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New Detroit Lions QB Brad Kaaya Is the Son of the Real-Life ‘Bye, Felicia’ From Friday
The NFL draft always has a few backstories that are in turns inspiring, heartbreaking and joyful. This one is pop-culture magic. Brad Kaaya, former quarterback for the University of Miami Hurricanes, was drafted in the sixth round by the Detroit Lions on Saturday. The cool part is that his mother had a small but significant…
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White Privilege! Somebody Allegedly Gave Milo Yiannopoulos $12,000,000 to Start New Venture
Looks like douche-y provocateur extraordinaire* Milo Yiannopoulos has risen from his pedophile-tinged ashes to the tune of $12 million. Wow. Yes, Yian-what-the-fuck—the bitchy misogynist of epic proportions, who had his $255,000 book deal snatched, resigned from Breitbart “news” and was disinvited from speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference after an interview surfaced during which…
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Man Gets 15 Years for Shooting 5 BLM Activists Protesting Police Shooting Death of Jamar Clark
A Minnesota man who shot five Black Lives Matter protesters has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. CBS News reports that Allen Scarsella, 25, and his crew got into an argument with some protesters who were demonstrating outside a Minneapolis police station after the 2015 shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark by police. Eyewitnesses…
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Baton Rouge, La., Braces for Results of Alton Sterling Investigation Under Jeff Sessions’ DOJ
The city of Baton Rouge, La., site of the July 2016 police shooting death of Alton Sterling, is reportedly bracing itself for the results of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into what many see as one of the most callous acts of “black death porn” ever perpetrated by po-9. It will be the first high-profile…
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Heeey, Sienna Princess! Russell Wilson and Ciara Welcome Bouncing Baby Girl
These folks are poppin’ em out. Singer Ciara and hubby NFL quarterback Russell Wilson announced the birth of their brown royalty, Sienna Princess Wilson, who made her way into this world Friday night. The two shared the news on Instagram (and Twitter) with a somber frame of Ciara on a beach looking out into the…
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Omarosa Receives Tepid Response at NAN Luncheon; Angela Rye Says Trump’s ‘Piss Ain’t Rain’
Omarosa Manigault-Newman is one brave woman. She has to be to step into the makeshift house of justice and represent Team Trump. But that’s exactly what she did Thursday at the annual Women’s Power Luncheon at the National Action Network Convention in New York City, which featured a plethora of powerful ladies, like super stylist…
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Eric Holder Rails Against Voter Suppression at NAN Convention: ‘Voter Fraud Wasn’t an Issue Until People of Color Started Casting Ballots’
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual power play, the National Action Network Convention in New York City, is back, and, as promised, the slate of high-powered speakers have brought the pain to “Trump’s front door.” As usual, the convention features the cream of the crop of political leaders, activists, media pundits and intellectuals—with celebrities thrown in…
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NFL Player’s Mom Reminds White Folks: ‘Every Black Athlete Isn’t From the Ghetto’
Whatever your thoughts about the gross dynamic that sees colleges make billions off of (mostly black) athletes when said athletes receive nary a dime or are penalized for getting a nickel aside, allegations of impropriety in college sports always seem to make some folks feel morally superior to those who “break the rules.” The topic…
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50 Cent Set to Produce Dramatic Series on Police Gangs
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson may be a petulant ass-wipe, but he has still managed to stay rich, and even relevant. Among other things, he and his G-Unit Film & Television company will executive-produce a new drama, The Oath (working title), a 10-part series that delves into gangs. And no, we’re not talking about the Bloods…
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Kendrick Lamar’s Mom Proves She Will Forever Remain a G
Anyone not new to Kendrick Lamar knows that his seminal debut, Good Kid mA.A.d City, was so incredible because it vividly captured his complicated, heartbreaking, musical coming of age in Compton, Calif. Besides his genius lyrics and song, a large part of that magic was Kendrick getting his hilarious mother and father on an interlude…
