Thursday at 7 p.m. EDT, a national moment of silence, organized by @FeministaJones, will take place across the United States. People will come together to peacefully protest the excessive police brutality that has taken the lives of black people across the country. In true social media fashion #NMOS14 started out as a simple conversation between…

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.…

Color me jealous, but Lollapalooza is still on my bucket list of music festivals to attend, and yet this weekend, Malia Obama graced the crowd with her presence—along with Secret Service officials, of course. The 16-year-old was spotted in the crowd during Chicago native Chance the Rapper’s closing set. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Malia…

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…

It seems like Aaliyah’s family is about to give the folks at Lifetime a run for their money when it comes to biopics about the late singer.  According to Sister2Sister, Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah’s uncle and former manager, has tapped erotic-fiction writer Zane to pen the script for a feature film. The film is expected to…

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 —…