The Black-Owned Businesses Behind Your Favorite Celebrity Empires

Source: Jonathan Erasmus / Getty The law firms, financial advisors, branding agencies, and production companies that keep celebrity empires running are increasingly Black-owned businesses, and that shift is deliberate. Rihanna didn't build Fenty Beauty into a billion-dollar operation by accident. Jay-Z didn't structure his portfolio across music, spirits, and sports without counsel he trusted. Behind every major deal, every trademark filing, every licensing agreement, and every brand partnership that keeps a celebrity empire generating revenue, there's a professional services layer that . . .