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  • Watch: The Women of ShondaLand Make a Bold Video Endorsing Hillary Clinton

    Now it makes sense that Hillary Clinton was on the set of Scandal the other day, just kiki-ing it up with the gladiators over at Olivia Pope & Associates. Clinton snagged Kerry Washington’s endorsement last year, and now the actress is joined by a few other female powerhouses at ShondaLand who are backing Clinton’s presidential…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 11, 2016
  • Beyoncé on Her Biggest Hero, Proudest Moment and the Book She Wants Her Young Fans to Read

    Beyoncé did another mini-interview with an independent magazine. It seems like she’s done with granting open-ended interviews with mainstream publications. In the lucky outlet, Garage magazine, the music icon opened up her proudest moment, her biggest hero and why she’s such a huge fan of art. The YBF has highlights from the interview, which is available…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 11, 2016
  • Tisha Campbell-Martin Finally Reveals What Tommy Did for a Living on Martin

    One of the world’s greatest mysteries in the 1990s was what Tommy did for a living on Martin. The series is inarguably one of the best half-hour comedy shows in all of American television (at least that’s what we Martin fanatics think). And a running joke on the show was that Tommy was always well…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 11, 2016
  • Here’s Why Iyanla Vanzant Says She’ll Never Marry Again After 3 Divorces

    “Never!” That’s how Iyanla Vanzant interrupted Tyrese Gibson during her appearance on It’s Not You, It’s Men when he began to ask her if she would ever get married again.  “I would never, ever, ever,” she said again, just in case Tyrese or his co-host, Rev. Run, didn’t hear her right the first time. Vanzant, a…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 10, 2016
  • Biggie’s Childhood Friend Pens Revealing Facebook Post About the Brooklyn MC

    Among the spate of documentary specials about Biggie that aired in the 1990s after his death, his mother, Voletta Wallace, said time and time again that her son was an honor roll student. That her son Christopher, better known to the public as the Notorious B.I.G., was intelligent, warm and funny. She wasn’t trying to…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 10, 2016
  • Charlamagne: Donald Trump Bumper Sticker Is New Confederate Flag

    You can say a lot of things about New York City radio DJ Charlamagne tha God’s intrusive and hilarious interview style, but when the man speaks truth, he speaks truth. During an interview with Sirius XM, Charlamagne warned Americans about what Donald Trump’s presidential campaign means. “The soul of the country is at stake in…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 10, 2016
  • Katt Williams Arrested for 2nd Time in 8 Days

    Katt Williams’ run-ins with the law continue.  According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Williams was arrested in Atlanta Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill his bodyguard. Williams and two friends allegedly struck his bodyguard, Corey Dixon, on Feb. 28, which was one day before Williams was arrested in another incident in which he was accused of…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 9, 2016
  • 6 Feel-Good Moments From Christopher George Latore Wallace 

    Today marks 19 years since American music lost one of its greatest poets and lyricist: the Notorious B.I.G. Here are a few songs and moments that demonstrate why Biggie has gone down as one of the most beloved and cherished creatives in this nation’s history. 1. His storytelling in “Warning.” Biggie’s storytelling was impeccable. Bar…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 9, 2016
  • People Are Petitioning for Fetty Wap to Perform ‘Trap Queen’ at Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

    During President Ronald Reagan’s “war on drugs” back in the ’80s, his wife, Nancy Reagan, branded herself the queen of the brigade with her “Just Say No” campaign. Both initiatives criminalized a jobs and addiction crisis and put hundreds of thousands of black Americans behind bars. But the hypocrisy of the initiative became clear when…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 9, 2016
  • Watch: Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in Confirmation Trailer

    Before then-President Bill Clinton told the nation that he “did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. [Monica] Lewinsky,” then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas told a congressional confirmation committee: “I deny every allegation against me today that suggested that I, in any way, ever, harassed Anita Hill.  “From my standpoint, it’s a high-tech…

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    Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele






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    March 7, 2016
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