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Star Stylist Brea Stinson Will Design Custom Uniforms for Winners of HBCU #RadiantDanceOff Contest
Everybody knows that homecomings are for parties, reconnections and, of course, football, but “the game” is really all about tailgating and the halftime show—which includes the band and dance teams that mystify with their smooth, gravity-defying, unapologetic blackness. Costume designer Brea Stinson—an HBCU alum who has worked her style magic on the likes of Beyoncé,…
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Okla. Ex-Cop Who Killed Terence Crutcher Will Have Fatal Shooting Removed From Her Record
Although a Tulsa, Okla., ex-cop will go down in infamy for killing an unarmed black man on video while he had his hands in the air, a judge has recently ruled that the shooting death can be removed from her employment record. In May, Betty Shelby was acquitted of first-degree manslaughter in the fatal September…
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‘Excellence 1st’: Black 6th-Grade Girls Slay Education Rap Song
I love little kids rapping. But let’s face it: Sometimes they’re just aiiight. But I was incredibly impressed by two sixth-graders who slayed the mic, dropped it and then picked it back up to dead it, spitting bars about focus, goals and being superstars in school. Jemele Hill first shared part of the video on…
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Kendu Is Still Scheming on Mary J.’s Money, Asks Courts to Double Spousal Support to $65,000 a Month
Even though he got hit off with $30,000 a month in spousal support, Mary J. Blige’s ex-husband, Kendu Isaacs, has reportedly got his rusty, dusty hand out for more. According to a report, Isaacs recently filed documents for more money because Mary’s decision to talk and sing about him and their divorce has apparently made…
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Man Convicted in Infamous ’80s Racial Slaying in NYC Commits Suicide: Report
The perpetrator in one of the most notorious race-related killings in New York City—a case that many say catapulted Al Sharpton to national fame and made the neighborhood of Howard Beach in the city’s Queens borough go down in infamy—has died at age 48. More than 30 years ago, 17-year-old Jon Lester was convicted of…
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5 Mich. Teens Charged With Murder for Tossing Rocks Into Traffic
Five teen thugs from Michigan are facing charges of second-degree murder for allegedly throwing rocks over an overpass and killing a 32-year-old father of four. The name of this supremely stupid act: “dinging.” As in, they wanted to hear the rocks (one of which was 20 pounds) ding on the cars. Except a man lost…
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Kylie Jenner Settles Out of Court With Another Artist She Allegedly Stole From
Kylie Jenner has reportedly settled a lawsuit in yet another case of an artist suing a member of the Kardashian clan for reappropriating jacking his or her stuff. This time, the reality-TV star and entrepreneur is accused of taking a visual artist’s work to promote her TV show. Artist Sara Pope filed a voluntary case…
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Justin Timberlake Is Back for the Super Bowl Halftime Show (Side Eye)
In a show of just how far the Super Bowl halftime show has sunk, Justin Timberlake—who hasn’t had an album out in four years—will reportedly be this year’s headliner, once again showing that he will sing black, sound black and get produced by black folks, but when it comes to taking a stand for his…
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Fla. Couple Orders Containers From Amazon, Gets 65 Pounds of Weed, Too
They say don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but one Florida couple may be forgiven for doing so because this pungent present wasn’t really for them anyway. Last month, an unidentified Amazon.com customer and her fiance ordered four plastic storage bins but were shocked to find 65 pounds of Mary Jane inside the…
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As Loved Ones Say Goodbye to US Soldier Killed in Niger, Trump Continues to Disrespect Congresswoman Affiliated With His Family
The private funeral for Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger, took place Saturday, his tragic death politicized by the president, who continues to feud with a congresswoman who was close to the family. Flags flew at half-staff across the state of Florida as an estimated 1,000 people attended…
