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K. Michelle Wants Her Old Butt Back Because the Fake One Is Affecting Her Bottom Line
K. Michelle is known for her feisty personality on reality TV, clawing her way to a respectable R&B career, clapping back at haters on social media, feuding with a celebrity or two, and last, but certainly not least, cosmetically enhancing her derriere. And let me tell you, her behind is practically an entity unto itself.…
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#JusticeForSandy: Sandra Bland’s Sister Calls on Loretta Lynch to Take Action
Dear Attorney General Loretta Lynch: My name is Sharon Cooper, and I am Sandra Bland’s sister. This has been a very difficult time for my family. Since Sandra’s death, we have been in mourning, but candidly, our ability to mourn has been paralyzed by the unusual and unsettling circumstances surrounding her death. That is why…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: Sexual Healing
Grown women do grown-woman things. In the case of Kara and M.J., those things are getting their sexual needs met without any strings attached. Get it how you live! Here are eight things we learned from this episode: 1. Cutty Buddy: Kara and Gael are surprisingly still dating, but she’s too busy with work and…
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Working While Black and Male in America
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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Pat Houston Says She Filed a Restraining Order Against Nick Gordon to Show Bobbi Kristina That She Didn’t Have to ‘Be Afraid’
Pat Houston is coming forward for the first time ever since Bobbi Kristina Brown died in July to talk about the death of her late niece; Bobbi Kristina’s mom, Whitney Houston; and Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend Nick Gordon. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Pat Houston said that even though it appeared that both Bobbi Kristina…
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Here’s What Outrages Alicia Keys the Most About the AIDS Epidemic
There isn’t a cure for AIDS or HIV, but there is medicine that slows down the virus and allows people who have the disease to lead fairly healthy (and long) lives. When Alicia Keys found out that many women in South Africa didn’t have enough money to access HIV medicine, she told People magazine that…
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Solange Likely Woosahed Before Responding to an Instagram User Who Called Her Son Ugly
Exposing your loved ones to hate and ridicule is something that often comes with the territory when you’re a celebrity, but that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. Just ask Solange Knowles, who demonstrated how far she’s come in responding to criticism. And this time it was about her son, Daniel Julez Smith.…
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Ex-Boxer Who Claimed He Was Drugged in Gay-Porn Film Admits He Lied
The Philadelphia ex-boxer who claimed he was drugged when he filmed a same-sex threesome is retracting that story, and now acknowledges that he is bisexual and that he was fully conscious when the film was shot. On Monday, Yusaf Mack issued a statement to Black Sports Online, recanting his previous tale. “This is an issued…
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BET Documentary Explores the Complexities of Being Black and Gay in the Church
“It’s about the fight for your soul,” says Clay Cane about his new documentary, Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. “It’s about the struggle to be authentic, to honestly live your own life and have a spiritual space, too.” The battleground in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
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With Lalah Hathaway Live, Singer Boldly Steps Into Her Father’s Legendary Legacy
It is no small thing to invite comparison between your own first live album and one of the greatest live albums ever made—even if the person who made that classic record is your father, and even if you are a Grammy Award-winning phenom in your own right. But such is the bright boldness of Lalah…
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