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Essence Held a Supa Dupa Fly Night Honoring the Icon Missy Elliott
2018 has been deemed the year of the black woman, and Essence kicked off Grammy weekend by honoring four-time Grammy winner Missy Elliott at its 9th Annual Black Women in Music event in New York City on Thursday night. From the start of her career, Missy hit the scene hard, and her style and talent…
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Azealia Banks Issues Apology to Beyoncé
Azealia Banks must have gotten common sense for Christmas, because she just issued an apology to Beyoncé. In 2016, Banks poked at the Beyhive when she came for the Queen in a series of social media posts that not only criticized the greatness that is Lemonade but also claimed that Beyoncé had sold her soul.…
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Pumpkin Spice Brings My Inner White Girl to the Yard
It’s the first day of fall, and it’s time to bring back the only seasoning acknowledged by white people: pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice is the official seasoning of the Caucasian, and my inner white woman, who didn’t vote for the dotard Donald Trump, celebrates when it starts to hit the shelves. Yup, I’m a black…
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Mahershala Ali to Give True Detective a Much Needed Shot of Melanin
Mahershala Ali is still out here collecting checks, and he will be joining the third season of HBO’s True Detective. After what felt like an eternity to True Detective fans, HBO announced Thursday that the anthology series will be returning for a third installment. No, you’re not being punk’d; this is really happening! Ali will…
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Brunch Is the Most Important Meal of the Gay?
According to Twitter, brunch makes you gay. Yup. In 2017, the year of our Lord and Savior, having an affinity for bacon and pancakes is a telltale sign of your homosexuality. Over the weekend, a series of tweets erupted stating that men who enjoy brunch must be gay. I was thoroughly confused. Unless there is…
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Migos Had Time for Chris Brown at the BET Awards
Picture it: Los Angeles, the 2017 BET Awards. A night filled with peak black excellence and a celebrity boxing match that no one expected. The world didn’t get the Soulja Boy-and-Chris Brown fight it wanted, but it got a Migos-and-Breezy brawl outside the awards show. After his 5-6-7-8s on the BET stage, Breezy obviously had…
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TV One Announces Future Bobbi Kristina Documentary, Other Standouts
It’s been almost two years since the tragic death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of two R&B titans, and TV One is planning a made-for-TV movie about her brief, 22 years of life in the spotlight. The teaser clip from the film Bobbi Kristina, set to debut this summer, was one of the many…
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So Many People Failed Black History Month 2017; Here Are 8 Ways to Do Better
Black History Month 2017 proved my grandfather right: Common sense really isn’t that common. This year, as in previous years, I subscribed to the notion of being #365BLACK, but I made it a point to be extra unapologetically black this year. I wore African print, consumed a little more chicken than usual and kept hot…
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Online Dating in the Age of Netflix and Chill
Online dating is like bargain shopping for a Chanel bag at Goodwill. You might find it, but you have to dig. Recently, I relocated to New York City and was told by a friend to try online dating; against my better judgment, I took his advice and joined OkCupid. Within hours of being on the…
