About Shamika Sanders

Shamika Sanders is the managing editor for HelloBeautiful where she carries out a vision to uplift Black women by telling their unique stories. She began working at iOneDigital in 2011 and has penned articles for iOneDigital, Essence, Billboard, and has interviewed celebrities like Oprah, Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, and Regina King. Shamika is a seasoned reporter with over 10 years of experience in digital media. She is the mother of an adorable two-year-old, enjoys spending time with her friends and family, enjoys good music, and good eats. Keep up with her on social media.

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta is one of our favorite guilty pleasures. While it can be terribly ratchet at times, we appreciate how entertaining the characters, we’ve grown to love, can be…which is why we’ve launched our very own weekly video series around it. “Love & Recap” highlights the most memorable moments from Love & […]

Ciara Teases New Track “Fly” After generating major buzz with her comeback track “I Bet,” Ciara is keeping the momentum going with her latest release “Fly,” off her upcoming album Jackie. Ci Ci teased the new joint on Instagram. “Let you go, let you fly… for the first time in a long time,” she sings […]

Tyga Responds To Blac Chyna Tyga is not entertained. Last night, Tyga’s baby’s mother Blac Chyna posted screenshots of alleged texts between her and Tyga that showed the YMCMB rapper begging to be with her. The big deal? Tyga’s rumored to be dating Kim Kardashian’s 17-year-old sister Kylie Jenner, which is allegedly one of the […]

Blac Chyna has had enough of the subtle jabs and just posted alleged text messages between her and Tyga, on Instagram: If you’ve been paying close attention to the gossip and rumors lately, Tyga, Kylie Jenner and Blac Chyna‘s names have come up often. Tyga and Blac Chyna began dating around 2012 and had a […]

Remember that really hilarious viral vine of Iggy Azalea rapping what seemed like pure gibberish? It sounded something like, “Drink crack rock/pull to the pop pop…” (That’s as far as we could decipher.) Well, it turns out, after an entire month of research, Iggy was rapping the lyrics to her song “D.R.U.G.S” which is actually […]

The Carters Dropping Joint Album  On Tidal After cracking the top 20 iTunes downloads chart a few weeks ago, Jay Z’s Tidal has dropped out of the 700. Yikes. Meanwhile, Pandora and Spotify came in at No. 3 and No. 4 on April 20, respectively. While it seems like Tidal is a massive fail, The […]

“Love & Hip Hop: NY” star Mendeecees, who will be tying the knot with Yandy Smith in the coming months, plead guilty to drug trafficking charges yesterday, according to TMZ. He is reportedly facing “8 to 10 years in federal prison and/or a fine ranging from $15,000 to $5 million,” his lawyer Donald Thompson said. He will be sentenced […]

Between Chante Moore‘s powerful voice, Chrisette Michelle‘s angelic tone and Lil’ Mo’s distinguished vocals, we’re having a hard time deciding whose voice we would choose if we ever got the chance to swap vocal cords. Since we couldn’t choose, we posed the question to the ladies of R&B Divas: LA, who found it equally as […]

Nikko London is probably the most-hated man on reality TV. Between (allegedly) manipulating Mimi into releasing a sex tape and withholding the fact that he is married, he takes the cake for creeptastic behavior. His latest move, demanding 25% of Mimi’s earnings from her book deal, earned him the title of “opportunist.” However, after chatting […]

Every Friday night, like your favorite weekend-welcoming ritual, #TeamBeautiful tunes into Lifetime’s Bring It to watch Miss D, Kayla, Sunjai and the rest of the #DD4L crew perform death-defying stunts like the heel stretch or death drop. (Maybe not so death-defying, but showstopping nonetheless.) This season brought some intense dance battles. From the drag out […]

” ] Not since the season finale of Empire have we been this excited to rush home after a long a** day at work and watch other people’s lives. Last night, after much anticipation and dreadful episodes of Love & Hip Hop: NY, season 4 of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta premiered to a salivating social media audience. […]

Despite Bobby Brown’s miraculous claim that Bobbi Kristina was “awake,” at a concert over the weekend, the Houston family says Bobbi K’s condition has not improved. Bobby Brown told the audience, “Bobbi is awake. She’s watching me.” Bobbi K’s aunt Tina even claimed Bobbi K was doing better on Facebook. However, a family source told […]