Floyd Mayweather is always where the money resides. The boxing elite recently gave a fan $100,000. The lucky winner was able to tap into the opportunity through a giveaway hosted by Mayweather. To qualify, users had to like, retweet, tag five friends in the comment section, and join the Mayweverse Discord. The opportunity drew in over 75,000 discord members in a week, TMZ reports. The winner was chosen at random and ultimately the cash prize went to Instagram user f.ali04. For the launch of my NFT Project @Mayweverse I’m giving away 100,000$ 🎁💰 To win the 100,000$ in cash: 1️⃣ Follow @mayweverse 2️⃣ Like and RT 3️⃣ Tag 5 Friends 4️⃣ Join the Discord : https://t.co/LonXCkrccZ The winner will be announced in 72 hours Good Luck 🥊 pic.twitter.com/fAlTmSLPyE — Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 23, 2022 “When you are associated with Floyd and his businesses anything can happen on any given day that will change your life,” James McNair, President of The Money Team said, according to TMZ....

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson have given back to somewhere that holds a special place in their hearts. The married couple donated $5 million toward the renovation of Spelman College’s John D. Rockefeller Fine Arts building, the historically Black college’s largest alumnae donation in its history, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Others joined the two in supporting the arts building. According to the outlet, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, their friends, donated $10 million, the Bank of America donated $2 million and descendants of John D. Rockefeller donated $300,000. The contributions totaled to $17.3 million, which will help to keep the historic Spelman arts alive for the next generations of students to come. “Renovation talk has been going on since I arrived at Spelman over seven and a half years ago,” said chair of the Theater and Performance Department Aku Kadogo. “You don’t really believe it until you see it, so I’m excited that this is happening.”

Our favorite “Hot Girl ” Megan Thee Stallion is not only about to earn her college degree, but she’s also about to help others who are on track to earning their degree, too. Megan Thee Stallion was recently announced as one of Glamor’s 2021 Women of the Year. In her bold cover story, Megan tells the story of how she landed in health administration after switching over from business and before that, nursing. Now, the “Savage” singer has no plans on letting her degree sit as a trophy alongside her three Grammys, six BET Awards, and a Billboard Women in Music Award, to name a few. As Megan is set to become a college grad, she won’t have the same realities as others who face the difficulties of landing a job in their expected career field. https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3JuiBlI2e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link “I see a lot of my peers—a lot of people I went to high school with,” Megan Thee Stallion said, according to Glamour. “They get their degree in, like, biology and then work at...

To provide a space for Black talent in tech, OneTen — a group of industry executives aiming to hire and build Black individuals to create an equitable and inclusive workforce — has launched its inaugural scholarship program to provide support for over 3,500 students over the next two years, a press release states. The program was created to spearhead underserved Black talent toward the tech industry — with a focus on four core tech competencies: digital marketing, business analytics, front end developer, and predictive analytics — despite not acquiring four-year degrees. “By investing in talent transformation, we can help remove the barriers to diversity in tech. By providing access to resources that are designed to nurture and develop people’s skills, we can help get more Black talent into the technology space,” Dennis Schultz, Executive Director of the BIT Foundation, said in a press release. As a contribution toward OneTen’s commitment, Udacity and Blacks In Technology will lend...

One thing about Target, they’re going to pay it forward. As AfroTech previously reported, the retail giant announced this past April, that it will provide $2 billion in support toward products from over 500 Black-owned businesses. Now, they’ve announced in a blog post that they will be allocating $100 million in funding to Black communities through 2025. With this new commitment, they aim to fuel economic prosperity to Black-led organizations as a part of their Target Forward Strategy designed to ensure the company equitably represents the communities they serve. “As one of the largest retailers in the U.S., we know we have the responsibility and opportunity to use our resources to help end systemic racism and accelerate economic prosperity for Black communities,” said A manda Nusz , President and Corporate Responsibility senior of the Target Foundation, in a blog post. “With this commitment, we aim to support the next generation of Black talent, expand the impact of Black-led...