Shanelle Genai's posts

Contrary to what it may feel and look like right now, we are in fact in a new year. Though our immediate…

Today, NBCUniversal debuted their newly established NBCU Academy, a training and development program for various…

Chi-Town, stand up!

Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri will soon be bringing us into the world of the cannabis industry for a new series…

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a whooole lot of Black Girl Magic happening on the political front lately.…

On Monday night, the 30th Annual Gotham Awards took place both virtually and in person at Cipriani Wall Street in…

If you’re looking for a safe digital space (other than Twitter) to shamelessly stan and bask in the splendor of all…

The internet has, as of late, been burning with desires for Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page to star as the next James…

All My Children alum Tonya Pinkins has been tapped to co-star in the new limited series from Marissa Jo Cerar, Women…

For the past two weeks, I’ve been dealing with some heavy personal stuff that’s taken an immense toll on both my…

It seems like just yesterday I was riding around and gettin’ it to Grammy-nominated artist SZA’S album CTRL, singing…

Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch has been tapped to join the cast in the upcoming Matilda movie musical adaptation…

The Root is sad to report the death of celebrated African-American contemporary author Eric Jerome Dickey. The news…

In today’s installment of wild-ass pop culture moments, folks online are ganging up on Cardi B for—get this—not…

Our favorite Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish will be flexing her acting skills in a new sci-fi thriller from MGM,…

A recently resurfaced Beats by Dre commercial starring “In The Party” rapper Flo Milli hit the Twittersphere today…

In case anyone needed another reminder, Rihanna is about sick and tired of us prodding into when exactly her next…

A few months back, we reported here at The Root that there were talks of Michael B. Jordan potentially directing the…

If I could sum up 2020 in one phrase, it would be “whew, chile” (see also: “I hate it here” and “I’m tired of this…

Yesterday, The Root reported that Anjanette Young agreed to a meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as well as a…