Ebony Magazine Hosted its Inaugural Art Basel Soirée in Miami This Past Saturday and Sunday | PicVIDEOs
*EBONY FWD partnered with Coca Cola Zero Sugar to headlined award winning artist Chance The Rapper and R&B sensation Mariah The Scientist for the 2023 Art Basel in Miami to celebrate Black excellence in art, fashion, music, and epicurean delights. View this post on Instagram A post shared by EBONY (@ebonymagazine) During the […]
Oh Lawd! It’s a Showdown Between Lil Kim & Photog Over Magazine Cover – Lil Scrappy Apologizes to Ex-wife Bambi for Hurting Her ‘Heart’ & More | PicVIDEOs
*Shots Fired: Lil Kim, government name Kimberly Denise Jones, didn’t appreciate Ebony magazine’s director of photographer Keith Major blaming her for retouching the cover, citing Queen Bee demanding a final call of the pictures used. Lil Kim hopped on her IG stories and said, “I always told Ebony it looked like a painting, but they […]
Tasha K Says Rapper Sukihana ‘Sets Black Women Back’ – Fans Clown Lil Kim’s Ebony Magazine Cover-Dr. Yaba Blay Responds with ‘Aht, Aht’ + More | PicVIDEOs
*Tasha K isn’t here to play for rapper’s games. On the “We In Miami” podcast, she said that the “Don Dada” artist set Black women back when she appeared in NLE Choppa‘s video on all fours as he walked her like a dog while holding her hair as a lease, with light-skinned girls behind him. […]
Jill Scott Sang Down Her Rendition of National Anthem At Essence Fest – Nelly Sells Music Catalog Scores $50 Million Pay Day | PicsVideos
*Webbies, we’re getting your whole life together with today’s Social Heat. We previously reported how Jilly from Philly sang down her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Jill Scott performed the new Black national anthem at the Essence Fest, a song she wrote at 19. The song lyrics are soul-stirring and mesmerized the Essence crowd […]
Chris Rock Jokes Enjoying Watching Will Smith Get Whipped in ‘Emancipation’ + Nivea, Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada & More | PicsVideos
*Social Heat is coming guns hot. Chris Rock is preparing for an upcoming comedy special and joked to a crowd at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore on Feb. 17, “The other day, I watched Emancipation just so I could watch him getting whipped.” People on social media felt that the 58-year-old comic statement was taking […]
Twitter Flames Tory Lanez’s Mugshot, Idris And Sabrina Elba Cover Ebony, 50 Cent Apologizes To Megan Thee Stallion & More | PicsVideo
*Social Heat is coming in like a wrecking ball. Tory Lanez looks pretty in pink, posing for his mug shot, and Twitter has a field day. Idris and Sabrina Elba grace Ebony‘s January cover, paying paid homage to the continent of Africa. We are loving the opulence paired with melanin, and we will be copping […]
Terrence J Teams with AT&T to Support HBCUs
*Media personality and three-time Emmy nominee Terrence J is on a mission to support Black creatives and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The former co-host of BET’s 106 & Park has teamed with AT&T’s Rising Future Makers Program, to acknowledge and celebrate 25 students from HBCUs who are “making a difference in their community […]
Ebony and Jet Magazine’s Photo Archive to Be Digitized
*The Getty Trust will spend $30 million to digitize over four million negatives and prints from Jet and Ebony magazines. We reported previously that a consortium comprising the Ford Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution, recently announced the official transfer […]
Ex-Ebony CEO Accused of Marijuana Crowdfunding Scheme
*Willard Jackson, former head of Ebony, was forced out last year amid allegations of financial impropriety. He is now among a group of people charged by the SEC with using cash raised for a marijuana business to cover the operating costs of the magazine, an illegal move as reported by Marketwatch. According to the report, […]
Former NBA Player Ulysses ‘Junior’ Bridgeman Buys Ebony/Jet in $14M Bankruptcy Sale
*Former NBA star Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman is now owner of the historic Ebony, Jet catalogue after a bankruptcy judge approved the $14 million sale Tuesday of Ebony Media Operations. Ebony was forced into bankruptcy last July after defaulting on more than $10 million in loans. Bridgeman, owner of Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Lenexa, bid […]
Ebony Magazine Website is Down Following End of Beloved Publication
*After years of sales declines, layoffs, lawsuits, bankruptcy and unpaid debts, Ebony and Jet magazines appear to be gone for good, as well as parent company, Johnson Publishing Company. Ebony’s website has also shut down, and visitors to ebony.com are greeted with a message that says: “The site you were looking for couldn’t be found.” According to […]
Ebony and Jet Magazine’s Photo Archives Auctioned Off in Private Sale
*Ebony and Jet magazines sold off its iconic photo archive this week in a private sale in Chicago as part of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy action. Both publications were once considered bibles of the culture — offering compelling stories and snapshots of Black American life as well as intimate moments of black celebrities. “It was […]
Ebony Magazine Allegedly Kicks Online Staff to the Curb, Without Pay
*Ebony Magazine is making headlines once again over its unsavory business practices with freelance writers. The Root has learned that the publication allegedly fired its online editorial staff without pay on June 7, according to two sources. via The Root: Former social media director Joshua David and an additional source who requested anonymity out of […]
$5.3Million! Linda Johnson Rice Lists Palm Springs Desert Mansion Her Parents Bought in 1974
*Linda Johnson Rice has listed a Palm Springs mansion her parents, John and Eunice Johnson, bought in 1974. Chicagobusiness.com reports that the asking price is $5.3 million for the 5,300-square-foot house, which is perched on a slope that affords a panoramic view of the desert and mountains through walls of glass. The publication also notes: […]
Hall of Fame Speaker and Best-selling Author (Dr. Willie Jolley) is Featured Globally in Ebony Magazine
Washington, DC –– The No. 1 source for an authoritative perspective on the Black community, Ebony Magazine, asked Dr. Willie Jolley to be a guest author for their June 2018 issue. Now in its 71st year, the monthly magazine reaches nearly 11-million readers featuring the best thinkers, trendsetters, hottest celebrities and next-generation leaders. In Dr. Jolley’s article, […]
