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When the Mighty Have Fallen: 50 Cent Reveals That His Lavish Lifestyle Was an Illusion
Bob Marley once sang: “If all that glitters is gold, then half the story has never been told.” Truer words have never been spoken, and 50 Cent Tuesday described the parts of his lifestyle that went untold. For instance: A lot of the jewelry and cars you see him flashing on social media? They’re on…
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Nicki Minaj Says Tidal Was Slammed, but Taylor Swift Was Celebrated for Shunning Spotify. White Media, Why the Double Standard?
In one fell swoop, Nicki Minaj articulated a legitimate paranoia held by many blacks: the idea that the powers that be will always try to trivialize, nitpick or sabotage the efforts of black people who are trying to amass real wealth. I’m not talking about getting rich; I’m talking wealth with a capital ‘W.’ Bill…
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Piers Morgan Tweets ‘All Lives Matter’ and Gets Into It With Black Twitter
Yep, we’re here again. People are questioning the premise behind the “Black Lives Matter” phrase, arguing that it’s divisive and suggests a superiority and that “All Lives Matter” is more appropriate. They refuse to understand the unique set of challenges that black people face in being subjected to excessive police force, and the necessity of…
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Young Jeezy Says Donald Trump Is Making a Mockery of the Presidential Election to Help Build His Own Brand
Give Young Jeezy a 10-minute appearance slot on a prime-time news show. The Georgia rapper is dropping knowledge about the 2016 presidential election and weighed in on the intentions of the guy who’s currently polling in first place in the Republican campaign. Young Jeezy posted three tweets Monday calling Donald Trump’s bluff, saying that…
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50 Cent: AT&T Is Racist Because It’s Dropping Urban-Friendly Channels Like Starz
50 Cent is probably overly concerned about every last one of his moneymaking endeavors now that a New York grand jury has ordered him to cough up $5 million in a civil suit. Not to mention the other financial hardships he said he’s experiencing in a recent bankruptcy filing. So don’t go messing with his…
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The Root’s #MCM: Golden Moments of President Obama Being So Trill Lately
For a while there, I was concerned that President Barack Obama wouldn’t do enough to earn a think piece describing all the ways he’s kept it “completely 100″—similar to the way we commended former Attorney General Eric Holder for keeping it “eight more than 92” last year. Let me tell you, I fretted over this, had…
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D.L. Hughley: Arthur Ashe Fought AIDS and Segregation; Caitlyn Jenner Put on a Dress. Their ‘Courage’ Is Not the Same Thing
It’s a great point. Caitlyn Jenner struggled for many years to live her truth publicly—that she was a woman trapped inside a man’s body—because of the backlash she anticipated she would receive if she were to live as a transgender woman. It was certainly very courageous of her to come forward to reveal her true…
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Judge Denies 50 Cent’s Request to Delay Civil Trial Because of His Bankruptcy Case
It seems that a Connecticut judge is calling 50 Cent’s bluff. The Queens, N.Y., rapper was ordered to pay $5 million in compensatory damages to Lastonia Leviston, a woman who appears in a sex tape that 50 Cent allegedly leaked on the Internet in 2009. But 50 Cent abruptly filed for bankruptcy in federal court…
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Lee Daniels Drops the F-Bomb About Emmy Snub and Then Says He Was Just Having Fun
Lee Daniels’ Empire was doing Super Bowl numbers in the ratings toward the end of its first season, so Daniels was probably sitting high and fine just waiting to scoop up a nomination for a 2015 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. When that nomination didn’t come in—nominations instead went to Taraji P. Henson and Empire’s…
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Fashion Model Chantelle Winnie: Kids Mooed at Me to Mock My Vitiligo, but I Persevered
Parents would actually tell their children not to sit with or be near Chantelle Winnie because if they did, they would catch whatever was going on with her skin, Winnie—now a fashion model well-known for her skin condition, vitiligo—recalled during a recent interview with Cosmopolitan. That kind of bullying came from kids, too. “I really…
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