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This Is Shots Fired: Jase Harley Calls Childish Gambino a 'House Slave' After Grammy Win, Repeats Plagiarism Claim
After Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” made Grammy history, scoring both Song of the Year and Record of the Year statuettes, it marked a triumphant shift for many hip-hop fans. However, rapper Jase Harley isn’t exactly feeling that embrace. The man behind “American Pharaoh” recently chatted with TMZ about Gambino’s “prestigious award” win, which he…
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Alfre Woodard Embodies the Escape a Tired Black Woman Needs and Deserves in Juanita
We’ve all heard the black woman motto around this clusterfuck of a world that needs fixing: “Fine, I’ll do it.” But what of the black woman who is tired of doing it? When does she get to rest? When does she get to escape? When does she get to just … be? Cue Netflix, with…
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3 Generations of Shaft Are Premiering at the American Black Film Festival. Will I Be There? You Damn Right
Remember that complicated man who was misunderstood by everyone but his woman? Well, now there are three of them. It’s been 19 years since the release of John Singleton’s Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Can you believe it?! And even longer since we first saw Richard Roundtree don the baddest jacket in the game: 48…
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Citizens of Zamunda! The Coming to America Sequel Is Coming—in 2020
We’ve been hearing about a possible Coming to America sequel for a while now, whether it’s rumored plot details (following the next generation of Prince Akeem) or the film’s new scribe (Kenya Barris); and it looks like we finally have a release date to look forward to. That day is August 7, 2020. Paramount has…
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Marla Gibbs Welcomes Us to The Neighborhood and Adds Another TV Credit to Her Legendary Resumé
There are several black film and television legends who have seemingly endless IMDb pages, and the incomparable Marla Gibbs is one of them. Her unforgettable roles as Florence (The Jeffersons) and Mary (227) are staples in black television that’ll live on forever even if she quit today. But that’s the thing; she hasn’t. Not by…
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A Whole Blue World: Will Smith's Final Form as the Genie Is Revealed
Will Smith promised us blue, and damnit, we got blue. When first-look images of Disney’s live-action Aladdin surfaced in December, Smith’s Genie looked more like a transracial genie, and the original animated film’s fans weren’t amused. But Smith assured us this was only his human disguise, not his final form. Basically, the actor reminded us…
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2019 BAFTAs: Letitia Wright Is Officially a Rising Star
While everyone in the music business took over Hollywood this past weekend, the silver screen squad descended upon London for the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. We usually refer to them (and their television counterpart) as the BAFTAs, as the awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The television…
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This Is Winning: The Grammys Song of the Year and Record of the Year Had Never Been Claimed By Rap—Until ‘This Is America’
Rap had some big moments at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which is a huge feat given the ceremony’s history with the genre. I’m still on a high after witnessing the highly lovable Cardi B accept a history-making award, making her the first solo woman artist to win Best Rap Album. It only took 30…
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2019 Grammys: Cardi B Makes History Moves to Become the 1st Solo Female Rap Artist to Win Best Rap Album [Updated]
Music’s biggest night came, saw, and conquered. For the first time, after watching the Grammys all of my life, I had the pleasure of covering the event from the press room at the Staples Center—and it was quite the experience. “Music is what we cry to, it’s what we march to, it’s what we rock…
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What Men Want: Inside the Minds of Actor Aldis Hodge, Producer Will Packer and Writer Tina Gordon Chism
If you had the ability to read one person’s mind, who would you choose? Would it be someone you know, a celebrity, or a historical figure? Starring Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Tracy Morgan and Erykah Badu, What Men Want follows Ali Davis (Henson), a successful agent who feels stilted in the “man’s…
