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Drake’s Diss Was Cool, But Let’s Stop Shaming Men Who Make Less Money Than Their Girlfriends or Wives
The sad thing about it is that I know a bunch of women—including myself—who turn up, and I mean turn up, during that specific part of the diss record “Back to Back.” The part when Toronto rapper Drake screams, “Shout to all my boss bitches wifin’ [n—gas]/Make sure you hit ’em with the prenup!” He’s…
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The Shooting at the Official After-Party for Drake’s OVO Fest Unnerves Me
The Drake vs. Meek Mill beef seemed to reach an all-time high at the OVO Fest Monday night in Toronto. Drake performed both of his diss records aimed at Meek during Monday’s OVO Fest while a bunch of memes mocking the Philly rapper played on a loop behind him on a jumbo screen. But it’s…
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Kevin Hart Says His Reaction to the Idea of His Son Being Gay Is About His Own Insecurities
A few comedians have gotten into trouble while joking about how they’d be terribly disappointed if they ever found out that their son was gay. People accused them of being homophobic and, at times, promoting violence against gay people. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Kevin Hart talked about a similar joke he tells…
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Black Twitter Scolds Allure Magazine for Using a White Woman in an Afro Tutorial
Allure magazine is a beauty publication mainly targeting young white women. So I’m going to break from the chorus of individuals calling foul on how the magazine featured a white woman in an Afro tutorial. But just a little bit. The tutorial appeared in the magazine’s August 2015 issue. Actress Marissa Neitling—a white woman with…
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Bobby Brown’s Wife Reportedly Suffered a Seizure After Bobbi Kristina’s Funeral
Bobby Brown’s wife, Alicia Etheredge, suffered a seizure in a hotel room shortly after attending her stepdaughter Bobbi Kristina Brown’s funeral in an Atlanta suburb Saturday, TMZ reports. Etheredge was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was eventually able to walk with a little assistance, a source told TMZ. Bobby Brown was by her…
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If Michelle Obama Had to Pick Another Occupation, She’d Be Beyoncé
It’s another demonstration of the ongoing love fest between first lady Michelle Obama and the first lady of pop music, Beyoncé. Obama released a video snippet on Instagram of an interview she did with rapper Wale during a college-preparation event at the White House a few weeks back. When Wale asked what advice Obama would…
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Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Says White Accusers Should Have Come Forward Because Cosby Is a Black Man and Would Have Been Target No. 1
Bill Cosby’s attorney Monique Pressley appeared on HuffPost Live Friday and did what she was hired to do: defend her client. She poked holes through the swarm of allegations that Cosby sexually assaulted more than two dozen women over the course of three decades. Pressley scolded the media as being biased and wondered why, when…
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Raven-Symoné Says She Was Made to Feel Self-Conscious About Her Weight on The Cosby Show
Janet Jackson once talked about how she developed huge insecurities while working as a young actress on the set of Good Times, when she had her chest bound because she was growing breasts. That feeling—that she wasn’t good enough—stayed with her. Earlier this week on The View, Raven-Symoné recalled something similar. She remembered how her weight…
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#AllLionsMatter Parodies the Fact That People Are More Outraged Over Cecil the Dead Lion Than Slain Black People
You had to be living under a rock this week if you didn’t hear the sad story of Cecil, the lion in Zimbabwe who was lured out of his natural habitat, shot with an arrow and tracked for two days while he slowly died. Cecil was finally shot with a rifle, skinned and decapitated—a hunt…
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Former NBA Star Antoine Walker Blew Through $108,000,000; Now He’s a Financial Adviser for Morgan Stanley
For a young black athlete, hearing horror stories about what can happen if you blow through your million-dollar salary will probably resonate a lot better if the person dishing out the financial advice can attest to that reality firsthand. That’s what the executives over at Morgan Stanley were probably thinking when they hired Antoine Walker,…
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