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In Order to End Toxic Masculinity Once and for All, Terry Crews Offers to Slap the Shit Out of D.L. Hughley
For all this tremendous insight and intellect, comedian D.L. Hughley has glaring blind spots when it comes to homophobia and masculinity. And before you say “The fuck? He has tremendous what?” There’s the time he checked his boy Steve Harvey for co-signing Melania’s baby daddy: Having a comedian and a rapper and a football player…
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Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith Donates $1.5 Million to Morehouse College
While it’s no secret that HBCU’s face significant disadvantages in funding and endowments, it’s always great to see wealthy black men and women invest in our next generation of leaders and difference makers when afforded the opportunity to do so. To that point, Morehouse College announced that it’s received a $1.5 million donation from Robert…
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Report: FBI Investigating R. Kelly for Arranging Cross-Country Flight for Underage Girl
Did R. Kelly commit a crime when he flew a then 17-year-old Azriel Clary across state lines back in 2015? According to TMZ, the FBI is in the process of deciding whether or not that’s the case. Azriel, one of the women featured in “Surviving R. Kelly,” was flown from Palm Springs to Phoenix to…
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Kanye West Takes Credit for 'Revitalizing' Jay-Z's Career, Sues Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI
For the longest I attributed the schism between Jay-Z and MAGA mascot Kanye West to a sibling rivalry of sorts. But it appears their rift is much deeper than we thought. Because on Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Diamond and Silk’s sidekick filed a pair of lawsuits that could drive a wedge further between…
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Prior to His Inauguration, Trump and His Merry Band of Soon-To-Be Convicted Felons Had Over 100 Contacts With Russians
According to a New York Times report that we can all collectively pretend to be shocked and appalled by, President Obstinately Orange and Obtuse just might have a thing for Russia. And by a thing, I mean that during his 2016 presidential campaign and transition, at least 17 of his campaign officials and advisers had contacts—over…
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Black Twitter Showers Naomi Osaka with Praise After Winning the Australian Open
Naomi Osaka is really fucking good at tennis. How good? This good. And in order to achieve her latest victory, Naomi Osaka tapped into her melanin magic and came from behind against Petra Kvitová in order to extend the match to a third set and claim her second consecutive Grand Slam. So guess who’s ranked…
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Papa John's Proves All Money Ain't Good Money with $500k Donation to HBCU Bennett College
Crisis management is big business. Ask those junior varsity MAGA bigots, or Kevin Hart, or H&M, or Shonda Rhimes, who transformed that exact premise into the award-winning television series “Scandal”. So it comes as no surprise that after its founder and figurehead John Schnatter got eviscerated for blaming the NFL protests for his company’s diminishing…
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Black Twitter Tells Erykah Badu to Have a Window Seat After 'Coming to R. Kelly's Defense' at Chicago Concert [Updated]
Erykah Badu has a lengthy history of showering one Robert Sylvester Kelly Sr.—and other problematic individuals—with undeserved grace. So much so that her contrarian stances are as commonplace as her eclectic ensembles. So it comes as no surprise that in the aftermath of “Surviving R. Kelly”, while the entire free world is dancing on the…
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Fyre Festival Co-Founder Ja Rule Swears He's Not a Scam Artist, Even Though He Co-Founded a Scam with a Convicted Scam Artist
In the past week, not one but two documentaries surfaced chronicling the rise and fall of one of the greatest scams of all time—2017’s ill-fated Fyre Festival. In which thousands of trust fund babies, public figures, and well-to-do music aficionados were promised a luxury music festival but instead received cheese sandwiches and FEMA tents for…
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In the Clapback Heard Around the World, Cardi B Tells Tomi Lahren: 'Leave Me Alone I Will Dog Walk You'
While she might be BFF’s with hip-hop arbiter Charlamagne Tha God, the list of people that despise Right-wing provocateur du jour Tomi Lahren is extensive. There’s DMV rapper Wale: There’s “comedian” Kathy Griffin: And somehow even Alt-black Candace Owens: But I’ll stop there because we’re here to talk about the reigning queen of rap, Ms.…
