About Lauren Beasley

As millennials, we tend to reminisce about the golden days of the early 2000’s when things were simple; more authentic, less digital. The music we loved back then still makes a more than occasional appearance on our Itunes playlist and the TV shows we couldn’t get enough of are listed under the “continue watching” section […]

Today marks 10 years since the world stopped and everyone tuned in to their television to watch an unconscious Michael Jackson be carried into an ambulance. So much has happened in this last decade since the King Of Pop was laid to rest — so we must address the elephant of the day. With all […]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUfuW8PleQ5/?taken-by=taylorbennett&hl=en Back in the day, being gay was a taboo topic within hip hop. Although there is definitely more work to be done, these artists are unapologetically living their authentic lives. For example, back in 2017, Chance The Rapper‘s brother, Taylor Bennett, set his soul free by revealing via Twitter that he identifies as bisexual […]

Would you believe that the 2019 NBA draft picks had no idea who Outkast and Destiny's Child were?

It was truly a pleasure to attend the 2019 American Black Film Festival last week – it truly exceeded every single expectation I had about film festivals, so much so that I’m already looking forward to next year’s. Meeting film makers, attending the awards ceremony and seeing celebrities was fun, but getting to check out […]

And happy birthday to the late, great Tupac Shakur.