Google just took a step to help promote more diversity in STEM. On October 27, the tech giant announced a $1 million grant to The Hidden Genius Project, an organization working to increase the representation of young black males in the industry. The Oakland-based group mentors black boys and equips them with the skills they
Jill Scott apparently wants her ex as far away from her as possible. That’s because the singer got a restraining order against her husband Mike Dobson on the same day that she filed for divorce, BOSSIP has learned. Under the order, neither spouse can threaten, harass or stalk the other, nor can one trash talk the
A woman whose picture went viral after she raised her middle finger at Donald Trump as his motorcade passed her on her bicycle has been fired from her job. Juli Briskman was cycling in Virginia last month when she offered the gesture in a gut reaction to Trump’s policies, she said. “He was passing by and my blood just
A high school student is dead and his father has been charged with killing him after, police say, the father, Wendell Melton, shot and killed his 14-year-old son. KSNV-TV reports that United Airlines employee and former pilot Wendell Melton will appear in court early this week to face preliminary charges after authorities say he fatally shot
Meek Mill, real name Robert Williams, is going to jail. Again. This time for up to four years for violating the terms of his probation. It’s easy to look at simply those facts and call him an idiot for getting into trouble but it’s deeper than that. Williams’ original probation stemmed from a drug and weapons
In April, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman was named America’s first national youth poet laureate. The Los Angeles native is a sophomore at Harvard University studying sociology. According to the New York Times, Gorman’s work is “a cleareyed mix of autobiography, social issues like Islamophobia, and historical motifs picked up from her college’s library.” In addition to her
Lamar Odom collapsed at a L.A. nightclub on Sunday, and it was all caught on video. Odom partying at Bootsy Bellows when other people in the VIP section saw that he had collapsed. He had reportedly been drinking for several hours before his collapse. Reps told TMZ, however, that the former NBA star was dehydrated after an
The first time Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) remembers seeing a gun in real life, it was pressed to her head. She was in her early 20s, and the man threatening her was her boyfriend. He had beaten her up in the past, she said, once so severely that she landed in the hospital. He controlled Moore’s
Today (November 3) marks the 30th birthday of Colin Kaepernick. And the free-agent quarterback ended his 20s amidst his lawyer, Mark Geragos, saying that he expects Kaepernick to be signed“within the next 10 days” earlier in the week. While that announcement sparked some hope, Kaepernick has been snubbed yet again by another NFL team for another inferior QB.
When you’re in a girl group, dancing is a part of the deal. Unless you’re Kandi Burruss. Ahead of their highly-anticipated reunion tour, Xscape met up with choreographer Andrea Lee Kelly to brush up on some moves and let the the people know they haven’t lost it in their years out of the spotlight. A large part of their show