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Black People Don’t Want ‘the Chronic’ in Compton, Calif.
Anyone who has listened to or owned a copy of Dr. Dre’s iconic The Chronic or 2001 album, or anything by N.W.A, knows that Compton, Calif., is the home of West Coast gangsta rap. Dre and company put Compton on the map, along with other acts such as DJ Quik—and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. But…
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#BlackMenSmiling Is the Most Beautiful Thing on Twitter Right Now—and It’s Trending Worldwide
This is what you need to get your Friday evening started on the right note: beautiful images of black men, their faces glowing, their teeth gleaming, happiness pouring from their very beings. #BlackMenSmiling is trending at No. 1 on Twitter right now, and it is the best thing ever. We are inundated every single day…
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Temptations Singer Dennis Edwards Dead at 74
Temptations singer Dennis Edwards died in a Chicago hospital Friday after a long illness, just one day before he would have turned 75. His death was confirmed to ABC Radio by his manager, Toby Ludwig, ABC7 reports. Edwards joined the famous Motown group in 1968, stepping in to replace lead singer and founding member David…
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Mo’Nique Wasn’t Lying; Netflix Tried to Play Her
It would appear that there was more to the Mo’Nique-vs.-Netflix story than we were all aware of, and there was more at play than just the paltry $500,000 they offered her to do a comedy special for them. Mo’Nique first raised the issue of her dispute with Netflix nearly two weeks ago in a video…
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What Does Robert Mueller Have That Would Make 3 Defense Attorneys Leave Their Client in the Dust?
We have all been waiting with bated breath to see what actually comes of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as well as into the possibility that Donald Trump—in his capacity as president—attempted to obstruct that investigation. As the list of people who have been arrested and those…
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Building Good Relationships Means Creating Real Intimacy
Connected. If I had to describe what intimacy means in one word, that would be the word. Connected. You being in tune with your partner and your partner being in tune with you. Puzzle pieces that fit together the way they are meant to, working together to make a beautiful thing. Intimacy is that connection.…
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Cardi B and ‘Bodak Yellow’ Are in a Super Bowl Commercial Because She Is Still Winning Right Now
Say, lil bitch, you can’t fuck with her if you wanted to. She still winning. She is everywhere. Cardi B owns you. If haters watch the game on Sunday, they gon’ have an attitude. ’Cause Cardi in an Amazon commercial, what your fave gon’ do? I think I have told y’all before how much I…
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It’s Over for Russell Simmons; Oprah Has Excommunicated Him
There are many things in life that people bounce back from. The loss of a job, the end of a relationship, a short illness, a sports-related injury and a bad first date are all things you can rebound from—given enough time. You know what you don’t rebound from? Oprah excommunicating you. And this is why…
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Google Looks to Train More Black Engineers, but Will It Hire Them?
Google created Howard West last year as a three-month residency program for rising junior and senior computer science majors at Howard University. Students attended the program on Google’s Bay Area campus and were taught by senior Google engineers as well as Howard faculty. TechCrunc reports that after the success of the first program, the company…
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#NetNeutrality: California State Senate Approves Bill Protecting Open Internet Rules, Despite FCC Order
On Monday, the California State Senate approved a bill that would impose net neutrality restrictions on internet service providers doing business in the state. As Ars Technica reports, the Federal Communications Commission’s new order includes a provision to prevent any state and municipal governments from enacting net neutrality legislation at the local level, but that…
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