Angelica Nwandu is a notable figure in the digital media and publishing industry. Angelica Nwandu was born to Nigerian parents in Los Angeles, California, in 1989.
However, the names of her parents are not public knowledge. When she was just six years old, she lost her mother to domestic abuse at the hands of her father.
She spent most of her life in a troubled foster care setting, but she discovered a love for writing when she joined Peace4Kids, a program for foster adolescents to tap into their creative potential.
Angelica Nwandu received her bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University. Angelica Nwandu is the founder of the Shade Room (TSR), an Instagram-based media company focused on celebrity gossip.
The site has since branched out into covering politics and focusing on Black culture news. The Shade Room has over 20 million subscribers across all platforms.
Under Nwandu’s leadership, The Shade Room has become not only a source of entertainment news but also a platform for discussing social and cultural issues.
Nwandu was dubbed “The Oprah of our generation” by Refinery29 and a “celebrity culture savant” by Complex. Time magazine named TSR in the 30 most influential on the internet in 2016. The New York Times called the Shade Room “Instagram’s TMZ”