NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: Tameka Foster Raymond speaks onstage during the 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
LITHONIA, GEORGIA – APRIL 22: Pastor Jamal H. Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, speaks onstage during TARGET FAST TownHall Meeting at Salem Bible Church on April 22, 2025 in Lithonia, Georgia. The “Target Fast” began as a 40-day fast from shopping at Target in response to the company’s rollback of its DEI initiatives. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Chris Brown attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 18: (L-R) Halle Berry and Van Hunt attend the “The Phoenician Scheme” red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 22: Kim Kardashian attends the “All’s Fair” London Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on October 22, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 3: Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart and Da Brat attend 2025 Living Legends Foundation Awards Dinner & Gala at Flourish Atlanta on October 3, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to preside over a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2024 Presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session to ratify President-elect Donald Trump’s Electoral College win over Vice President Kamala Harris, four years after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Michelle Obama speaks onstage during a recording of the “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson” podcast during the 2025 SXSW Conference And Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Julia Beverly/WireImage)
VANCOUVER, BC – AUGUST 28: Singers Marvin ‘Slim’ Scandrick of 112 performs on stage at PNE Amphitheatre on August 28, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images)
Hip hop artist J Dilla of the group Slum Village photographed at the Key Club in 2000 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregory Bojorquez/Getty Images)
1971: (Clockwise from left) Drummer Tiki Fulwood, guitarist Tawl Ross, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, Billy “Bass” Nelson, and guitarist Eddie Hazel of the funk group Parliament-Funkadelic pose for a portrait in 1971. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Signage about slavery is displayed on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 01: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall by Thursday January 1, 2026 in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a “block party” to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part. Mamdani was officially sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Letitia James at the Old City Hall subway station in a private ceremony. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: Tameka Foster Raymond speaks onstage during the 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
LITHONIA, GEORGIA – APRIL 22: Pastor Jamal H. Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, speaks onstage during TARGET FAST TownHall Meeting at Salem Bible Church on April 22, 2025 in Lithonia, Georgia. The “Target Fast” began as a 40-day fast from shopping at Target in response to the company’s rollback of its DEI initiatives. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Chris Brown attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 18: (L-R) Halle Berry and Van Hunt attend the “The Phoenician Scheme” red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: Normani attends the Los Angeles premiere of Universal Pictures “Wicked” at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on November 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
