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Tiffany Haddish Once Auditioned for VH1's Flavor of Love
In a recent interview with Wired, Tiffany Haddish announced that she once auditioned for Flavor of Love but declined when she found that the love interest would be Flavor Flav. I mean, can you blame her? While Haddish was out here hustling and promoting her new No. 1 film, Night School, she sat down for…
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Someone Jumped Up to Get Beatdown on Stage During Beyoncé and Jay-Z's On The Run II Tour
Whew, chile, when Beyoncé and the father of her children asked, “Have you ever seen a crowd going apeshit?!” they never imagined that would lead to some unsophisticated philistine jumping on the stage and chasing them like the couple owed him money. As reported by CNN, the incident happened towards the end of the couple’s…
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In a ’90s Kind of World, I’m Glad I Had My Girls: Living Single at 25 and Me
Growing up 55 shades of gay in the ’90s, there were not a lot of places for a young whippersnapper like me to draw inspiration from what life could be like as an adult. Friends? Too unseasoned. Seinfeld? I don’t know her. Fraiser? Cute, but for a six-year-old with a serious Princess Ariel obsession, not…
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#CaucasianCallingTax: White People Need to Be Taxed for Wasting Police Officers’ Time
At this point, people are becoming hashtags in a way we never imagined. #PermitPatty, #BBQBecky and other melanin-deficient folks have decided that they should be the gatekeepers of spaces where black people thrive. Now we have #PoolPatrolPaula because socks. At this point, they’ve got to be stopped, and I know just how to do it:…
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SZA Sang in Italicized Times New Roman, While Ella Mai Made Thugs Sway at 2018’s BET Experience
The 2018 BET Awards weekend is well underway, and just as ethnic as I presumed it would be! I hopped off the plane at LAX (no Miley) and was greeted with a vast array of lace fronts, Gucci track suits, and about four of your cousins in do-rags and roller sets. It felt welcoming. The…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Drop Surprise Album: Everything Is Love
RING THE ALARM! WORLD STOP! No. seriously, STOP whatever you’re doing. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Beyoncé and Jay-Z have just single-handedly come for whatever it is you have left of your edges and have dropped yet another surprise album entitled Everything Is Love. Here I am minding my whole entire business, heading to a…
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Woman Who Called the Cops on Oakland, Calif., Family Becomes Viral Meme
“Hello, Officer, it’s me, Susan. I’ve entered what I think to be a racist black site called The Root? They keep calling me Becky and pushing the gay agenda. Officer, I even think they’re trying to ruin the black family by taking out straight black men!! I don’t feel safe.” It seems that black people…
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All Hail #Beychella: Beyoncé Makes History at Coachella
Greetings, big sister Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Dean of Pledges. Snatcher of Edges. Wearer of Bundles. On April 15, 2018, Beyoncé scalped America bald when she gave the blackest performance Coachella has ever seen. Since 1999, the music festival has had many artists perform on its stage, but it has never had a QUEEN. Until now.…
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Black Twitter Goes In on Howard University Student at Center of Financial Scandal
Shortly after a (now deleted) report leaked that officials at Howard University allegedly stole nearly $1 million from the university’s financial aid office, one former student-employee was dragged by Black Twitter into the spotlight and became the face of the controversy. According to NBC4 Washington, six employees were fired from Howard University last year after…
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Grown-ish Explores the Truths of Dating as a Black Woman
Malcolm X told no lies when he said that the most disrespected person in America was the black woman. When it comes to dating, no one gets less love than black women because everyone is checking for the girl who looks black, but no one wants the girl who is actually black. Wednesday night’s episode…
