Posts Tagged: icon

Leon Talley

Vogue’s Leon Talley Dead at 73

The fashion world has lost an icon in André Leon Talley. Talley served as creative director and editor-at-large at U.S. Vogue throughout the 80s and 90s. Talley worked closely with Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour and served as Editor-At-Large for Vogue until 2013. He brought diversity to the runway, always pushing for Black voices among designers and models. Immediately recognizable at… Read more »

Ice T

Ice-T to Contribute to Hip Hop Founders Fund

A short time ago,  Swizz brought up the idea of creating a Hip Hop Fund for the founding members of hip hop. He wants to raise $1 million for each icon that started hip hop. He said, we need to pay taxes to the creatives of Hip Hop that gave us freedom of speech to… Read more »

Vandals Deface a Tina Turner Mural in North Carolina With Nazi Symbol

Employees at a popular record store in North Carolina say a mural the beloved, world-renown entertainer  Tina Turner was defaced with a red swastika. The mural is painted on the outside of Static Age Records in downtown Asheville, NC, according to the Citizen Times.   Workers say someone drew Nazi symbol after the close of business on December 23. The owner… Read more »