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Washington Wizards May Get New Uniforms Courtesy of a Wale and Kanye West Collab
Washington, D.C., native rapper Wale recently took on a new role that will definitely expand his brand. Wale was recently hired as a cultural consultant to help the rising stars of the Eastern Conference Washington Wizards rebrand their image. Over the last couple of years, the Wizards have gone from a team that couldn’t sell…
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Jessica Chastain Speaks on the Need for Diversity in Hollywood, Then Receives Racist Attacks
On Martin Luther King Jr.’s 86th birthday, actress Jessica Chastain was the recipient of the Most Valuable Player honor at the 2015 Critics Choice Awards. During her speech, Chastain recognized King’s birthday, as well as the need for a more diverse Hollywood. “Today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, so it got me thinking about…
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Former Sorority Sisters Cast Member Learned She Was Expelled From Delta Sigma Theta Via the Internet
They say you can learn a lot from the Internet, and that includes learning you were expelled from your sorority. Former Sorority Sisters cast member Priyanka Banks was one of five members of Delta Sigma Theta who were permanently expelled from the sorority after appearing on the VH1 reality show. Lydia Mitchell, Metoya Monroe, Adrene Ashford…
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner Shares His Thoughts on Cosby: ‘It’s Painful to Watch My Mentor Go Through This’
Slowly but surely, those who used to work with Bill Cosby have been speaking out about those allegations of sexual assault and abuse. One of the first people to speak about them was Raven-Symoné after a fake news article stated Cosby raped her, and she came out to refute the information. “I was NOT taking [sic]…
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Stevie Wonder and NBC Will Develop Underground Railroad Musical Miniseries
Stevie Wonder has been a busy man lately. Shortly after becoming a father, he started a successful tour that has been extended, and now the Songs in the Key of Life maestro is developing a miniseries with NBC about the Underground Railroad. Freedom Run will not only be a miniseries; it’ll also be a Broadway…
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Larry Wilmore on Bill Cosby: ‘That *Bleep* Did It’
Larry Wilmore’s newly launched talk show, The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, is already making headlines, and it’s only been a week. Wilmore, who never bites his tongue, took on the controversial topic of Bill Cosby and the looming allegations of sexual assault and drugging. “We’ll ask the question, did he do it?” Wilmore said from…
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D’Angelo Is Heading to SNL
Right before 2014 ended, soul singer D’Angelo dropped a surprise on everyone when he released his album Messiah. Fourteen years had passed since the Virginia native released an album, so when a new one finally arrived, sighs of relief could be heard when people realized it was a masterpiece. What has also been a long…
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Teen Learns Hard Lesson After Doing the Whip Dance While Hanging Onto a Moving Car’s Door
A Georgia teen has gone viral after trying to pull off a dance that only seemed fitting for a professional stunt artist. Cellphone video shows the teen, who has been identified as 18-year-old Brittany Symone, squatting and doing the whip dance while standing on the passenger seat of a car with the door wide open…
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Sorority Sisters Cast Members Expelled From Delta Sigma Theta
It’s all fun and games until your ratchetness gets you expelled from the sorority you fought so hard to be in. Such is the case for five cast members of VH1’s newly canceled reality-TV show Sorority Sisters. On the heels of the show’s cancellation because of the combined efforts of members of the Divine Nine and others…
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Seattle Seahawks Apologize for Ridiculous Martin Luther King Jr. Tweet
The Seattle Seahawks must have been feeling themselves after coming off their big win Sunday night—so much so that they thought they’d celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with a memorable tweet. The football team chose to show MLK some love by tweeting a photo of Russell Wilson crying, and attaching an MLK quote to it.…
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