HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OWN Communications / OWN Communications The horrific story of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is getting profiled by the Oprah Winfrey Network called OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street. The first installment of the two-part special will air on the massacre’s 100th anniversary on Tuesday, June 1, followed by the second episode on Tuesday, June 8 on the network and Discovery+. According to Deadline, the docuseries will explore the bustling 36-block town of Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up to the deadly attack that left 300 people dead by racists mobs. It will also connect the stories of past and modern-day pioneers who continue to work to rebuild and heal the traumatized town. Viewers will learn about the stories of...
Source: Screengrab / OWN With the nation reeling over the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, several celebrities have spoken up about the racial inequality in America. Tonight(June 9) on OWN, Oprah Winfrey will be at the center of a two-night event speaking with Black leaders, entertainers, and media figures for a much-needed discussion about the state of affairs in Black America. OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? will are tonight at 9 PM ET/PT and again at the same time tomorrow (June 10). Some of the guests for the virtual event will include Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Rev. William J. Barber II, Stacey Abrams, and more. The aim of the special is to examine the next steps after the massive and still ongoing protest...
Source: OWN / OWN From his sex tape in the 00’s to his days on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Benzino‘s love life has been all kinds of struggle hot tea that viewers just can’t get enough of. With that being the case, the Made Man took his relationship troubles to OWN’s Love Goals where he and his pimp-handed babymama Althea have been working on their years long relationship. In the season finale to the relationship show, Benzino and Althea will find themselves the focus of the episode as they try to repair the foundation of their love which has gone through some damage over the years. In this exclusive teaser to Saturday night’s season finale, Althea and Benzino confront their issues (namely Zino’s temper). But after Althea promises to learn to be a “friend to Benzino. To care about his fee...