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Cardi B Says There Is No Nicki Minaj Diss Record Coming
Prior to her confrontation with Nicki Minaj at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party, Cardi B had recorded a song with the “Chun-Li” rapper’s ex, Meek Mill. Whether that song contains any shots thrown at Minaj remains a mystery, but TMZ reported Thursday that Cardi had recorded new music of her own that did include a…
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Remy Ma Misses the Mark and the Nuance on Why Other Races Shouldn’t Say the N-Word
A question for the black people reading this only (even though I know white people will answer anyway because y’all can’t help yourselves): Are you opposed to non-black people using or referring to you by the n-word? This is a topic that came up for discussion on this week’s episode of State of the Culture…
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The Nanny Reboot With Fran Drescher and Cardi B Might Really Be Happening Now
So remember last week when we discussed how much we would love for Cardi B to appear in a reboot of the popular ’90s sitcom The Nanny? And remember how we told you that Fran Drescher was also in favor of the idea? Well, apparently Fran is about her business because the latest news is…
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White Woman Who Blocked Black Neighbor From Entering Apartment Building Speaks Out
What do you do if you are a white woman who suddenly becomes the star of a viral video on social media which shows you harassing a black man who lives in your building and was just trying to get home to his apartment one Friday night—especially if that video leads to you being fired…
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Shonda Rhimes: I’m the Biggest Boss That You’ve Seen Thus Far
I am here for black women securing the bag 24/7/365. Let’s be honest. Black women are paid 21 percent less than white women and 38 percent less than white men on average. Imagine how something like that plays out in Hollywood, where black people in positions of power are exceptions and not the rule. So…
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Ebony Still Owes. Damn
I spent a good amount of the Saturdays of my formative years sitting in beauty salons with my mother, thumbing through issues of Ebony and Jet magazines while I waited in between services. Those magazines represented everything about blackness and black media to me. They were “for us by us” as the motto goes. That…
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It’s #NationalBossDay, So Let Me Shout Out the Amazing Bosses in My Life
According to the currently trending hashtag on Twitter, today is National Boss Day. If you browse through the tweets in that hashtag, there are plenty of memes of gifs with people cracking jokes at the expense of those they report to on a daily basis. It’s not easy having a boss that you don’t necessarily…
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Solange Fans Rejoice! New Music Is Coming Soon
My favorite Solange moment of this year was her joining her sister Beyoncé on stage at Coachella Beychella and dropping it so low so many times, my knees got tired. It wasn’t just the move itself; it was the attitude that poured out of it. That subtle “I see you looking, but I still don’t…
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#NetNeutrality: Turns Out 99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Wanted to Keep the Internet Open
As the Federal Communications Commission prepared to repeal the laws of net neutrality last year, 22 million comments were left on its website expressing arguments either for or against keeping the open internet protected and in place. A new report says that 99.7 percent of the unique comments left on the agency’s site were pro-net…
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#BadThingsToTellPolice Is Trending on Twitter Right Now
You know what’s a bad thing to tell the police? “Hello, police? There’s a black person standing/sitting/talking/living (in other words, minding their own business) here, and I’m scared/uncomfortable/suspicious of why they are here (because I don’t believe black people belong in otherwise white spaces). Send help.”
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