After being in a coma for eight days following a 2014 accident involving a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer, Tracy Morgan reveals to Rolling Stone that he contemplated suicide. Morgan said it was emotionally difficult to struggle with the death of his friend and fellow comedian James McNair in the accident, because he was the reason McNair was in…

Sometimes you never know who people have in their family trees. And Ronda Rousey’s mother was proud to let TMZ camera people know that her grandfather was one of the first black physicians in North America. TMZ caught up with Rousey and her mother, AnnMaria De Mars, a world-renowned judo competitor and Native American activist.…

The Hate U Give is a soon-to-be released young-adult novel written by Angela Thomas and inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2011 Thomas used Twitter to pitch the idea to a book agent, and the rest is literary history. On Wednesday it was announced that the movie adaptation was sold to Fox 2000, Temple Hill and State…

Malik Taylor, known as Phife Dawg, from A Tribe Called Quest, died Wednesday at the age of 45. Although the cause of death has not been released, Taylor had been battling Type 1 diabetes for several years. Taylor’s music with ATCQ catapulted hip-hop to another level. The group’s albums The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders are pieces of…

Minister and gospel singer Daryl Coley died Tuesday at the age of 60, reportedly in hospice care. Coley was born in Berkeley, Calif., and founded the Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Los Angeles. Coley’s most popular songs include “He’s Preparing Me,” “When Sunday Comes” and “Beyond the Vail.” Many took to social media to remember the…

There’s one thing I can’t stand, and that’s someone who bullies children. Especially when that person is an adult. Or a person in an adult-sized body, because there’s no way in the world New York Post columnist Kyle Smith has the emotional-maturity level of an adult. In a recent hit piece for the Post, Smith…

Seriously, there will never be a first lady like Michelle Obama, ever again. Not only has she juggled parenting and being the first lady, but she’s also done work that has set precedent.  Through the first lady’s various initiatives, including helping girls across the country gain access to education, she has mastered the use of…

If you haven’t heard or seen the Syncopated Ladies tap dancing troupe, you’re definitely missing out. Led by sisters Chloé Arnold and Maud Arnold, who have been tap-dancing since they were kids, the Syncopated Ladies have some tap moves that are reminiscent of Gregory Hines and Savion Glover.  Last year the dance troupe went viral…

In a new promo for Centric’s series Being, Lisa Raye finally admits to getting Stacey Dash fired from Single Ladies. “In Hollywood, I’ve learned to be a boss,” she said in the Centric promo. “I had to say to Stacey Dash, ‘If you don’t get your [motherf—king] finger out of my face … ,’” she…