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Because Cat Daddies Put the ‘Hump’ in ‘Humpday,’ Please Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy This Isley Brothers Tiny Desk Concert
The legendary group revisited some of its beloved hits for NPR’s critically acclaimed series.
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Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Hit With $10 Million Suit Over Use of Islamic Hadith
The use of the sacred text prompted backlash from the Muslim community after the 2020 broadcast. Now, an affiliated artist claims she received death threats.
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As the Delta Variant and Vaccine Debate Rage On, Pregnant People Are Urged to Get the Shot
In the context of an ongoing maternal health crisis, protection from an ongoing pandemic takes on new urgency for Black and Latina mothers, in particular.
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Don Cheadle Is Every Gen Xer
A now-viral exchange between Cheadle and Kevin Hart epitomizes the generational divide—and Gen Xers are not with the shits.
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‘I’ve Always Wanted to Be a Villain’: Tituss Burgess to Play ‘Rooster’ in NBC’s Annie Live!
The beloved scene stealer of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is set to do the same as the brother of Taraji P. Henson’s ‘Miss Hannigan.’
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The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits In Search of The Color Purple
Nearly 40 years after Alice Walker’s seminal work sparked controversy, we revisit our conversation about the pivotal novel with scholar Salamishah Tillet.
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Megan Thee Stallion Wants You to Wear White After Labor Day
The platinum-selling artist goes platinum blonde as alter ego ‘Tina Snow’ for the September/October cover of Essence magazine.
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Ivy Park Comes for the Children’s Market—With Cameos From the Carter Kids
The Bey-Yee-Haw Agenda continues as Blue, Sir and Rumi all appear in the first campaign for Ivy Park Rodeo Kids.
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BRB, I’m About to Go Live Vicariously Through the Women Who Will Be Making $10K a Month to Work in Wine
Murphy-Goode Winery’s ‘A Really Goode Job’ contest reportedly started as a stunt. 7,000 entries later, two women have wine lovers buzzing about the opportunity.
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Watch: How Gwen Jimmere Made a Naturalicious a Mud-Based Movement
The beauty entrepreneur has taken an unconventional approach to hair and skincare by convincing a cult following to play in the mud.
