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‘Bodak Yellow’ Is Trash, and if You Like It, Your Taste in Music Is Trash
I love Cardi B. I love everything about her. I love that she is aggressively real. I love that she is aggressively beautiful. I love that she is aggressively Cardi. I had a sister who was killed a few years ago. She was Cardi B before Cardi B was Cardi B. Her name was Robin,…
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Angry Earth Is Determined to Murder Us All
I do not believe everyone is the same. I believe we are all equal, but there are some things that some people do better than others, and black people are the best in the world at knowing when the shit is about to go down. If you are ever around a black person and they…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: No Free Lunch
This is a terrible time for our country. Our president has the IQ of a third-place Wheel of Fortune contestant. Hurricanes are making it rain across the United States like they’re Floyd Mayweather in a strip club. Kim Jong Un is strapping nuclear warheads on the backs of bottle rockets. Jason Whitlock has a brand-new…
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Supervillain Martin Shkreli Wants to Sell a Wu-Tang Clan Album on eBay for at Least $1,000,000
Hey, do you have all of the Wu-Tang Clan’s albums? Are you sure? I know you probably have Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s stuff, “The Purple Tape” and most of Method Man’s music, but how about Cappadonna? Masta Killa, too? U-God? Even Masta Pop the Cza’s mixtape? See, that was a trick question. There is no Masta…
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There Is No Such Thing as ‘Alt-Left’
On July 5, 1969, a group of musicians waited in the wings in London’s Hyde Park before singing at a free concert. They were members of one of the most famous groups in the world. But the Beatles were bigger than they were. The Temptations would sell more records than they did that year. And…
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50 Cent Gets Big Dollars to Keep Power at Starz
Well, I guess all you fans of the hit television show Power will have to keep that Starz subscription a little bit longer, because according to 50 Cent, the network just cut him a check so, so big, it gave him the shakes, ensuring that Ghost and … ummm … the rest of the characters…
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Photo of 5 High School Students Burning a Cross, Wearing KKK Hoods Shocks Iowa Town … but Not Really
I was born and raised in a small town, so I know how they work. Everyone in small towns emulates the style, fashion and trends they see on TV and social media. Right now, there is a girl named Martha in a little hamlet in North Carolina who told her friends to start calling her…
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How a Not-Racist Cop Arrested a Man for ‘Walking While Black,’ Blamed It on Black People and Walked Away With $100,000
According to the new, reflexively defensive school of thought, it is not fair to call people racist. The proponents of this school of thought say that racist people believe others are inferior, and there is no way of knowing what the angry Caucasians in Charlottesville, Va., toting tiki torches, or people like Donald Trump, actually…
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If You’re in Hurricane Irma’s Path, Do Us a Favor: Get Out
I know, I know. You’re big. You’re strong. You ain’t no punk. I know you would never run from something named “Irma.” After all, what kind of name is Irma? Irmas bake pies. Irmas serve on the Usher Board. Irmas have furniture with lace doilies in their living rooms. But Hurricane Irma is not a…
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Jason Whitlock Hates Black People
I despise trolls. Internet trolls do not bother me. In fact, I find them piteous. I feel sorry for people whose lives are so devoid of meaning or filled with privilege that their only respite is to attempt to upset others on social media. They are hilariously sad. I hate the original trolls. The ones…
