Obituaries

According to reports, Memphis rapper Snootie Wild has died after suffering a gunshot wound to the neck.

According to accounts, Kryst was identified as the woman who jumped from a Midtown apartment building in New York City Sunday morning.

Black voters are all dressed up with nowhere to go as the normalization of thinly veiled white power fascism becomes unbearable. The divide is not political, it’s moral.

Here's a list of 21 of the most devastating deaths of notable Black people that rocked an entire diaspora in 2021.

The Off-White founder who revolutionized modern collaboration with Nike, Jordan as well as Louis Vuitton's artistic director, had been battling cancer privately for years.

Lons' struggle with addiction had been documented in numerous BET reality shows.

Melvin Van Peebles, a true giant of Black cinema, has passed away. He was 89. https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1440784276866301959 Van Peebles is best known for 1971’s  Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, a cult classic film that he wrote, directed and self-financed and released independently. The groundbreaking film proved that a Black director could be successful and had an audience, […]

The director and auteur helmed films such as 'Posse,' Watermelon Man' and 'Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.'

Willie Garson, an actor, famous for his character role on “Sex and the City,” has died at age 57.  Willie Garson’s son Nathen confirmed his father’s death and took to Instagram to inform the public of Willie Garson’s passing. “I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I’m so glad you got to share […]

Johnson had numerous roles in the '90s and early 2000s on the big screen, famously playing neighborhood thief Ezal in the first Friday film as well as Blue in Master P's big-budget comedy I Got The Hook Up.

Warren was a founding member of TROOP, a New Jack Swing R&B group that rose to fame in the early 90's. He was 52.

Longtime soccer fans are currently mourning the loss of French player Jean-Pierre Adams, an icon to the game who spent four unbelievably long decades in a coma before the announcement of his death this past Monday (September 6).