Culture Watch

Charles D. King, MACRO, Masters of the Game, Black Hollywood, Judas and the Black Messiah, theGrio.com
Charles D. King, founder and CEO of MACRO, sits down with “Masters of the Game” host Maiysha Kai to discuss shifting Hollywood’s paradigm.
/ April 28, 2023
Ed Sheeran testified in the civil trial by the heirs of Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on “Let’s Get It On,” accused of violating their copyright.
/ April 26, 2023
Heirs of Ed Townsend, co-writer of Gaye’s 1973 classic, sued Sheeran, alleging his 2014 hit has “striking similarities” to “Let’s Get It On.”
/ April 24, 2023
Jet Magazine print, Jet Magazine Pinky Cole, Pinky Cole Slutty Vegan theGrio.com
After printing its last issue in 2014, the Black legacy publication is back with Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole as its cover star!
/ April 11, 2023
Hair discrimination New York
Cindy Covington’s Black daughter’s white teacher reportedly called the teen’s hair “ethnic” and her own hair “American” and “normal.”
/ April 7, 2023
Harriet Tubman, faith and spirituality, Women's History Month, Black women activists, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month, Christianity, Black liberation movements, Combahee River Raid, theGrio.com
Five acclaimed Black artists have been selected as finalists in Philadelphia’s search to create a permanent statue of Harriet Tubman.
/ April 4, 2023
Mar Cruz dances Puerto Rican bomba in the film "Negra, Yo Soy Bella." Director Vashni Korin, Pelua Productions. Tribeca. (Photo by Gabriella Baéz, courtesy of Vashni Korin)
Executive produced by Queen Latifah and directed by Vashni Korin, “Negra, Yo Soy Bella” raises and praises Black Puerto Rican women.
/ April 4, 2023