“When you grow up in a country where coming to America is a dream, you don’t want to waste the opportunity on something as ludicrous as becoming an actor!” Jokingly says 27 year-old Nigerian born actor, Oladayo “Dayo” Okeniyi in a conversation with The Chocolate
When she was 10 years old, entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer wowed the judges on NBC’s “Shark Tank” securing $60,000 from FUBU CEO Daymond John to push her beverage company to the next level. Now, a year later, the Austin, Texas-based 6th-grader’s BeeSweet Lemonade, just inked an $11
Watch the first official trailer for HISTORY's "Roots," premiering on the History Channel on Monday, May 30. #Roots
Author Sheryl Mallory-Johnson has a way of creating characters that connect with the reader in a familial way: The sister who acts like your mother, the mother who acts like your daughter, and the friend or neighbor who’s like a brother, but wants to be
The White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll took place on Monday, and from the looks of the photo’s, Michelle and Barack Obama had hopping good time. The event, which hosted some 35,000 guests and is in its 138th year, is the last for the first
Ask any chocolate skin toned girl, and they’re certain to let you know that there’s certainly a need for more diversity in the makeup industry. Well, thanks to Grammy Award-winning singer Kelly Rowland, who revealed to Essence that she’ll be launching a makeup line created specifically for women
(NEW YORK) – March 24, 2016 – Last night, WE tv and the Association of Black Women Attorneys (ABWA) celebrated the premiere of its latest show, “Sisters In Law,” an 8-episode one-hour series that follows a group of Houston’s top black female attorneys as they tackle some of the toughest cases
Long before HBO's The Wire, Fox's New York Undercover was the police drama that broke the mold. Dubbed Miami Vice for the Hip Hop Generation, the show became the first dramatic network crime series to feature a primarily minority cast.
Spring is in the air! Flowers are blooming, days are longer, and retailers are displaying bright, fresh, beautiful colors. In the spirit of spring, now is a great time to hop into the season and awaken our inner beauty. Let’s give our inner beauty permission
Well what do you know, spotty bananas does a mind and body good. According to an article on Lifehack, most people regularly pass on bananas that become too spotted. However, recent research in Japan has found some incredible benefits of these very same spotted bananas that usually find