Jharrel Jerome, a 21-year-old Dominican actor from the Bronx, NY, made history during Sunday night’s Emmys. The breakout star of Ava DuVernay’s cinematic masterpiece “When They See Us” (Netflix) won lead actor in a limited ...
Every year, Google hosts a Doodle for Google contest, selecting one winner out of the hundreds of thousands of applications received. Arantza Peña Popo, a Colombia native and recent high school graduate from Georgia, is ...
The Afro-Latinx community will gather in Brooklyn on July 12-13th to celebrate the cultural contributions that people of African descent have made throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It’s a gathering for musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, ...
Fashion icon and silky smooth R&B vocalist, Jhené Aiko has been steadily gaining momentum since her contribution to the “Creed” movie soundtrack back in 2016 further elevated her profile. The singer, who made her first ...
Elizabeth Acevedo is a daily inspiration, particularly as a brown woman and a writer. This week the former teacher and daughter of Dominican immigrants, won the UK’s prestigious Carnegie medal for her YA novel, The ...
Being biracial or mixed-race in our society typically means being asked to choose which culture you identify with more. According to this video, produced by The Atlanta Black Star, a lot of Afro-Latinx’s identify as ...
In the Pixar film “Ratatouille,” food critic Anton Ego, voiced by the late, great Peter O’Toole, declares: “Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere.” That is precisely ...
Are you Afro-Latinx? Has anyone ever made you feel like you had to choose between the “Afro” and “Latinx” part of your identity? Have you ever been told that you’re not Latinx enough? Constantly being ...
ESPN’s 30 for 30 newest feature is about Dominican player, Felipe Lopez, who played in league from 1998 to 2002. His impact on the game was undeniable. Since that time, professional sports has experienced a ...
“Welcome back to Basic Brown nerds” is what you’ll be hearing this week. The Basic brown nerds podcast is back with a new season, but who are they, even? You might have seen #memetherapy gracing ...
Last weekend, the Brooklyn Museum hosted a one-of-a-kind display featuring life-size sculptures of Cardi B, Jaden Smith, Juice WRLD, and Gunna. Photo Credit @NuevaYorka The installation was sponsored by Spotify’s RapCaviar, and was designed to ...
Cardi B is en fuego. This week, Billboard announced its Music Award Nominees for 2019 with Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, aka Cardi B, scoring a record-breaking 21 nominations. Let’s run that back. 21 nominations in 18 ...
The Coachella Festival runs for two weekends and it’s a blend of fun, food, and talented musicians to fuel your day and night. Each year big name headliners along with up-and-coming musicians grace the stage. ...