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Viral TikTok Helps Black-Owned App BiteSight Reinvent Food Delivery In New York City

What happens when TikTok energy collides with food delivery? You get BiteSight — a new, Black-owned app rising fast in the Apple App Store rankings. It all started with a viral trend: a sister playfully “bullying” TikTok into supporting her brother’s startup. The internet listened — and now, BiteSight is taking off. As of June 24, 2025, the app holds a rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 from over 1,200 reviews. @realeater.flou It’s called BiteSight and it’s really fun I promise 🙂 #foodelivery #nyc #founder ♬ original sound – Lucious ~ Building BiteSight🍔 “I built this because I wanted to see all of my friends’ favorite food delivery spots,” founder Lucious shared. “Now, I can, like, go to their profile, see the places they like and what they rated them… and everything you see, you can get it delivered in like 15 minutes. It’s really cool.” On BiteSight, users scroll through short videos and photos from some of the best real spots in New York City, according to its description on the App...

Jun 24, 2025

Kevin Ford, The Viral Burger King Employee Who Received A Goodie Bag For Never Missing Work For 27 Years, Buys A Food Truck With Donations From Supporters

New beginnings are on the horizon for Kevin Ford. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, Ford worked at Burger King and had never missed a day of work for 27 years. The company awarded his years of service with a goodie bag that included a movie ticket, candy, a Starbucks cup, a lanyard, two pens, and two keychains. However, when a video of him receiving his gift went viral, social media users believed that was not enough to reflect Ford’s years of dedication. So, supporters started contributing to a GoFundMe campaign that one of his daughters had created to help him afford a travel ticket to visit family. The campaign had reached more than $212,000 by June 2022. “I just can’t believe this. Thank you, thank you, everybody,” he expressed at the time during a “TODAY” interview with his family. “I just want to tell everybody out there, ‘Thank you for every cent.’ Just the thought of watching the video and just having a reason to smile. I want to thank everybody.” He continued: “There’s been...

Aug 20, 2024

Could This New Viral AI-Powered Pendant Become Your New Friend?

An artificial intelligence (AI) developer wants to make his next creation your next bestie. Some young people have imaginary friends. Television shows and movies like “Barney & Friends” and “Toy Story” brought the concept of imaginary friends to screens and may have even created nostalgia for that feeling. Avi Schiffmann is turning that feeling into reality with a device he calls “friend” that he promoted on X (formerly Twitter). The video in the post , which has garnered 22.5 million views at the time of writing, shows users with a wearable pendant engaging in a detailed conversation via a chat prompt on their mobile phones. The users press the button on the pendant, which responds to what the person says and is constantly listening to find prompted and unprompted ways to communicate with the user. Although AI fuels the pendant, the company’s website says friend is not imaginary. The product was birthed out of the 21-year-old founder’s personal need for connection. “friend is an...

Aug 1, 2024

Morgan Freeman Calls Viral TikTok Video Using His AI-Generated Narration A 'Scam’

Morgan Freeman has debunked a viral video that is using his likeness. A TikToke r with the username “Justine’s Camera Roll” shared a 44-second video while on vacation in Spain that appeared to be narrated by the actor. Welcome to my niece’s day in the life, narrated by me, Morgan Freeman. Justine begged for money for what she said would be a cultural experience in Spain,” the video narration began in the TikTok video. Freeman’s artificial intelligence-generated voice continues throughout the video. The TikTok video was later reshared on X, formerly known as Twitter, by user “JahelisWasHere” on June 24, 2024. It gained traction, garnering 16.5 million views (at the time of this writing). Her uncle is Morgan Freeman and she gets him to narrate her day in the life vlogs. She wins at life and content creating. This is such a flex. pic.twitter.com/muIh62Vvg2 — Jahelis. (@JahelisWasHere) June 25, 2024 The video also caught Morgan Freeman’s attention. On X, he shared that he was not behind...

Jul 2, 2024

TikTok Creator MiriTheSiren Secures Paid Partnership With Shake Shack After Being Told To Pull The Plug On Viral Chick-Fil-A Reviews

Rejection is simply redirection, and this was the case for TikTok creator MiriTheSiren. The Chick-fil-A employee is known for her countless reviews of the restaurant’s food, which have helped her garner thousands of loyal followers since January 2024. Her most recent video filming the fast food chain’s Cherry Berry drink gained 323,400 likes and 3.4 million views since sharing it on April 8, 2024. In total, she has gained 3.7 million likes for her various Chick-fil-A food combinations using her employee meal. “Since January, every day, I went to work at Chick-fil-A. I have been reviewing my employee meal since I started in January. I have garnered tens of millions of views, some of my individual videos, getting up to 3.4 million in just a few days,” MiriTheSiren expressed in a video. “And it’s been a beautiful experience. It’s been so great. I’ve inspired people to try new things at Chick-fil-A. I’ve been able to connect more with my community and the people that I serve because...

Apr 23, 2024

Rapper Behind For Viral TikTok Song '90mh' Ordered To Pay Sony Music Over $800K

A TikTok rapper will be going against Sony Music Entertainment in court. According to Billboard, 20-year-old rapper Dantreal Clark-Rainbolt, more commonly known as Trefuego, had a viral hit on TikTok thanks to his release of “90mh.” The songs was featured in at least 155,000 videos on the platform. Additionally, it has been streamed a minimum of 100 million times on Spotify. The outlet also reported he has garnered significant earnings from the song’s popularity, with estimates reaching almost $700,000. However, it appears the rapper won’t be able to roll in the dough for much longer. He is now in troubled water for utilizing a copyright sample from Toshifumi Hinata’s 1986 song “Reflections,” according to Rolling Stone. “Trefuego brazenly sought to ride the coattails of Hinata’s creativity and popularity without regard to the United States copyright laws or the rights of plaintiffs,” Sony’s attorneys wrote per Billboard. “He used and copied plaintiffs’ work without so much as...

Apr 15, 2024

TikToker Claims Crumbl Cookie Offered A PR Package In Exchange For A Viral Sound That He Says Garnered Nearly 100M Impressions

Pay equity is a constant fight for Black creators, and this was a daunting reality for TikTok creator Keandre Dre Hopkins. In February 2024, Hopkins, otherwise known as Dre in Dallas, took to the platform — which now shows he has 1.1 million followers as of this writing — to highlight Crumbl Cookie’s latest lineup, which included a purple sandwich cookie in partnership with pop star Olivia Rodrigo. His comedic input when critiquing the cookie turned into a viral sound bite: “Olivia Rodriguez, that lil Mexican girl that be crying. Zero out of 10.” The TikTok video has garnered 19.7 million views and 2.4 million likes so far. Furthermore, the sound was later used by Rodrigo in good humor on March 6, 2024, via TikTok and racked in 50.1 million views and 6.8 million likes as of April 5, 2024. @dreindallas @Crumbl Cookies ♬ original sound – Dre To no surprise, it appears Crumbl Cookie took wind of the viral video and reached out to Hopkins. In a TikTok video, he claims they were looking...

Apr 5, 2024

Meet Olamide Olowe, The Founder And CEO Who Raised Over $14M In Funding Before Age 26 For Her Viral Topicals Brand

If you’re active on social media, you’ve more than likely come across one of Topicals’ products. For one of its latest popular social marketing campaigns, the skincare company partnered with Black influencers for a brand trip to Ghana for “Detty December,” a time when people travel to Nigeria and/or Ghana to celebrate the holiday season. @topicals 10s across the board. #topicalsgonetoghana #freetheyouth ♬ original sound – ROMAN ZOLANSKI

Jan 23, 2024

Exclusive: Project Pat Partners With 2 Black Founders Who Are On A Quest To Amplify The Artists Behind The Viral Remixes You Hear On Social Media

A new platform has emerged to refine the relationship between artists and their fans. Co-founders Darin Stewart (CEO) and Marleisse Stephens (CMO) are the visionaries of Happy Monday, a remix platform driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and their respective creative agencies. The goal is to keep the power in the hands of artists by enabling them to profit from their songs while also granting users the freedom to create various versions of the songs.

Jan 12, 2024

Milano Di Rouge Founder Recalls Viral H&M Incident, Which Eventually Led Her Brand To Triple Its Sales  — 'That Was A Lesson, But It Was A Blessing'

Milan Harris, also known as Milan Rouge, can attest to being able to learn more from your losses than your wins.

Jan 11, 2024

Jerome Bettis Gets Emotional In A Viral Clip As He Completes His Final Exams To Graduate From Notre Dame 28 Years After Leaving

Jerome “The Bus” Bettis has shown that a dream deferred doesn’t mean a dream denied.

Dec 22, 2023

Black Woman Goes Viral After Using AI To Update Her LinkedIn Headshots

Mixed feelings have been swarming regarding the usage of artificial intelligence (AI).

Jul 12, 2023

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