Maiysha Kai

Dec 5, 2024 | thegrio.com | Lil Wayne |Maiysha Kai

WNBA star Angel Reese may already be a stratospheric success, but, as she reminded the crowd at the 38th annual FN Achievement Awards on Wednesday night, she’s just getting started. The Chicago Sky forward received the FN Style Influencer of the Year award at the annual awards ceremony, which took place at Cipriani South Street in New York City, presented by fellow Reebok ambassador, musician Tobe Nwigwe.

Dec 5, 2024 | thegrio.com | Maiysha Kai

Those of us who have waited decades to find out if Nina Mosley and Darius Lovehall, the Black and sexy lead characters of the 1997 romantic comedy-turned-cult classic “Love Jones,” stayed together, finally get our wish this holiday season. Lead actors Nia Long and Larenz Tate — still Black and still sexy, we might add — reunited for a “Love Jones”-themed holiday commercial for Walmart, complete with the strains of Dionne Farris’ now-iconic groove “Hopeless” as its opening soundtrack.

Dec 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Maiysha Kai

Nia Long and Larenz Tate reprise their roles as Nina Mosley and Darius Lovehall for the Walmart Holiday x Love Jones spot, “Give the Gift That Shows You Get Them.”Those of us who have waited decades to find out if Nina Mosley and Darius Lovehall, the Black and sexy lead characters of the 1997 romantic comedy-turned-cult classic “Love Jones,” stayed together, finally get our wish this holiday season.

Dec 4, 2024 | thegrio.com | Maiysha Kai

Kerry Washington’s star status has now been cemented for generations to come. On Dec. 2, Washington was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honored with her own terrazzo-and-brass star for her achievements in television. As she told People magazine immediately following her induction ceremony, the coveted tribute was especially meaningful to her father, Earl Washington. “It was kind of a bucket list achievement for my dad,” she explained.

Dec 4, 2024 | thegrio.com | Maiysha Kai

When Anok Yai was photographed on “The Yard” at Howard University’s 2017 homecoming celebration, a fashion star was born. After agents clamored to discover the identity of the then-19-year-old beauty and competed to sign her, Yai became an international sensation; within the first six months of her career, she became the first Sudanese model and only the second Black model to open a Prada fashion show, behind Naomi Campbell.