Wealth & Finance

Mac scatters bills like confetti in the music video for his song “Billions,” just like many other hip-hop artists. But there the similarities end. For while his peers may rap about partying and good times in their music, Mac’s lyrics are about things like budgets and balance sheets. “What is...

Through their popular Earn Your Leisure Podcast—which they describe as “a college business class mixed with pop culture”—Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings aim to take some of the mystery out of managing money and building wealth. The pair sat down with WayMaker Journal to share some of their financial...

It sounds almost farfetched. The forthcoming Paramount+ drama Construction will center on a successful fifth-generation Black, female construction boss and “the hard-knuckled, male-dominated world of a trillion-dollar industry in which she navigates big money; city and state politics; and above all else, family.” But the series is actually inspired by...

Chicago’s Willis Tower, the tallest building in the city, was an appropriate venue for this year’s Waymaker Men’s Summit, where attendees were encouraged to reach higher. The two-day “Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone for Growth”-themed gathering brought inspirational and educational challenges from leading voices in business, entertainment, media, sports,...

Among the racial injustices spotlighted in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020 was the economic inequality that has kept Black communities from prospering like others. Corporations pledged as much as $350 million, by some accounts, to helping redress the racial wealth imbalances by investing more in Black...