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Hood Warfare 2’s Viral Launch Shows What Black Culture Is Worth in Gaming, and Who Gets Paid

A $5.99 Shooter Went Viral. Here’s the Business Lesson for Black Game Founders A small studio turned Chicago street iconography into a viral Steam launch. The spike shows how much Black culture is worth in digital entertainment, and how little of that value reaches the communities whose culture is being sold unless Black creators own the intellectual property. The numbers…

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E.l.f. Beauty Returns Keys Soulcare to Alicia Keys in Portfolio Streamlining Move

The End of an Era: A Celebrity Brand Returns to Its Founder On May 20, 2026, E.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) announced a major portfolio shift: The company is returning full ownership of Keys Soulcare to its founder, Alicia Keys. The decision, disclosed during E.l.f.’s fiscal Q4 and full-year 2026 earnings call, marks the end of a six-year partnership that began…

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