From bath-salt mania to sweet little Blue Ivy, these people and things defined the year.
(The Root) -- It's been a roller-coaster year for black pop culture. We lost a queen and celebrated a king -- with the death of R&B diva Whitney Houston and the anniversary of pop megastar Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bad albums -- and hip-hop royalty gave us our first heir apparent, Jay-Z and Beyoncé's little Blue Ivy Carter. Here's The Root's list of the most commemorative and cringeworthy moments in 2012.
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