Lupita Nyongu2019o speaks out on pain and stigma, Stevie Wonder claps back with humor, and Tina Knowles welcomes a new bundle of love. Plus: Tyson Beckford trades playboy days for royalty, and Teyana Taylor heads to culinary school.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Kay Wicker
Lifestyle Reporter

Greetings Grio Fam,

News in Black America is cooking this week, literally and figuratively. From epic healing to realizing huge dreams, we’ve rounded up the latest from theGrio’s Lifestyle section.

On Tuesday, Actress Lupita Nyong’o bravely opened up about her journey with fibroids, shedding light on a health issue many Black women face in silence, and rejecting “the normalization of female pain.” 

Stevie Wonder is clearing up old rumors (with legendary grace). Mama Tina Knowles is giving her “superstar” blessing to babies. And Teyana Taylor? The singer and actress is taking us to culinary school—yes, for real. She shared a recent update celebrating how she’s finally realizing a huge dream. 

Meanwhile, trailblazing model and actor Tyson Beckford sat down with theGrio to discuss how his “playboy” days are behind him as he stars in a new reality TV dating series, “King’s Court.”  

Check out all of those stories and more at theGrio.com. Read and share. Your support is vital to the continued telling of Black stories you love. We amplify our voices because that is the highest form of Black love — sharing is caring.


In solidarity,

Kay Wicker
Lifestyle Reporter, theGrio

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Top Stories

In March 2024, the same year Lupita Nyong’o won an Academy Award, the actress discovered she had 30 uterine fibroids.

The music legend, Stevie Wonder recently set the record straight on rumors that have followed him for decades.

Lauren and Cameron Hamilton ran into Tina Knowles while attending one of the Atlanta shows for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter Tour.”

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