Shannon Dawson
About Shannon Dawson
Shannon Dawson is a podcaster, former radio host, and digital content writer based in New York City. She's previously penned for sites including Power 96.5 FM in Lansing, Michigan, and WGCI Chicago for over five years. Shannon joined the iOne team in 2020 as a staff writer for MadameNoire, Bossip, HelloBeautiful, and NewsOne writing about a number of topics from pop culture and entertainment to music and news. When she isn’t writing, you can find Shannon heavily immersed in New York’s music scene as a full-time DJ.
Here's what happened on the first day of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial.
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The GOAT, Michael Jordan, will step out of retirement to serve as a "special" sports contributor with NBC when NBA sports coverage returns to the network in the fall.
Rapper Tory Lanez, who is serving a 10-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, has been stabbed in jail by another inmate, according to reports.
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Nelson Mandela won the first-ever multiracial presidential election in South Africa on May 2, 1994.
Black people have been washing chicken, steak, and just about every other kind of meat since forever, but why?