Category: Business
Zimbabwe will issue cannabis licences to growers
Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has said in a legal notice, making the southern African nation...
Marijuana’s 4/20’s Fifty Year Old History Began in California
Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a homage to pot’s enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking....
Here Are 60 Black-Owned Alternatives to Starbucks
The incident of two black men recently arrested for doing just what about anyone at one time or another has done at Starbuck’s—sit and wait to meet an...
Legalized Cannabis could help solve America’s Opioid crisis, studies suggest…
Research into medical marijuana and liberal cannabis laws may offer insights into possible solutions to a crisis that saw 17,087 people die from prescription opioid...
When Buying diamonds? Avoid NFL Player Drew Brees’s $9-million Mistake!
When it comes to investing, diamonds aren’t a quarterback’s best friend. Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is suing a California jeweler who sold...
How Did Facebook Blew It?
A months long investigation uncovered concerns that Cambridge Analytica may have used improperly obtained academic data to craft its psychometric profiles. In early...
LL Cool J to Launch New Classic Hip-Hop SiriusXM Channel
LL Cool J wants to make old-school hip-hop music relevant for listeners today with a new SiriusXM channel. The two-time Grammy-winning rapper told The Associated Press...
Hip Hop stars are taking their reputations to Wall Street and Sand Hill road
Unlike their rock star brethren, who’ve historically been disinterested in dabbling with startups, quite a few hip hop artists have amassed good-sized...
Here’s How Oklahoma’s Black Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding ‘Black Wall Street
Over 300 black-owned businesses once thrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District aka, ‘Black Wall Street.” In 1921, Greenwood was burned to the ground in the...
The Devastation of Black Wall Street
In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African-American communities in the United States. But on May...
