How The Shade Room’s Angelica Nwandu Went From Gossip Girl to Media Mogul
Angelica Nwandu had a penchant for celebrity gossip, and when she left her job as an accountant in 2014 to pursue screenwriting, she found herself with more free time. In her small apartment in downtown Los Angeles, she indulged in this passion and discussed it with friends, one of whom encouraged her to start her own gossip platform. This idea evolved into an Instagram account she named The Shade Room (TSR). Nwandu’s inaugural post explained the name: “I said, ‘The Shade Room is the truth room,'” she remembers. “Shade delves deep into the culture,” she explains. “When you think about the Black diaspora, we are often very candid with each other. I see it as much more profound than what is portrayed in the media. It’s not just about being petty; it’s about survival.