Did you know the original Playboy Bunny costume was designed by a Black woman?
Zelda Wynn Valdes wasn’t just a designer—she was a pioneer. In 1948, she opened Chez Zelda, the first Black-owned boutique on Broadway in Manhattan, making fashion history at a time when racial and gender barriers were steep.
Coco Jones blew the crowd away singing ‘Lift Every Voice’ at the start of Super Bowl LX! Her ensemble of the day was also a stand out inspired by Whitney Houston’s iconic track suit from Super Bowl XXV where Houston gave arguably the best rendition of The National Anthem in history!
Nicki Minaj was a VISION in BLUE at the ‘Melania’ premiere!
At the Washington, D.C. premiere of ‘Melania,’ produced by Amazon MGM Studios with rare access to the 20 days before the 2025 inauguration, Minaj wore an off-the-shoulder Schiaparelli design with a daring cutout and dramatic draping. Donald and Melania Trump attended alongside Maria Bartiromo, Phil McGraw, and Richard Grenell, whom Minaj laughed with during the event.
Imagine this…. travel back in your mind to the bygone, sparkling summer of 2019. Think of the media you consumed in the last glorious months before the world changed forever.
If you’re a fan of basketball, you were most certainly watching something that at one time seemed inconceivable: a team from Toronto, Canada, reveling in an NBA championship. And at the center of it all, cradling the Finals MVP trophy, was the iconic Kawhi Leonard.
The enigmatic superstar had just come off the best gun-for-hire season the league had ever seen, leading the Raptors to their only world championship in his lone year with the franchise. Having secured his first Finals MVP award a few seasons prior with the Spurs, he was regarded by many as the best basketball player in the world.
Bad Bunny has once again brought us a colorful collaboration with adidas Originals through the “Gazelle City Series.” From sold-out stadium tours to memorable red carpet moments, he has proven that his influence transcends music, redefining not only Latin music but also global style.
We are STILL REALING from Culture’s BIGGEST night, the 2025 BET Awards went down this past Monday NIGHT…. yes a MONDAY. Different from in the past from a Sunday night live broadcast, but the TONY AWARDS aired that Sunday, so, to avoid CONFLICT the grand FETE was moved back a DAY.
Nonetheless, Kevin Hart RETURNED as HOST and did not DISAPPOINT… too much. LOL. We CELEBRATED 25 years of the BET Awards and 45 years of BET! We had ALOT to celebrate, and not to mention not one, not 2, not 3, but FOUR ICON AWARD recipients in ONE NIGHT– Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Kirk Franklin and Mariah Carey!
For these AWARD shows, I USUALLY give my ‘GOOD,BAD and UGLY’ review, but for this show…. It was hard to find any BAD or UGLY infarctions this year! This was one of the best-produced shows BET has put on in years! I am not sure what the RATINGS were, but I AM SURE the RATINGS were through the ROOF! Let’s DIVE right in!