You could say T.I. was ahead of the curve in looking for and promoting a female rapper during one of the more lean…
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Ronda Racha Penrice
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Ronda Racha Penrice is a freelance writer who resides in Atlanta. She is the author of "African American History for Dummies."
When Greenleaf premiered June 21, 2016, it signaled a new direction for OWN beyond reality TV and Tyler Perry shows.…
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Black Women OWN the Conversation, a collaboration between OZY Media, co-owned by Carlos Watson, a former CNN and…
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It’s hard describing what many of us know as the infamous Bronner Brothers Hair Show to those who have never…
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Barack and Michelle Obama aren’t the only black married couple in this country, and the Black Love Summit, held in…
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“Sipping rosé” has new meaning now that Donae Burston owns the brand La Fête du Rosé. Loosely translated as “Rosé…
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Are you ready for some Ambitions? That’s the question super-producer Will Packer (Girls Trip, Ride Along, Think Like…
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Shannon Sharpe has gone viral many times since his 2016 debut on Fox Sports 1’s Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with…
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It’s no newsflash to us that the broader #MeToo movement has looked very different for black women. National…
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When a popular mural featuring Colin Kaepernick alongside a Wakanda-fied Muhammad Ali came crashing down the Friday…
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Jemele Hill knows about the intersection of politics and sports up close. As one of the faces of SC6, last year’s…
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If your Facebook timeline is like mine, you didn’t have to find Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith’s “life lesson”…
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Morgan Dixon never imagined she’d oversee nail art on a hit TV show. In fact, she says she’s not completely sure how …
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Niecy Nash is full of surprises. Last summer the former host of the HGTV reality show Clean House helped change the…
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I won’t lie—It didn’t sit well with me when ESPN sports personality Jemele Hill issued a statement saying she “deserv…
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When comedian-actress Aisha Tyler left The Talk last summer, who would’ve guessed that rapper Eve would replace her?…
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Some reality stars are just reality stars. Kim Kimble was a star hairstylist long before her WeTV show L.A. Hair…
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Last year’s Trumpet Awards on Bounce TV came just weeks after the black-focused network acquired the long-running…
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Oprah Winfrey may rule out a 2020 run to end President Donald Trump’s reign of terror over this country, but Cory…
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