her the David Scott/JAG STARS scholarship—a full ride. She selected the main because she was trying to turn out to be a psychiatrist and desired to help others. “She never made you are feeling alone,”...
Continue reading