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Chicago Police Officers Allegedly Caught High-Fiving After 'Execution' of Paul O'Neal
Chicago police officers were caught double-checking to make sure their body cameras were off and reportedly giving each other “high-fives” after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal in video released Friday by Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, reports CBS Chicago’s Charlie De Mar. As previously reported by The Root, O’Neal was shot and killed by…
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Beenie Man Denied Entrance to Canada After Contracting Zika Virus
Dancehall great Beenie Man appears to be the highest-profile person to contract the mosquito-borne Zika virus, according to a recent Instagram post. Because of his illness, Beenie Man (born Anthony Moses Davis) was forced to cancel his performance at rapper Drake’s OVO Fest in Toronto tonight. In his IG post, the Jamaican artist explained that…
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Demarjay Smith: ‘The Young Jamaican Trainer’ Gives the Best Motivational Speech of All Time
We’re going to let y’all finish, but Demarjay Smith, 9, known in these internet streets as “the young Jamaican trainer,” has the best motivational speech of all time. You may have seen this pint-size dynamo on the Ellen DeGeneres Show last year after his father posted a video of him that went Insta-viral and has gained…
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Pastor Jamal Bryant and Tweet Are Officially a Couple
Filed under: This is weirder than Birdman and Toni Braxton. On Friday, Pastor Jamal Bryant let the world know that his “last lady” is none other than singer Charlene “Tweet” Keys. The YBF reports that the fiery Baltimore pastor, who did Freddie Gray’s eulogy and who has had some public issues with infidelity in the past (he…
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Our Power, Our Promise: When Thought Leaders Conjoin
This week the Democratic National Convention made its way to Philadelphia, and so did The Root. In partnership with WURD, The Root hosted Our Power, Our Promise: Shaping a Black Policy Agenda in the Post-Obama Era, at the black-owned restaurant South. And Wednesday’s conversation was led by a keen bunch. Among the group of thought leaders: Rep. Terri A.…
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Dennis Rodman Wanted for Questioning in Hit-and-Run Accident
Eccentric former NBA player Dennis Rodman is apparently a person of interest in a car crash in California, reports the New York Daily News. Police confirm that the driver of a black BMW told California Highway Patrol officers that when he was in a vehicular collision last week, the other driver left the scene after…
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Rihanna Set to Play Iconic Role on A&E’s Bates Motel
Rihanna’s ’bout to get it in the shower. And no, this is not some naughty Instagram post from the poptress, but refers to the role she will have in the final season of Bates Motel, a spin-off of the classic film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rihanna’s casting was revealed Friday at the Comic-Con International convention…
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Roxane Gay Becomes 1st Black Woman to Write Marvel Comic Book
Roxane Gay is set to write a new Marvel comic book, the World of Wakanda, which will delve into the lives of the women of the Black Panther comic-book-series universe. It will be released in November, the New York Times reports. The feminist scribe will team up with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has written his…
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Did Tamar Braxton Cheat on Husband Vincent Herbert?
In what is surprising news to many, Tamar Braxton and her husband, Vincent Herbert, may be facing some rocky times—although, in an eight-year marriage, that’s not so unbelievable. Rumors have been swirling that there is trouble in the union because Braxton’s been “cheating on her husband with another high-profile man for a while.” The source reports…
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Tatyana Ali Sues Warner Bros., Says She Came Up With Idea for The Real
Tatyana Ali, best known as sweet Ashley from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is suing Warner Brothers Telepictures; she says it stole her idea for daytime talk show The Real. Ali claims that she pitched the idea of a daytime talk show with female celebrity hosts in their 20s and 30s in late 2012 but was…
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