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Tyrese Wins Shared Custody of His 10-Year-Old Daughter, Though Judge Ruled His Social Media Posts ‘Melodramatic’
Although his “fast and furious” social media posts of the last few weeks have caused many to question Tyrese Gibson’s mental health, a judge ruled in his favor on Friday, allowing him to see his 10-year-old daughter. The New York Daily News reports that a Los Angeles judge dismissed a domestic violence restraining order brought…
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Navy Launches Investigation Over Dick Pic in the Sky
Despite the fact that we already have the Washington Monument, it’s clear that some men love to throw their dicks up in the air. The U.S. Navy—not always known as a hotbed of gender equality—was forced to acknowledge the actions of its members who were involved in drawing male genitalia via a jet over a…
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Common Stars as His Own Comic Book Character, Caster
More black-nerd news: Common recently announced that he will create an original multimedia comic series called Caster. The series will be available exclusively on Line Webtoon’s site and app. Common will be creating an original score and song for the series and lending his likeness to the main character of Caster, a “man of exotic…
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Naija! Nigeria’s Women’s Bobsled Team Set to Hit 2018 Winter Olympics
Like Jamaica so many years ago, Nigeria will be represented at the Winter Olympics in bobsledding—but this time it’s the women’s team who qualified for the bobsled event at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. ESPN reports that driver Seun Adigun and brakemen Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga completed the fifth of their…
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The Akils Return With Black Lightning on the CW
It has been a banner year for those who love comics and negritude, and now there’s even more to celebrate! Black Lightning will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 9 p.m. after The Flash on the CW. The Wrap reports on the backstory: As “Black Lightning” begins, Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling…
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Is Nicki Minaj Being Slut Shamed for Her Paper Mag Cover?
So, Nicki Minaj has upped the ante on black female sexuality by shooting a pretty explicit Paper Magazine cover with herself in a menage a trois. In Paper magazine’s Winter 2017 #BreaktheInternet cover, the rapper appears to be eating her own p*ssy on the mag cover in three different looks. But what for some is…
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Kim Foxx’s Office Orders Release of 15 More Chicago Inmates Tainted by Dirty Cop
Cook County, Ill., prosecutors headed by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped all charges against 15 men they say were framed by a corrupt cop, with reports that this is the “first mass exoneration in history.” When the 45-year-old African American took office, she promised to target gun crimes in city neighborhoods and revamp a branch…
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Trump’s Pick for HHS Secretary Has Deep Ties to Big Pharma
Updated Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, 1:30 p.m. EST: Slate reports that Alex Azar, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, left his job overseeing an Eli Lilly investigation to become the pharmaceutical company’s top lobbyist. From 2001 to 2005, Azar was the Department of Health and Human Services’ general counsel and…
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Trump Asks Chinese President to Help Resolve LiAngelo Ball’s Shoplifting Thing
How come our president had nothing to say for days about soldiers killed in the deadliest combat mission during his time in office but butts his tangerine nose into the most inane shit? As gutter prophet Kanye West once said, “You worry ’bout the wrong things, Trump don’t care about black people. the wrong things…
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US Army Quietly Lifts Ban on Recruits With Some Mental Health Issues
Most likely as part of its quest to make a stated goal of recruiting 80,000 new soldiers by next year, the Army quietly loosened its rules in order to allow those with a history of self-mutilation, bipolar disorder, depression, and drug and alcohol abuse to join its ranks through waivers. According to USA Today, the…
