Tatianna Mott, Author at TheGrio

About Tatianna Mott

Tatianna Mott is a writer, video producer, performer, and host of Take Each Moment Podcast, an independent music and mental health podcast for Black creatives and dreamers. Her song, "Cycles," about breaking cycles of trauma is available on all streaming platforms.

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Featured Living Women November 19, 2021

Unpacking the shame and stigma around Black women in sex work

Earlier this summer, in a viral TikTok ‘Scholarship Prank,‘ students tricked their mothers and grandmothers into thinking they were recording

Entertainment Featured Sports November 18, 2021

DJ Khaled and Cari Champion to host 2021 Sports Illustrated Awards

Sports Illustrated announced on Thursday the second annual Sports Illustrated Awards (The SI Awards) presented by Pepsi Stronger Together. The

Featured October 14, 2021

Harlem restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson on Black Entrepreneurship: ‘Don’t devalue what’s in your neighborhood’

Marcus Samuelsson, chef and founder of the Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem, New York, joins business tycoon Daymond John and

Fentanyl: the deadly secret ingredient flooding the illicit drug market

This October, for National Substance Abuse Prevention Month we are sounding the alarm on fentanyl — a potent, highly addictive

Business Featured September 23, 2021

Daymond John announces date for Black Entrepreneurs Day 2021 and offers advice for new business owners

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Black-owned businesses were statistically hit hardest and were largely shut out of the early rounds of

Black Business Business Change the World Featured August 31, 2021

Six revolutionary Black-owned businesses to follow this Black August

National Black Business Month was founded in August 2004 to champion Black economic freedom through governmental and community support of

Business Featured August 31, 2021

Does TikTok have a racial bias?

Recently, the popular social media app TikTok has been under fire following a Black creator strike in protest of their

Featured Health Popular Culture Science and Environment August 10, 2021

How does climate change affect Black people?

On Monday, #ActOnClimate, #ClimateEmergency, and #ClimateCrisis were all simultaneously trending on Twitter in response to a harrowing report released by

Featured Health June 18, 2021

Men’s Health Week: Five things Black men should do for their health

International Men’s Health Week is recognized each year the week leading up to Fathers’ Day in an effort to heighten

Culture Watch Featured Interviews May 28, 2021

Megan Thomas and Johnathan Gibbs on being Black + Asian in 2021

In May, we celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month amidst a year when crimes targeting Asian people rose by

Featured Health Inspiration Music Women May 9, 2021

Betty Wright’s daughter talks postpartum depression, mental health one year after mom’s passing

A year ago, on May 10, 2020, the world lost a soul music icon, but singer/songwriter Asher Makeba and her

Entertainment Featured Film February 12, 2021

Who were Judas and the Black Messiah?

There have already been major motion pictures that told the stories of civil rights leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

Entertainment Featured February 3, 2021

Chadwick Boseman, Tessa Thompson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen are winners at the Critics Choice Association ‘Celebration of Black Cinema’

The critics have spoken. Among those honored at Tuesday night’s Critics Choice Association Celebration of Black Cinema, were Yahya Abdul-Mateen

Entertainment Featured News Television January 15, 2021

About Tatianna Mott

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Unpacking the shame and stigma around Black women in sex work

DJ Khaled and Cari Champion to host 2021 Sports Illustrated Awards

Harlem restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson on Black Entrepreneurship: ‘Don’t devalue what’s in your neighborhood’

Fentanyl: the deadly secret ingredient flooding the illicit drug market

Daymond John announces date for Black Entrepreneurs Day 2021 and offers advice for new business owners

Six revolutionary Black-owned businesses to follow this Black August

Does TikTok have a racial bias?

How does climate change affect Black people?

Men’s Health Week: Five things Black men should do for their health

Betty Wright’s daughter talks postpartum depression, mental health one year after mom’s passing

Who were Judas and the Black Messiah?

Chadwick Boseman, Tessa Thompson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen are winners at the Critics Choice Association ‘Celebration of Black Cinema’

New OWN reality series ‘Belle Collective’ stars female entrepreneurs in Mississippi

The cast of ‘His House’ talks Black horror and community

Life as a sickle cell warrior: How advocates are changing the face of the disease

Heartbreak in the wake of Breonna Taylor’s death and still holding hope for justice

The revolutionary life of Fred Hampton

Donta Storey’s ‘LiME’ is a true celebration of queer Black boy joy

Will Smith gets emotional on special Father’s Day episode of ‘Red Table Talk’