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Report: Rihanna Is the Most Marketable Celebrity for Brand Endorsements
“That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.” It seems truer words were never spoken when it comes to the influence that pop icon Rihanna has over the mainstream. According to a report released by the NPD Group—a company that tracks consumer spending worldwide—Rihanna is the most marketable celebrity, beating out other high-profile A-list influencers like…
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DJ Khaled Is Taking Over Snapchat One ‘Major Key’ Alert at a Time
If black Twitter is its own monolith by driving traffic on Twitter, being a force behind what trends and what doesn’t, and churning out hilarious and thought-provoking memes about the news of the day, then its counterpart in Snapchat is arguably one man and one man only: hip-hop’s very own DJ Khaled. Posting more than…
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Watch: Adele Raps Nicki Minaj’s ‘Monster’ Verse Word for Word
It seems that Adele is not this ballad-singing, refined, goody-two-shoes Brit that her accent or music catalog might have you think she is. The “Hello” singer recited the verse during a segment of The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday. Corden rode around with Adele in a car (as Corden typically does with his…
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Elle, You Just Don’t Understand #BlackGirlMagic
On Wednesday, Elle published an essay by Linda Chavers lamenting the use of the popular phrase “Black Girl Magic.” Chavers’ essay was prompted by Essence magazine’s use of the catchphrase for female black excellence on its February-issue covers. “There’s something else that rubs me the wrong way about the phrase ‘black girl magic,’” writes Chavers.…
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Do You Think Spanking Is an Acceptable Part of Our Culture, or Is It a Form of Child Abuse?
Aliya’s turn: Like many with mothers in my mom’s generation, my older brother, younger sister and I were spanked more than once. The offenses were usually one or more of the big three: lying, cheating and stealing. My parents just did not stand for any of it, and there would be corporal punishment, by hand…
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Black Girls Matter in Brownsville, Too
On Monday, prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y., charged four teenage boys with first-degree rape after the sexual assault of an 18-year-old black girl at a park late last week. The name of the victim hasn’t been released. Police have revealed the identities of the alleged perpetrators, however: Ethan Phillip, 15; Denzel Murray, 14; Shaquell Cooper, 15; and Onandi Brown,…
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Sylvester Stallone Tweets This Apology to Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan
Sylvester Stallone apparently ran back onstage at the 2016 Golden Globes and thanked Creed director Ryan Coogler and the film’s lead actor, Michael B. Jordan, after forgetting to do so during his acceptance speech. Stallone caught a lot of backlash, especially by those who felt it was particularly important to acknowledge the two black men who…
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I’m Raising My Boyfriend’s Kids and He Refuses to Help in Any Way
I am 31 with two children. Two-and-a-half years ago, I started dating a guy I knew in high school. He has custody of his three kids, but ultimately, I am raising them without his company. He is a business owner, and all he seems to care about is money! Of course, I hate it! He…
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Kat Graham Will Play Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac Shakur Biopic
Kat Graham has booked the role of Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, Variety reports. Both ladies certainly favor each other. But aside from looks, Pinkett Smith was such an important person in Shakur’s development as a teen. We’re sure Graham is going to bring it in her portrayal of…
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Watch: Taraji P. Henson and Tyrese’s Audition Tape for Baby Boy
You see Taraji P. Henson gracing the covers of magazines and recently winning a Golden Globe for her work as Cookie on the hit TV show Empire, but behind every success story are years and years of hard work. Nothing is more demonstrative of Henson’s journey than an audition tape that recently surfaced, showing her…
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