About Editor at Global Grind

Chelsea Samuel is an Associate Editor at Global Grind. Chelsea currently creates content to provoke thought and conversation within Black and Brown culture and entertainment on a range of topics including music, television, film, lifestyle, and celebrity news. She has worked at Global Grind since 2020.

As an Atlanta native, Chelsea has always taken pride in her hometown fueling her ear and love for music and culture. Her academic background in Television Production at Howard University further inspired the foundation of her brand Sammy Approved and the Approved Army online community.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years, in the murder of George Floyd. News One reports that Chauvin has been found responsible in the death of Floyd and he will receive a harsher sentence. Social media users are met with many emotions watching the hearing this afternoon. 

E! Entertainment's series "Reunion Road Trip" caught up with the cast of A Different World and writer Susan Fales.

Netflix's The Upshaws has been renewed for a second season. One of the streaming platform's most watched shows will return with even more episodes. The cast joined in a virtual dance to celebrate the series return.

A viral tweet of supermodel Bella Hadid sporting a popular 90's hairstyle circulated Twitter earlier this week, and it made us remember all of the Black women who started the trend to begin with. We have great news! Black women are bringing these styles back in a major way. 

HBO's L.A. Lakers drama series casts Mike Epps to portray Richard Pryor.

Reality dating shows are some of television's most watched for a reason, and some networks simply can't get enough. Netflix is debuting their next dating show entitled Sexy Beasts where real-life singles are made up in prosthetics and elaborate makeup to put the idea of a true blind-date to the test. 

Netflix's award-winning crime drama series returns with its upcoming fourth and final season of Ozark. The relentless Byrde family has encountered a number of enemies within the first three seasons of the show, and Billboard exclusively revealed that they may be up against their most famous "killer" yet. 

BET announced that the late, great rapper DMX will be commemorated at this year's BET Awards with a special tribute. 

Writer and comedian Ziwe's self-titled Showtime series has been renewed for its second season.

Our Trinidadian sisters and brothers are not pleased with Michael B. Jordan today. Apparently, the actor has stepped into the liquor industry with the launch of his new rum brand, J'ouvert. Michael B. Jordan's choice to trademark the name has set the Trinidad and Tobago community aflame. 

A week left into Black Music Month and there is still so much music history to cover. On this day in 1963, the legendary singer and musician Stevie Wonder first entered the US singles chart as a 13-year-old Little Stevie Wonder. 

People have traveled near and far to see their favorite entertainers' names embedded in terrazzo and brass stars on the sidewalks along 15 historic blocks in Hollywood. The city of Atlanta welcomed its latest attraction honoring influential Black entertainers with the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame.