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In late June, sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson ran the 100m dash in just 10.86 seconds, quickly becoming a favorite to win the gold in the upcoming Toky

After bleeding heavily for 30 consecutive days, following a 15-year battle with fibroids, Rose Marie Johnson found herself in the emergency room and was ho

Introducing Every Day Indigenous, our series centering celebrating & Indigenous people. Through strength and resistance, comes joy. It’s ti

Y’all have been “grand rising” me to death this year and clogging the timeline with inspirational quotes. Don’t get me wrong — I love the positiv

Lauren London didn’t see the Hollywood sign until she was an adult. Despite the fact that the actress and LA native grew up only a few miles from th

Tiara Thomas has always known what she wants.  “When I was 12, I said I was gonna win a Grammy,” the singer-songwriter shares in the latest Go Off

“Y’all wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” The now-famous opening refrain from A

*Editor’s note: This piece contains incidents of rape and sexual assault. Please read with care. My lifelong experience in the music and entertainment in

My name is Laurise McMillian, and I lead R29Unbothered’s social media team. Welcome to About My Business, our brand new career column. For years, I was g

Massachusetts-bred rapper BIA is a force to be reckoned with.  Though her name started ringing louder after featuring on rapper Russ’ “Best On Ear

Ahh, you think as you feel the warm water running over your hair and onto your scalp. With your eyes closed to keep out any stray shampoo bubbles, you dig

When Mary J. Blige sings, your whole being feels it. Growing up, her music took me through emotions I never knew existed as a kid, but somehow I found myse

The Canadian singer-songwriter's ascent was riddled with racist attempts to brand her as someone she wasn’t. Almost 20 years later, she’s still doing i

Being a Black Bachelor fan has never been easy, but the recent seasons of the massive ABC dating franchise have been especially hard to deal with. Due to a

In celebration of Juneteenth, ABC’s documentary series Soul of a Nation aired a two-hour television special, Juneteenth: Together We Triumph, hosted by L

I've never cooked soul food before. Juneteenth was the perfect reason to try it — with the help of my elders.

If there’s a word that has signified the culture of resistance over the past year, it would be “abolish.” Despite always being present in U.S. histor

It started with two middle-finger emojis. Last June, the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Derek Chauvin, with three other Minneapolis police officers