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A Supa-Dupa-Fly Half-Century: Missy Elliott Is 50!
Music lovers and industry insiders alike celebrate the groundbreaking rapper-singer-producer’s 50th birthday on July 1, 2021.
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Black-Owned Swim Cap Brand Denied Certification for Olympic Competition
The UK-based Soul Cap was created to better accommodate textured hair—and rejected by FINA to become certified for use in competitive swimming.
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'Those Narratives Are So Powerful': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Learns How the Word Is Passed With Clint Smith
Released this June, The Atlantic writer’s stirring ‘Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America’ became an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
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John McCain's Daughter Leaving Show She Was Never Qualified to Be on in the First Place
The conservative co-host will end her four-season run at the long-running daytime talk show at the end of July.
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Gird Your Loins and Grab Your Stacy Adams, Because Cat Daddies Are Back on the Prowl in Detroit
A contest on the city’s Avenue of Fashion displayed an array of Detroit men in their ‘suited and booted’ finery.
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Watch: Melissa Butler Is the True Beauty Behind The Lip Bar
The Lip Bar’s founder talks entrepreneurship, innovation, and being part of Detroit’s revival.
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Apparently, There's a Right Way to Be Black and Gay. Thankfully, Lil Nas X Is Having None of It
As Pride Month comes to a close, Lil Nas X’s out and proud BET Awards performance drew ire from some even within the Black LGBTQ community.
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Hey Queens and Kings, How Are You Celebrating CROWN Day?
A series of events and collaborations celebrate the two-year anniversary of the inaugural signing of the CROWN Act to end hair discrimination.
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The Big Reveal: The 2021 BET Awards' Biggest Trend Was Skin
The awards ceremony’s red carpet and performances were punctuated by big announcements and skin-baring style.
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The Hair Tales: Tracee Ellis Ross and Oprah Winfrey Join Bestselling Author Michaela Angela Davis to Present a Series Celebrating Black Hair
The docuseries will simultaneously broadcast on OWN and Hulu as part of ‘an unprecedented partnership.’