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Essence’s Richelieu Dennis & Queen Latifah Announce Collaboration For Black Creatives: What Does This Mean For Black Businesses?

Let's get creative. The Venture CEO of one of the most popular black-owned magazines just announced a collaboration designed to help black creatives. Richelieu Dennis, founder of Shea Moisture, along with iconic rapper Queen Latifa announced the project earlier this month at the Essence Festival. According to Essence, the Liberia native, Dennis, will invest $20 million dollars…

ByNaosha GreggJuly 22, 20180Comments

Business Lifestyle

FounderMade Hosts Second Annual Consumer Discovery Show

Business savvy. For many, summer time is also grind time. Whether it's sharpening your skills as an artist or perfecting your business plan as a buyer, everyone falls short and can use some guidance every once in a while. Earlier in June, FounderMade hosted the annual Consumer Discovery Show. The Consumer Discovery Show is an…

ByNaosha GreggJuly 8, 20180Comments

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Five Black-Owned Nail Salons In New York That You Need To Try

Nailed it. For the average New Yorker, getting your nails done is part of a bi-weekly or monthly routine. Between rush hour frustrations and slow walking tourists, every New Yorker needs a day they can treat themselves to their nails. With neighborhoods being gentrified left and right, there's a shortage of black-owned businesses in New…

ByNaosha GreggJuly 7, 20182Comments

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Meet Lauren Simmons: The First & Only Full-Time Female Trader At The New York Stock Exchange

A little Black Girl Magic. 2018 is the year of change and Lauren Simmons is making history in the finance world by being the first and only full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange. 23-year-old Lauren Simmons attended Kennesaw State University, graduating in 2016 with a baccalaureate in Genetics. According to Black Enterprise, Simmons…

ByNaosha GreggJuly 1, 20180Comments

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‘Families Belong Together’ Nationwide Protests Will Be Held on June 30

Crowds will be gathering across the country on June 30 to demand an end to the Trump administration's so-called "zero tolerance" anti-immigrant policies, including the incredibly cruel practice separating families. The Executive Order issued by Donald Trump does not solve the problem, and in some ways may make the situation worse. The Trump administration have been…

BySheri-kae McLeodJune 29, 20180Comments

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Does Trump Care About Immigrants? Trump Signs Executive Order to End Forced Family Separation

This Wednesday, June 20th, President Trump signed an Executive Order to end the practice of forcibly separating children from their families at the Mexican border. The Executive Order, surely a response to a growing national and global unrest at practice, is hopefully a step in the right direction for U.S immigration policy. The nation and…

ByNyankaJune 27, 20180Comments

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Meet Cori “Coco” Gauff Tennis’ Next Big Thing

Cori "Coco" Gauff, Tennis Star, is Destined for Greatness! Cori “Coco” Gauff, 14, became the youngest girl to win the junior title at the French Open since 1994. Coco beat Caty McNally 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) in an all-American final to win the girls’ junior title at the French Open. This win places Cori as the…

ByEndíaJune 27, 20180Comments

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Happy Pride! Amandla Stenberg Comes Out As Gay ?️‍?

by Charlotte Rutherford The 19-year-old actress, Amandla Stenberg, has just come out as gay. Two years ago, Amandla came out as bisexual at a Teen Vogue Snapchat interview. Two years later, in Wonderland's pride month spread, Amandla tells King Princess, "Yep, I'm gay." by Charlotte Rutherford. The actress who stole our hearts in "The Hunger Games" continues to expose…

ByBianca PaulinoJune 23, 20180Comments

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JAY-Z Is Now President of Puma’s Basketball Operations

"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." JAY-Z just made a major business move! Complex made the announcement on June 18 that the rapper and mogul is now the president of newly relaunched PUMA Basketball. The sportswear company has announced the signings of top draft prospects DeAndre Ayton (Arizona), Marvin Bagley III (Duke), and Zhaire Smith…

BySheri-kae McLeodJune 18, 20180Comments

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Ming Lee Simmons Is Officially A High School Graduate!

The 18-year-old is the daughter of moguls Kimora Lee Simmons and Russell Simmons, Ming Lee Simmons has officially graduated from high school. On June 11, Ming Lee posted a silhouette of her graduation outfit on Instagram, with the caption "on to the next…?". Thanks to her parents' social media accounts, the world got a glimpse of those who were…

BySheri-kae McLeodJune 17, 20180Comments

Business

Former DreamWorks Chair Mellody Hobson will be Second in Command at Starbucks

Mellody Hobson will be stepping into the role as vice chair of Starbucks following the departure of Howard Schultz on June 26. The president of Chicago based investment firm Ariel Investments has been on the board of Starbucks for over a decade. Hobson has also served on the board of directors for DreamWorks Animation, Estee…

ByKiara ManningJune 14, 20180Comments

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MEF Exclusive: Complex Announces New Comedy Series “GROWN”

Photograph by Andy Santiago Complex's new comedy series GROWN is about two twenty-something Haitian-American cousins who are forced to live together while trying to get their lives in order. GROWN is a narrative surrounding not having a father and trying to figure out how to become a man in the inner-city of Miami. GROWN creators, Joshua Jean-Baptiste, 28,…