African-American entrepreneurs

Amber Rose launched a free app July 23 that is designed to empower women and help them fulfill their goals. “I wanted it to be very personal so it’s going to be full of content you can’t find on any of my other platforms,” Rose said of the app, called Amber Rose Official. “I also know […]

Walter Nash Jr., the founder and CEO of Lefty’s Spices LLC, reveals how he turned his small mom and pop business into a booming national brand.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chance the Rapper’s unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools’ funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammy-winner presented a $1 million check to city schools and urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powers to help the nation’s third-largest district. The Republican governor, a former venture capitalist, […]

The man who launched WorldStarHipHop.com has died. While initial reports said that Lee O’Denat, a.k.a. “Q,” died in his sleep, the L.A. Times reports he was at a San Diego massage parlor when he became unresponsive. He was 43. The cause of death is listed as a heart attack, with obesity as a contributing factor. […]