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Even if you are not a fan of Beyoncé—I don’t understand how this is a real thing, but do yo’ thang—you have to admit…

Today, The Root launches its new weekly podcast, “It’s Lit,” that centers Black literature and will feature some of…

I love Above The Rim. Its soundtrack is always in the convo for the best Black movie soundtrack of all time, and…

One of my favorite stores in Washington, D.C., is Nubian Hueman, located in the Anacostia Arts Center, a multi-use…

Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Sometimes you have to remind people that if they had just…

1. Rick Fox considers Kanye West to be his friend.

I grew up as a ‘90s hip-hop head, which means that I have an ironically romantic view of New York City. Though my…

This Sunday, the good folks at Verzuz are bringing a “battle” most of us didn’t even know we needed: Gladys Knight…

My wife made a comment to me the other day that implied that maybe she thinks I’m addicted, or perhaps overly…

Hey, you. Are you in the market for noise-cancelling earbuds? If you are, have I got a product review for you.

Over the weekend, TMZ waded into messy-boots territory—who am I kidding? They own beachfront property there—and…

Monday evening, we were treated to the Verzuz folks have been talking about since the idea came to be: Monica versus…

Dear Taco Bell, you a rude motherfucker, yo.

All I could say after “it” concluded—and after I picked my face and bowels up off the floor of the car—was, “it is…

If you are Black in America, there’s a better than 50 percent chance (this is non-scientific, by the way) that you…

It’s been a week in America. After another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police—7 times in the back, no…

I live in Washington, D.C., and much like most of the parents in the area—the whole country, really—my wife and I…

The Five Heartbeats, the 1991 movie written and directed by—and also starring—Robert Townsend (Keenan Ivory Wayans…

In October 1999, singer/songwriter/producer Donnell Jones released his second album, platinum-selling Where I Wanna…

I did something recently that I haven’t done in probably 10 years—I made two compact disc (CD) purchases. That’s…