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Jaron "Boots" Ennis Predicts Victory Over Eimantas Stanionis

1 month ago | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr

Cassius Life Featured Video CLOSE IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) squares off against WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) on Saturday April 12 in Atlantic City.
Jada Pinkett-Smith

Sep 18, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Bruce Goodwin II |Alex Zephyr |Bernard Beanz Smalls |Zack Linly

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swizz beatz Archives - Cassius Life

Sep 13, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr |Darryl Darby

Before Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s song battle series VERZUZ brought a semblance of live music back into people’s lives during the pandemic, the place you wanted to be for pandemic-proof Black joy was DJ D-Nice’s Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live.
jennifer hudson Archives - Cassius Life

Sep 12, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr |Bernard Beanz Smalls |Kellee Terrell

The American Idol alum completed "the grand slam of Hollywood showbiz" and joined the select EGOT club: winners of an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, An Oscar Award, and a Tony Award. That short list includes the likes of John Legend and Mel Brooks. Hudson also becomes only the second Black woman to nab all four honors, after Whoopi Goldberg did so two decades ago.
Sex & Relationships

Sep 6, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Zack Linly |Alex Zephyr |Bernard Beanz Smalls |Dominique Norman

Dating and voting don’t always go together but when they do, the results can be powerful. At least that’s the premise for the in-app election center offered by the dating app BLK, which connects young, Black singles. The in-app Election Center was added on Tuesday, Sept. 20 on National Voter Registration Day, in conjunction with […]
HBCU Sports Archives - Cassius Life

Sep 5, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr |Bruce Goodwin II |Tonya Pendleton |Donovan Dooley

Byron Perkins, a junior defensive back for Hampton University, made history last week as the first HBCU athlete to publicly come out. In an Instagram post, he wrote: “Let it be known that this is not a ‘decision’ or a ‘choice.’ Yes, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m going to be.”
Work & Money Archives

Sep 1, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | D. L. Chandler |Alex Zephyr

Representation matters at every level. Maurice Jones, CEO of OneTen, shares how we can get 1 million Black Americans into Corporate America over the next ten years and have our "seat at the table," too.
Ava DuVernay Archives - Cassius Life

Aug 24, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr |Bernard Beanz Smalls |Bruce Goodwin II |Darryl Darby

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Nipsey Hussle Archives - Cassius Life

Aug 15, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Alex Zephyr |Darryl Darby |Bernard Beanz Smalls

As The Marathon Continues, so does the appreciation of the late, great Nipsey Hussle. The Grammys have announced that in honor of the rapper’s legacy, there will be an epic tribute performance at the 62nd annual awards this Sunday. The academy is looking to get it right, with performances by Hussle’s friends, collaborators and fellow […]
anthony anderson

Aug 15, 2023 | cassiuslife.com | Christopher Smith |Alex Zephyr |Barbara Gonzalez

On Monday night, Anthony Anderson took aim at the controversial "bounty hunter law" in Texas meant to be used against those helping someone get an illegal abortion. He used a news report about government officials in London mulling contraceptives to limit the population of gray squirrels as part of his comedic jab.