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Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History

Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History

Ten years ago, no one could have predicted Young Money Records would have a downfall like this…

After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on 'Immigrants Built America' Controversy

After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on ‘Immigrants Built America’ Controversy

Project 2025 Creators are Ready to Control Your Marriage and Childbirth -- and It's Scary

Project 2025 Creators are Ready to Control Your Marriage and Childbirth — and It’s Scary

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The Wild TikTok Theory About Teyana Taylor’s Meteoric Rise—and the Sudden Fade of Exes Iman Shumpert and Aaron Pierre

Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV

Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service

Detroit Judge Allegedly Embezzles $300K From the City’s Poor — Here’s What She Bought With It, Feds Say

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Relationship Goals’ Stars Kelly Rowland, Method Man Talk New Film, Give Priceless Dating Advice

Trump Wants to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Before Midterms, Here’s Why You Should Worry

The Internet Is Hot Over Kim Burrell's R.Kelly, Diddy Comments

The Internet Is Hot Over Kim Burrell’s R.Kelly, Diddy Comments

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

The Chilling Sentence Just Handed Down to Calif. Couple Who Decapitated Their Two Kids and Made Siblings View Their Remains

The Chilling Sentence Just Handed Down to Calif. Couple Who Decapitated Their Two Kids and Made Siblings View Their Remains

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'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Dish on What It Takes to be True Bad Boys

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Dish on What It Takes to be True Bad Boys

Samuel L. Jackson, John David and Malcolm Washington on 'The Piano Lesson,' Family and Legacy

Samuel L. Jackson, John David and Malcolm Washington on ‘The Piano Lesson,’ Family and Legacy

Wayne Brady and Maile Brady Tell Us Who Choreographs Their Fun TikTok Dances

Wayne Brady and Maile Brady Tell Us Who Choreographs Their Fun TikTok Dances

Morris Chestnut Tells Us What Song Always Gets Him to the Dance Floor and What You Better Not Bring to a Party at His House

Morris Chestnut Tells Us What Song Always Gets Him to the Dance Floor and What You Better Not Bring to a Party at His House

3 Ways to Think Like a Businessman, According to Executive Walter Davis

3 Ways to Think Like a Businessman, According to Executive Walter Davis

Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV

Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV

For months, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has been facing heat over the purchase of an executive vehicle worth over $160,000.

The Essential Luther Vandross Playlist of His Best Songs

The Essential Luther Vandross Playlist of His Best Songs

Elon Musk Threatens Boycott of 'The Odyssey' After Black Actress Chosen As World's Most Beautiful Woman

Elon Musk Threatens Boycott of ‘The Odyssey’ After Black Actress Chosen As World’s Most Beautiful Woman

Don Lemon Describes the Moments of His Arrest by FBI Agents

Don Lemon Describes the Moments of His Arrest by FBI Agents

The Humiliating Reason a Tuskegee University Coach Was Handcuffed, Escorted From Rival Morehouse Game

The Humiliating Reason a Tuskegee University Coach Was Handcuffed, Escorted From Rival Morehouse Game

Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: 'Relationship Goals' Stars Kelly Rowland, Method Man Talk New Film, Give Priceless Dating Advice

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Relationship Goals’ Stars Kelly Rowland, Method Man Talk New Film, Give Priceless Dating Advice

Music stars Kelly Rowland and Cliff “Method Man” Smith sat down with The Root to chat their spicy and teachable romcom, ‘Relationship Goals.’

You'll Be Shocked at How Much These Black TV Actors <i>Really</i> Get Paid...

You’ll Be Shocked at How Much These Black TV Actors Really Get Paid…

The One, Hilarious Thing Keke Palmer Refuses to Do In Relationships

The One, Hilarious Thing Keke Palmer Refuses to Do In Relationships

Why It's Finally Time for Everyone to Mute Cam Newton

Why It’s Finally Time for Everyone to Mute Cam Newton

All of the 2026 Grammys Red Carpet Fashion Trainwrecks

All of the 2026 Grammys Red Carpet Fashion Trainwrecks

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Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History

Why Young Money Records Had the Biggest Fall-Off in Hip-Hop History

Ten years ago, no one could have predicted Young Money Records would have a downfall like this…

By Phenix S Halley

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

By Angela Johnson

The Wild TikTok Theory About Teyana Taylor’s Meteoric Rise—and the Sudden Fade of Exes Iman Shumpert and Aaron Pierre

The Wild TikTok Theory About Teyana Taylor’s Meteoric Rise—and the Sudden Fade of Exes Iman Shumpert and Aaron Pierre

By Angela Wilson

Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV

Brandon Scott Shuts Down Reporter After Questions About His Pricey Executive SUV

By Phenix S Halley

Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service

Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service

By Shanelle Genai

Culture

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

Black Mom Telling Parents to Not Go Broke Trying to Make Their Kids Happy Sparks TikTok Debate

Project 2025 Creators are Ready to Control Your Marriage and Childbirth -- and It's Scary

Project 2025 Creators are Ready to Control Your Marriage and Childbirth — and It’s Scary

After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on 'Immigrants Built America' Controversy

After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on ‘Immigrants Built America’ Controversy

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)

Opinion

Kendrick Lamar's 27-Grammy Massacre: How The Rap Assassin Killed the Pop Star

Kendrick Lamar’s 27-Grammy Massacre: How The Rap Assassin Killed the Pop Star

Civil Rights Lawyer: How a KKK Law is Being Used to Silence Two Black Women in Minneapolis

Civil Rights Lawyer: How a KKK Law is Being Used to Silence Two Black Women in Minneapolis

Dark Skinned Black Men Weren't Considered Sexy...Until One Man Changed The Game

Dark Skinned Black Men Weren’t Considered Sexy…Until One Man Changed The Game

White Christian Nationalism Is the True Culprit For What's Happening in Minneapolis

White Christian Nationalism Is the True Culprit For What’s Happening in Minneapolis

Beauty/Style

RIP Valentino: Iconic Black Celebrity Looks by the Designer

RIP Valentino: Iconic Black Celebrity Looks by the Designer

Black Celebs' Most Iconic Giorgio Armani Fashion Moments

Black Celebs’ Most Iconic Giorgio Armani Fashion Moments

The Evolution of A$AP Rocky's Style

The Evolution of A$AP Rocky’s Style

Historic Black Facts Behind The Controversial Ralph Lauren Oak Bluffs Collection

Historic Black Facts Behind The Controversial Ralph Lauren Oak Bluffs Collection

Viral Stories

Major Moments and Snubs at 2026 Grammys, Including Bad Bunny Going Off on ICE

Major Moments and Snubs at 2026 Grammys, Including Bad Bunny Going Off on ICE

Don Lemon Makes Red Carpet Appearance at 2026 Grammys Days After Shocking Arrest

Don Lemon Makes Red Carpet Appearance at 2026 Grammys Days After Shocking Arrest

Grammys 2026: Michelle Williams, Shaboozey and Other Black Stars Who Stunned on the Red Carpet

Grammys 2026: Michelle Williams, Shaboozey and Other Black Stars Who Stunned on the Red Carpet

How to Watch the 2026 Grammys and Which Black Stars to Root For

How to Watch the 2026 Grammys and Which Black Stars to Root For

Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service

Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service

Pastor Jamal Bryant is fighting back after a white evangelical pastor decided to disrupt his church service. And now he’s calling for some sort of repercussions!

Detroit Judge Allegedly Embezzles $300K From the City's Poor -- Here's What She Bought With It, Feds Say

Detroit Judge Allegedly Embezzles $300K From the City’s Poor — Here’s What She Bought With It, Feds Say

Detroit judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin is accused of embezzling thousands from wards of the state to fund a bar and her car lease…but that’s not all.

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After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on 'Immigrants Built America' Controversy

After Bernice King Chimes in, Shaboozey Finally Breaks Silence on ‘Immigrants Built America’ Controversy

Some of the Best Places Around the Country to Learn About Black History All Year Long

Some of the Best Places Around the Country to Learn About Black History All Year Long

The Internet Is Hot Over Kim Burrell's R.Kelly, Diddy Comments

The Internet Is Hot Over Kim Burrell’s R.Kelly, Diddy Comments

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)

2026 BHM: Secret Black Systems That Kept Us Alive (And Still Do)