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Watch: The Root Doles Out More Awards to the Folks Who Made Social Media a Fun Mess in 2015
In part 1 of this two-part video series, in which we break down the hottest viral stories of 2015, we named the Best Advice for Young Girls and Women, the Trillest Moment and the person(s) who had the Hardest Fall From Grace, just to name a few. Below is part 2, the final installment of…
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Watch: Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama to Tears While Performing ‘Natural Woman’
Earlier this month, Aretha Franklin performed her 1967 hit “You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)” at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., to honor the person who wrote the song, Carole King. And boy, did Franklin make King proud. During the gala, which aired Tuesday night, Franklin came out in a…
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NY Knicks Forward Cleanthony Early Is Robbed and Shot in the Knee
New York Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was robbed and shot early Wednesday morning after leaving a strip club in the Queens borough of New York City. Around 4 a.m., the 24-year-old left the CityScapes Gentlemen’s Club in the Maspeth neighborhood in an Uber car. The car was followed and eventually surrounded by several vehicles, out…
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LeBron Says He’s Not ‘on Top of’ the Tamir Rice Case, but He Spoke About Tamir and Toy Guns Months Ago
After a basketball game Tuesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James talked about how his press people had given him a heads-up that he might get a few questions about the Tamir Rice case, ESPN reports. Activists on Twitter launched the #NoJusticeNoLeBron hashtag to encourage James to boycott his NBA games until a federal prosecutor indicts…
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Timbaland Keeps True to His Word and Releases New Aaliyah Music
Back in August, hip-hop mega-producer Timbaland told us that he had unreleased Aaliyah music that he planned to share with the world. He kept true to his word, and on Christmas Day he released a new track called “Shakin” that features himself and Babygirl. The song appears on his new mixtape, King Stays King. “Aaliyah.. This…
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Watch: Mike Tyson Wipes Out Completely While Messing Around With a Hoverboard
“Daddy, I don’t want you to fall.” Man, if parents don’t start listening to their kids every now and then. That’s the warning that Mike Tyson’s little daughter Milan gave her dad as he was rolling around on her hoverboard in the foyer of their home. It seemed like Milan got the hoverboard for Christmas…
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World Health Organization Declares the End of Ebola in Guinea
The World Health Organization recently declared Guinea free of Ebola transmission, and Guineans plan to celebrate. The West African country was the site where the original Ebola chain of transmission began two years ago. A menacing disease, it spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and seven additional countries. According to the New York Times, the December…
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My Husband Wants to Stay in for New Year’s Eve. Is It Wrong to Go Out Without Him?
My husband is being difficult. He’s changed his mind at the last minute about going to a party we planned to attend on New Year’s Eve. I want to celebrate and bring in the New Year as a couple, surrounded by friends. Now he wants to stay home. Am I wrong if I want to…
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#NoJusticeNoLeBron: People Are Calling on the Ohio Native to Boycott NBA Games Until Tamir Rice Gets Justice
Social media has been on fire ever since word came down that the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice would not be indicted. An Ohio grand jury made the decision Monday, and people immediately began passing around the same tweets and putting up the same social media posts that proclaim Black. Lives.…
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Watch: The Root Shells Out Awards to the Folks Who Made Social Media a Fun Mess in 2015
2015 was chock-full of events that made writing for The Grapevine—The Root’s blog that covers trending stories on black Twitter, social media and entertainment—that much more eye-opening, hectic, fulfilling, hilarious and, at times, disturbing. We’re shelling out awards, in two parts, to the biggest newsmakers from this past year who kept people glued to their…
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