Lady Janel

Award-winning Founder l Art & Culture Journalist l Designer

[Lady Janel @ItsLadyJanel]

GEN X from now on…when the world attempts to make u feel old and irrelevant… #PepsiHalftime

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

[🎧Astro girl🫧 @Amarachukwuuu]

nigerian designers will eat the met gala up

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

No one in the history of Pop music has ever reached this level

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

This is 'Monuments', an art installation in Charlotte, NC. Artist Craig Walsh put a face in the trees to honor the souls of all the enslaved people buried in cemeteries with no names.

[Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ @hollyrpeete]

So proud of you @RodneyPeete9 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #CerinaFairfax

[Jermaine Watkins @JermaineWatkins]

Rest in Power, Kiki Shepard. 💐🕊️

Showtime at the Apollo

[Duff @duffthebrand]

#Oscar winning Black Director–Actor Duos:
• Jordan (‘18) & Daniel (‘21)
• Denzel (‘89, ‘02) & Spike (‘15, ‘19)
• Ryan (‘26) & Michael (‘26)

[chu @THEHORRORGOTH]

happy oscars day… today sinners officially becomes an oscar winning movie!

[HannahBeachler @HannahEBeachler]

I keep trying to write about what happened at the BAFTAs, and I can't find the words. The situation is almost impossible, but it happened 3 times that night, and one of the three times was directed at myself on the way to dinner after the show.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Surya Bonaly originated the backflip in the Winter Olympics and was penalized for it. She should have won the gold medal. Now the Olympics is celebrating another skater for doing her move. The Olympic Committee owes her an apology and a gold medal.

[Lady Janel @ItsLadyJanel]

Now THIS was a tribute!!!! #GRAMMYs

[Daymond John @TheSharkDaymond]

I worked at Red Lobster for years while building FUBU.

Not because I didn’t believe in my dreams. Because it was smart.

That job:
- Taught me sales and inventory
- Paid my bills
- Bought fabric and materials for my business

People don’t realize it, but sometimes the day job is your first investor. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t have the means to quit your job right away. Use it as fuel for your dreams and goals. Build slow if you have to.

[Lady Janel @ItsLadyJanel]

And her design for Jackie Kennedy is the most-photographed wedding dress in history. Over 100 media outlets covered the wedding. Only ONE (1) printed her name.

[I AM @igotdajuice365]

Ann Lowe, a brilliant Black fashion designer who created iconic wedding dresses for America’s most elite families, including Jackie Kennedy’s legendary wedding gown, yet was consistently overlooked and uncredited for her extraordinary talent.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1941, the 99th Flying Pursuit Squadron, an all-Black American unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen, was formed.

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

Happy birthday, Dad. Your faith in humanity, your insistence on love over hate, and your belief that everyone can serve continue to renew me. In the darkest of times, your legacy is a light. When I feel hopeless, your spirit carries me. You will forever be in my heart.

[Isaac Hayes III @IsaacHayes3]

If you’re wondering why Ryan Coogler and Sinners have been quietly snubbed all year by Variety, Deadline, Rolling Stone, and The Hollywood Reporter, there is a reason.

These outlets, along with Billboard, VIBE, IndieWire, and award institutions like Golden Globes, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Streamy Awards, and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, all sit under one corporate umbrella owned by Jay Penske.

When one billionaire controls the press, the charts, and the awards, journalism stops being journalism. It becomes narrative management.

That is why many of these institutions no longer carry cultural weight. Awards feel hollow. Charts feel manufactured. Coverage feels selective. Not because culture stopped evolving, but because legacy media stopped serving the truth and started serving power.

Journalism cannot function without free speech, impartiality, and accountability. Legacy media has abandoned all three.

This is why 2026 marks the real turning point. Not because legacy media is old, but because it has been consolidated, politicized, and weaponized.

The collapse of credibility always precedes the rise of something new.

And that is exactly where we are now.

What an exciting time.

Great Video via @ajarrodjenkins

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Jen and I are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.

Rob was the big-hearted genius behind so many of the classic stories we love, with projects as wide-ranging as The Princess Bride to A Few Good Men. His boundless empathy made his stories timeless, teaching generations how to see goodness and righteousness in others — and encouraging us to dream bigger.

That empathy extended well beyond his films. Rob was a passionate advocate for children and for civil rights — from taking on Big Tobacco, fighting for marriage equality, to serving as a powerful voice in early education. He made California a better place through his good works.

Rob will be remembered for his remarkable filmography and for his extraordinary contribution to humanity.

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”

— Maya Angelou

#BlackWomenRest

[Brehanna Daniels @Mindless_BMD]

There will always be people who doubt you… As long as your believe in yourself, that’s all that matters. 🙏🏾🏁

[Daya ✨ @PUMPSandLAPERLA]

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