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John Legend to Remix 'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' Will Remove Problematic Elements and Promote Consent
You’ve probably heard “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on the radio while driving along the winter roads—or maybe you remember the song from the cute Dwayne-and-Whitley scene in A Different World. Regardless of where you first heard the song, you may have, at one point, questioned the creepy lyrics. In a new cover story with Vanity…
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The Beautiful Ones: Before His Tragic Death, Prince Began a Memoir Detailing How He Became…Prince
Prince Rogers Nelson, a man of unmatched mystery, planned to give us a sneak peek into his surreal life. Three months prior to his tragic death in 2016, the then 57-year-old artist was starting his magnum opus, a memoir detailing just how he became the icon fans have come to love and admire. The man…
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Dolemite Is My Name: Here at The Root, We Play Black Ass Game
The Root is our name and blackness is our game, so we decided to play none other than Black Ass Game! The stars of Dolemite Is My Name joined us for some sho-nuff blackness: Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps and Craig Robinson. And yes, the questions were…
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100% That Block: Lizzo Files Lawsuit Against Producers Claiming Plagiarism for ‘Truth Hurts’
The truth hurts, but a lawsuit stings. The saga around Lizzo’s hot single, “Truth Hurts” continues. Songwriting brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen accused the chart-topping artist of plagiarizing the heavily popular line, “I just took a DNA test, turns out, I’m 100% that bitch” from her song the three wrote in collaboration titled, “Healthy.” However, Lizzo’s…
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First Look: Queen Latifah Admits She Was ‘Terrified’ to Tackle Ursula’s ‘Poor Unfortunate Souls’ in The Little Mermaid Live!
Ursula’s iconic villain song, “Poor Unfortunate Souls”, explored her desire to assist the helpless peons in the sea…for a price, of course. Funny enough, the woman portraying the sassy squid, Queen Latifah, can’t rely on Ursula’s loanshark contract to sing the epic song. In a first-look, behind-the-scenes clip provided by ABC to The Root, Latifah…
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White Supremacist Pacification Is a Hollywood Burden
The trailer for Burden has arrived and I’m fucking tired. From the film’s official press release: When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a small South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker) resolves to do everything in his power to prevent long-simmering racial tensions from boiling over. But…
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Lizzo Responds to Plagiarism Claim, Says She Is 'Sharing Success' With Original '100 %' Tweeter, 'Not These Men'
Lizzo don’t play tag, bitch, she been “It.” And she’s taking on producer Justin Raisen’s plagiarism claims head-on. Earlier this month, Raisen accused Lizzo of taking her very popular “Truth Hurts” lyric from his song titled, “Healthy.” “On April 11th, 2017, we wrote a song called ‘Healthy’ w/ Lizzo, Jesse St John, and Yves Rothman…
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Should Have Seen This Coming: Future Hit With New Paternity Suit, Allegedly the Father of 8th Child
In the words of our brilliant Staff Writer, Anne Branigin, “What’s Scorpio season without Future having another paternity suit?” Cindy Renae Parker is alleging Future, born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, is the biological father of her 3-month-old son, Legend Ary Wilburn, according to legal documents filed in Nueces County, Texas, obtained by TMZ. TMZ adds: Sources…
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Turns Out, Everybody and Their Mama Is Coming 2 America…Except Eriq La Salle
There is a long and black ass line of cast members waiting to enter Club Zamunda, but it looks like Eriq La Salle has decided to not do hoodrat things with his friends. Though the bulk of the original cast is returning to Coming 2 America, La Salle has apparently decided to opt out. At…
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Cardi B Is the Hottest in the Street, Cast in Fast & Furious 9
Start your engines, okurr! According to Entertainment Weekly, Cardi B has been cast in Fast & Furious 9. The franchise’s star, Vin Diesel, posted a video on Instagram Tuesday afternoon to announce the news. “Day 86, here on the set of Fast 9,” Vin began the video, from the film’s U.K. set. “I know I’m…
