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.

Now we all know, “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees wasn’t wearing a lace front wig at the “Love & Hip Hop” reunion, but when a video on WSHH accused him of donning fake hair, the Internet (that watches VH1) went wild. We caught up with Yandeecees, who are days away from walking down the […]

Being beautiful is a hard job! Kim Kardashian is tired of people saying she doesn’t have a real job. During an interview with Access Hollywood, the “KUWTK” star clapped back at her haters saying: “I get more fed up with questions like – I was traveling recently and I was doing a press day and […]

Tyson Beckford is on a marketing campaign all his own. The supermodel turned Chippendales skripper is doing everything in his power to ensure women head to the theater TONIGHT to see his film Chocolate City and girl, it is working. This video of Tyson in a washcloth has been making its rounds on Facebook: Apparently Tyson […]

Vivica A. Fox is looking mighty good these days. The Chocolate City star stopped by Watch What Happens Live to chat with Andy Cohen about the upcoming stripper flick when she dished on her beef with Jimmy Kimmel and took kind shots at her rival Kenya Moore. Who knew Viv and Jimmy had beef? For the record, […]

Ciara and Russell Wilson have allegedly decided to take a break from not dating. According to am E! source, “things have gone a little rocky” between the two. While they haven’t yet broken up, “things are not looking good.” The insider added, “Things are a bit busy for both of them now but they are […]

Beyonce is so rich, she can afford to soak in a hot tub filled with Armand de Brignac wine (also known as Ace Of Spades) that retails anywhere from $300 to a couple of thousands. And people are mad about it… We watched Nicki Minaj and Beyonce carelessly bask in expensive shit while they flaunted their […]

50 Cent is one of hip-hop’s biggest trouble makers, so it was no surprise when the “Get Rich Or Die Trying” rapper threw some major shade at Empire producers and name-dropped Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard on Instagram. Taraji, being the outspoken cookie she is, responded with a simple tweet that shut 50 down in […]

Roger Ebert‘s widow Chaz Ebert will bring Emmett Till’s story to the big screen in the film-adaptation of Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America, a book penned by his mother Mamie Till-Mobley and journalist Christopher Benson. Till was lynched in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a White woman. His death galvanized the Civil […]

Mariah Carey really wants us to listen to her new song “Infinity,” so she enlisted the pectoral assistance of Tyson Beckford and cutie Jussie Smollett to trick our eyes and eardrums into hitting the play button. Mimi teased her “Infinity” video with three amazing clips on Instagram. While the visuals look great and we love Mimi a lot, we won’t be bumping […]

Nicki Minaj and Beyonce sent the Internet into a frenzy yesterday, when they dropped the visuals for their “Pinkprint” single “Feeling Myself” on TIDAL. It didn’t take long before the adorable video began trending and for social media to respond with hilarious memes. https://instagram.com/p/22BhBrhyiS/?taken-by=thesfpl https://instagram.com/p/21-7Pmu059/?taken-by=eboneiluvme https://instagram.com/p/21-Zk3u8H2/?taken-by=chocolate_milf_ https://instagram.com/p/23fKoUG4wY/?taken-by=mikael_amore Good move Jay. Good move. RELATED STORIES: Nicki […]

Gosh. We just want to be their friends. Nicki Minaj and Beyonce just randomly dropped visuals to their Pinkprint collaboration ‘Feeling Myself” on TIDAL and since you can only watch it on TIDAL, we’ll just gush about it here and drop a link below. The “Flawless” duo take turns throwing french fries into eachother’s mouths […]

Remember that really weird line in Mary J. Blige‘s hit 2001 song “Family Affair,” that went, “Don’t need no hateration, holleratin’ in this dancery?” If you’re like us, you wondered, “What the hell is a dancery?” After 14 years of side eyes and head tilts, it turns out what Mary meant to say was “dance […]