When Marvel released its variant covers for the first issue of Invincible Iron Man, whose main character is 15-year-old super-genius Riri Williams, many people weren’t pleased with one cover created by J. Scott Campbell. Complaints about Campbell’s cover included the fact that Riri was over-sexualized, depicted wearing low-cut jeans and having large breasts. Apparently Marvel took…

It seems as if Russell Crowe has hip-hop artist RZA on his side when it comes to Azealia Banks’ accusations that Crowe spit on her, choked and called her a n—ger. In an interview with TMZ, RZA said that Banks was behaving erratically at Crowe’s Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel party. He stated that Banks threatened…

Gabrielle Union and her husband, Dwyane Wade, are raising three sons together, and although her sons may be privileged, Union says she still has the same fears that many black parents have for their children. In her cover interview with Essence, Union spoke about the approach she takes to raising three black boys and making…

In July, comic fans got excited when Marvel announced the Invincible Iron Man series, whose main character is a genius 15-year-old named Riri Williams. Many people said they felt it was an answer to the lack of diversity in comics, and paid homage to #BlackGirlMagic. But on Wednesday the variant covers drawn by artist J.…

Donald Trump’s appearance during Wednesday night’s debate gave social media a lot to tweet about. When he wasn’t sniffing, Trump had several erroneous comments and downright lies about how exactly the government works, as well as Hillary Clinton’s stance on important issues. But his comments about undocumented immigrants got a lot of people riled up. When Trump…

When someone dies, usually, when people try to remember him or her, they’ll post something nice on Facebook. You remember the good things about the person and what the person meant to you. But in Jazmine Sullivan’s world, there’s never a wrong time to remember how you curved a person when he tried to get your…

Kordell Stewart is finally putting rumors about this sexuality to rest, as well as speaking about his marriage to Porsha Williams, during an episode airing Wednesday of Steve Harvey. Stewart called his marriage to Williams a “rocky road” and compared it to someone having really bad breath. “When it comes to the institution of marriage,…

Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. I don’t know how many times we have to go over this, but there are only two people you can never come for, whether they send for you (which they never would) or not: Beyoncé and Michelle Obama. Why some people have to learn…

T.I., like most of black America, doesn’t like Donald Trump. In March he went on a Twitter rant, saying, “[F—k] you” and “[F—k] what you stand for.” During a recent interview with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45’s Whoolywood Shuffle, Tip said that the Donald bore an uncanny resemblance to Jabba the Hutt. “What’s the…

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held their last state dinner Tuesday night, with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, as their guests. The first lady’s dress was the talk of the event, as she literally dazzled when cameras flashed in a rose-gold chain mail gown by Italian designer…