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The Blak Mrkt is is a media company and website based in Los Angeles, created by and for black millennials, offering the latest celebrity and trending news daily, predominantly within the African American community. Currently Instagram-based, Their mission is to "economically and creatively support Black millennials across the African scape, so they can pursue the work they love, and change the world in the process.

Founding
The Blak Mrkt was founded by Brandon R. Ingram “Blak” (CEO) in 2018. Ingram had worked at US Navy for nine years prior but left to found the new company. The Blak Mrkt is a combination of the words "black" and "gravity" inspired by Ingram's experience as an undergraduate at Platt College (San Diego); he was struck that eating lunch with a few friends at their regular table in the college cafeteria over time attracted more and more black students to their discussions of everything from politics to pop culture, a kind of intellectual "black gravity". Blak currently lives and works from Los Angeles alongside his Lead Editor and Content Manager PJ “BossmanJaay” Myles working diligently on The Blak Mrkt, the majority of The Blak Mrkt's news is reported primarily on Instagram.

Content, visitors and growth
Founder Brandon R. Ingram described the site as focused "on sub-cultures, community, and local happenings in different cities rather than covering celebrities and mainstream black culture.

In 2021, The Blak Mrkt launched a black travel platform, The Blak Passport, and the black entertainment podcast In The Cut Live.