Dr. Yaba Blay has dedicated her entire career to uplifting and studying Black identity, and her latest project is perhaps the culminating moment in her career. After a rockstar Kickstarter campaign that shattered her inital goals in just a few days, her web series Professional Black Girl: Season Two is gearing up to film in New Orleans […]

TLC is finally delivering that album fans have been waiting on for more than two years. Remember how T-Boz anc Chili launched a Kickstarter campaign in January 2015 to fund their final album as TLC? The pair initially aimed to collect $150,000 for the project, but fans donated more than $430,250! By November 2015, irate […]

TLC is working on their last album ever, but they can’t do it on their own. They want your help! By “help” we mean money. T-Boz and Chilli are depending on the kindness and generosity of their fans to help produce their final release with a Kickstarter campaign. It’s not that the ladies are pressed […]

Television

Remember when controversial filmmaker Spike Lee announced he launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new film, Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus? Well, he’s finally released the trailer for it! Lee raised approximately $1,250,000, as he sought advice from the co-founders of Kickstarter on how to efficiently gain proceeds: “They said the two reasons that […]

Crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe have been able to achieve some fantastic goals. They have also funded some really ridiculous stuff. It was amazing news when LeVar Burton set record with his campaign for “Reading Rainbow.” The fundraiser was a shining example of what can be achieved when people come together for something positive. […]

Hilary Banks wants to educate the kids, beauties! Karyn Parsons, who played the adorable Hilary Banks back in the day on “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air,” recently created a Kickstarter to raise funds for an educational animated short called “The Janet Collins Story.” Janet Collins was the first African American ballerina to perform solo at the Metropolitan Opera. When […]

This morning I wondered if I had an addiction to Instagram. It was confirmed when I saw an email for a soon-to-be app that would turn your beautiful imagery into nail decals. Am I the only person who thinks this is genius? MUST READ: The One Beauty Product You Must Have & Where To Get It […]