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September 4, 2024
Jool Lebron's story offers lessons on the battle social media content creators face to get credit and monetize the trends…
August 21, 2024
It all started earlier this month, when TikTok creator Jools Lebron posted a video that would soon take social media…
Nara Smith, washing chicken, cooking, Black cooking, Black influencers, Black models, Black motherhood, theGrio.com
August 20, 2024
During a cooking demo, model and TikTok star Nara Smith revealed she doesn’t wash her chicken, reigniting a long-held debate.
Kamala Harris, 2024 election, thegrio.com
July 26, 2024
Netflix chairman Reed Hastings donated $7 million to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, leading to calls for a boycott. 
A couple lays together on a couch with a laptop
May 21, 2024
The ‘Black Wife Effect’ trend led to widespread discussion about the differing views Black women and men have about interracial…
May 16, 2024
We often say "violence is never the answer," but a viral TikTok seems to be making the case that the…
April 23, 2024
The TikTok bill passed by the House was packaged with legislation to provide $95 billion in funding to Ukraine, Israel,…
Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building
March 14, 2024
Some members of the U.S. House of Representatives are standing firm on their opposition against a bill that would ban…
We're done with the 90s, TikTok, Michael Jordan, theGrio.com
March 14, 2024
The TikTok trend "We're Done With the '90s" is intergenerational psychological warfare where Gen Z is hyper-trolling Gen X.
Reesa Teesa, Who TF Did I marry, Love is Blind, AD, relationships, Black women dating, scarcity mindset, Black relationship therapists, Black life coach, theGrio.com
March 7, 2024
Relationship and life coaching experts weigh in on why there are so many Reesa Teesas out there.  
Reesa Teesa, Legion, Tamron Hall, Reesa Teesa TikTok, pathological liars, compulsive liars, WTF Did I Marry, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, love and relationships, faith and spirituality, the Grio.com
March 3, 2024
Ahead of the interview with TikTok star Reesa Teesa, Revs. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones and Calvin Taylor Skinner explore the…
February 26, 2024
Late Flint councilman Eric Mays built a reputation for his memorable antics and comments during council meetings.
Reesa Teesa, Who TF did I marry, tiktok, Mr. Prada, thegrio.com
February 20, 2024
Reesa Tessa a TikTok creator's 52-part series Who TF did I Marry based on her marriage. Who's going to star…
Reesa Teesa, Who TF did I marry, tiktok, Mr. Prada, thegrio.com
February 1, 2024
Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the...
The TikTok logo is shown on a cell phone
September 22, 2023
Two ex-Black employees have accused ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, of firing them over their racial discrimination protests.
Reesa Teesa, Who TF did I marry, tiktok, Mr. Prada, thegrio.com
July 17, 2023
A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official…
Keith Lee, TikTok food influencer, theGrio.com
June 8, 2023
Lee breaks down how his boxing career and dealing with social anxiety put him on a path to help small,…
Tarte TikTok, Tarte Cosmetics, Infleuncer trip, Bria Jones TikTok, Tarte Miami trip, Maureen Kelly Tarte theGrio
May 8, 2023
“Miscommunication” surrounding a recent Tarte brand trip left TikTok influencer Bria Jones feeling like a “second-tier person."
Reesa Teesa, Who TF did I marry, tiktok, Mr. Prada, thegrio.com
April 15, 2023
The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, who declined to say Friday if he plans to sign it…
March 26, 2023
After TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was grilled by lawmakers over the app's ties to China, many users held negative…