Philly

Questlove has teamed up with the University of the Arts to launch a scholarship program for emerging creatives.

Rapper Meek Mill donated $30,000 to provide gifts for students and their families during the holiday season.

A group of Black Philadelphia-based doctors is on a mission to ensure that communities of color have access to adequate COVID-19 testing.

A Philadelphia nonprofit received a $300K grant from NBA player Tobias Harris to increase the representation of Black teachers.

Two brothers launched Philadelphia’s first Black-owned delivery service.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is expanding its collection with pieces of work created by Black self-taught artists from the South.

Hakim’s Bookstore in West Philadelphia nearly shuttered two years ago but with the help of the local community, the business has been revived.

Brennon Jones, the Philadelphia man behind the “Haircuts 4 Homeless” initiative, was gifted with his own barbershop.

Sylvester Stallone’s  fictional character, Rocky Balboa, in the memorable film, “Rocky” is what many will conjure up when they think about a Philadelphia-born prizefighter, but the City of Brotherly Love is working on changing that. Artist Stephen Layne is in the final stages of completing a 9-foot tall, 1,800-pound clay sculpture of the late boxing great Joe […]