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Jay-Z’s VC Firm Faces Scrutiny Over $20M Loan Tied to Uncle Nearest Receivership buff.ly/DwTtuJu

Dr. Dre Officially Joins the Billionaire Club, According to Forbes buff.ly/U0qSk20

New Initative Launches In Nigeria Offering Grants And $100,000 Equity Support To Early Stage Founders buff.ly/R4k9KyG

Year-Long ‘Target Fast’ Boycott Over DEI Initiatives Comes to an End buff.ly/RgWHUcW

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Civil Rights Groups Criticize Mississippi Approval of xAI Power Plant buff.ly/VPIJc8C

Byron Allen Secures 11% Ownership in Starz for $25M buff.ly/b7rY1Qy

ICE Detention Facility Owner Moves Into Developing AI-powered “Man Camps. buff.ly/NDgiQmI

Morehouse College Secures $5M NSF Grant to Develop Supercomputer buff.ly/CvUAW76

Fashion Brand Hanifa Paused Production After Online Backlash buff.ly/vDtj3jo

Fearless Fund Launches Microfinance Fund, Expands To Women-Owned Business Owners In Ghana buff.ly/Ka0ZEhI

Pat McGrath Labs Secures Nearly $30M Funding After Filing For Bankruptcy buff.ly/r0wtk2e

Coke Florida Invests Over $1 Million in Education and Economic Opportunity During Black History Month buff.ly/dPiPBFr

Reload Raises $2.275M to Manage AI Agents’ Memory buff.ly/7nMEugJ

NBCUniversal files $35.8 million lawsuit against Group Black for unpaid advertising revenue buff.ly/YIf8IYH

Fortune 500 DEI Disclosures Fell 65% in 2026 buff.ly/pesOIAD

The Dating App Based on Credit Score Is Back buff.ly/M59jfh5

Africa could capture up to $136 billion in AI productivity gains, says Microsoft Africa Exec buff.ly/LB7tdS0

Nigerian-based AI startup model translates American Sign Language in under 100 milliseconds buff.ly/CQ0RjEY

Target's New CEO Plans To Rebuild Trust After DEI Fallout buff.ly/aKeJWa4