Sean “Diddy” Combs said he thinks that black voters “got a little bit shortchanged” by Barack Obama’s presidency, and urged the black community to withhold its very important vote as a pivot in strategy. “The heat has to be turned up so much that as a community, we’ve got to hold our vote,” Diddy told…

In what will surely incense his critics, Kanye West recently called for “multiracial women only” in Sunday’s audition for his upcoming “Yeezy season 4” casting call, questioning some to ask if he’s really asking for light-skinned, curly-haired women. Though the self-hailed musical genius showed explicit black love during his recent broke-the-internet video, “Fade,” with Teyanna…

Jerry Heller, co-founder of the seminal rap label Ruthless Records and former manager of rap group N.W.A, has died at 75. TMZ reports that Heller died after suffering a medical emergency while driving in Ventura County on Friday morning. He allegedly slammed into a minivan and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. It’s…

Before Harriet Tubman comes through on your favorite $20 back, the American icon, born Araminta Ross, will be featured in the highly anticipated second season of Underground, WGN America’s most watched original program ever, with 3 million total weekly viewers. The actress who will be playing Tubman, Aisha Hinds, is best-known for playing Fannie Lou Hamer in…

Apparently it is only white men who can express themselves passionately and not be knocked for it (see Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, John Madden). Today-show anchor Al Roker is reportedly in hot water with NBC brass over his exchange with co-host Billy Bush over admitted liar Ryan Lochte, a tête-à-tête that went viral in the days…