Love etc.

New Column: #MCM da’Vinchi

Issa new column, y’all! Welcome to the first edition of #MCM — a new post section comin’ atcha the first Monday of every month about your fave celeb crushes. Sometimes, it’ll be an extended look into our print issue’s Bae Watch and other times, it’ll be someone we haven’t featured yet. Let’s get to it. […]

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Celebs, Prom

Your Fave Celebs Bring Their Prom Slay, All Day

By Brianna Moné Prom season may be winding down, but the level of slayage and #BlackGirlMagic that occurred this year will be on our minds for a while. Here’s a look at how some of your favorite celebs, such as Nia Sioux, Chandler Kinney, and more definitely did that.   But how beautiful is Chandler’s […]

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Beauty & Fashion

Nia Sioux Has a Message for Bullies and Body Shamers

By Brianna Moné You can miss Nia Sioux with any negativity. And if you’re trying to come through with the shade, don’t @ her. “Whenever someone says something negative, I try not to think about it because I feel like so often we think about that one thing that someone says, and there’s 10 other […]

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Celebs, Features

Beychella Did It All for the Culture

Tbh, we’ve never really paid any attention to Coachella — it just never seemed to be for … us. But Saturday night/early Sunday morning (April 14/15, depending on your time zone), Coachella got some culture. Making history as the first Black woman ever to headline this annual Cali concert marathon, Beyoncé blessed the fest with […]

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Music

The Rap Game’s Ricci Bitti is Just Getting Started

By Brianna Moné If you don’t already know who Ricci Bitti is, you might wanna get on that because before too long, you’ll be hearing her spit everywhere. Her stage name, a play on her real one, which is Lyric (“Like ‘Lyric-ci,’” she explains, “And ‘Bitti’ was a name that my family always called me […]

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TV

“Grown-ish” Recap Episode 11: Safe Spaces Matter

What went down on the latest episode of grown-ish? Get all the tea with Sesi‘s weekly recaps. By Tina Liu Why is Zoey delivering her first monologue of the night decked out head to toe in revolutionary chic? Because they tried it, y’all. Hawkins dorm — the #safespace for Black students at Cal U — […]

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