A few hours before I learned of the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police, I dropped my 15-year-old son off at the airport to visit his paternal family in Houston for the rest of the summer. I made sure to tell my son to call me once he got to his layover, which…

The vicious slaying of Mike Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police has once again shown that the narrative the media paints surrounding black people in America more often than not includes depicting us as violent thugs with gang and drug affiliations. It’s safe to say that Brown has become a victim of what I like to refer…

Kanye West suffered from diarrhea of the mouth and delusions during his sworn deposition for his paparazzi-assault trial.  During the deposition, posted by TMZ, West had the audacity to compare his celebrity-status struggles to the struggles people faced during the civil rights struggle. “[Celebrities], as a group of minorities here in LA … have to…

Felicia O’Dell’s fame is rising thanks to her hilarious cooking videos on YouTube. O’Dell, known online as Auntie Fee, may have only four cooking videos on her YouTube channel, but with close to 2 million views, she’s a viral cooking sensation Auntie Fee’s recipes and videos aren’t for the faint of heart because she doesn’t bite…

Keke Palmer is breaking barriers. Earlier this year, Palmer became the youngest African-American talk show host when Just Keke debuted on BET, and for her next role, she’s also making firsts on Broadway. Beginning Sept. 9, Palmer will become the first black Cinderella in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre in New York.…

Beyoncé is getting really good at dropping music without any promotion. Late Saturday night, the artist known to many as Queen Bey dropped a remix to “Flawless,” which featured Nicki Minaj. Sunday morning the Internet was abuzz with one particular line from the highly Auto-Tuned track. “Of course sometimes s—t goes down when there’s a…

Editor’s note: This post includes language and tweets that some may find offensive. What has the world done so bad to deserve yet another shitastic Katy Perry video that displays her amazing ability to take appropriation to a whole different level? Katy Perry Cultural Appropriation World Tour Coming To A City Near You pic.twitter.com/EXiAU6rN1c —…

Actor Jamie Foxx is going to lace up his boxing gloves and work on his knockout as he prepares for his role as Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic. The former heavyweight champion revealed that after five years, the project is finally up and running. Tyson told the Daily Mirror that CGI effects will be used that…

Whoopi Goldberg is quickly becoming an advocate for men who inflict domestic violence upon women. You may recall back in May, during the Solange Knowles-and-Jay Z elevator fight, that Goldberg said Jay Z had every right to hit Solange back. “I think Solange was quite ready for him to do whatever he was going to do,”…

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has received what some are calling a slap on the wrist from the National Football League: a two-game suspension as punishment for the domestic violence incident between his then-fiancee and now-wife, Janay Palmer. It’s alleged that Rice punched Palmer in the face in an Atlantic City, N.J., casino in…