• #TeamTayja: Social Media Praises High School Girl Bullied Because of Prom Photo

    The Internet can be a cruel place, and a high school student who thought she could share her prom photos on Facebook learned that the hard way. Last week 17-year-old Tayja Jones of Pottsgrove, Pa., attended Pottsgrove High School’s prom, and after she posted her photo, nasty comments started rolling in. Tayja is still having a…

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  • Actor Tray Chaney Creates Touching Mother’s Day Video, ‘Love for You’

    You may remember actor Tray Chaney from his role on HBO’s The Wire as “Poot.” He’s currently on Bounce TV’s series Saints and Sinners, along with Vanessa Bell Calloway. Not only is Chaney an actor, but he’s also a rapper who makes music with a message. Last year Chaney inspired students across the Maryland area to stay in school…

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  • Report: Before Prince Died, Doctors Were Staging a Painkiller-Addiction Intervention

    On the day Prince was found collapsed in an elevator at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn., on April 21, an unknown man made a frantic phone call to 911. He said that he was at Prince’s house and didn’t know the exact address. But what people didn’t know, until Wednesday, was the identity of the…

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  • Afrika Bambaataa’s Former Bodyguard Speaks Out on Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘He’s a Pedophile’

    His name is Shamsideen Shariyf Ali Bey and he’s the former head of Shaka Zulu Security and former bodyguard for Afrika Bambaataa. Now he’s speaking out about the allegations of molestation that Bambaataa has recently denied. In a recent interview with Troi Torain, the radio host who originally broke the story about Ronald Savage’s allegations of molestation by Bambaataa, Bey…

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  • 50 Cent Asked to Donate $1,000,000 to Avoid Lawsuit Over Bullying Video; Issues Apology

    50 Cent’s legal woes are starting to pile up … again. The family of the boy he bullied in a Cincinnati airport say they want the rapper to donate $1 million to a GoFundMe or they’ll file a lawsuit. 50 Cent filmed Andrew Farrell while he was working at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and mocked…

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  • Stevie Wonder Writes Touching Tribute to Prince

    Stevie Wonder literally did his best to hold back tears last week during a CNN interview about the death of his longtime friend Prince. You could hear the pain in his voice as he was remembering Prince’s musical genius and his life. And even last weekend, while in New Orleans for the Jazz Fest, Wonder…

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  • Creators of the Running Man Challenge Receive $10,000 Scholarships on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    Viral dances come and go. First it was the Whip/Nae Nae, then it was something else, and now it’s the Running Man Challenge.  “I woke up and these guys—the Maryland basketball players—they did it,” said Vincent. Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall, of Hillside, N.J, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and explained how the dance…

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  • 50 Cent Under Fire for Mocking Disabled Teenager Working at Airport

    Over the weekend, 50 Cent took to his Instagram account to complain about today’s youths while traveling through the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. “This new generation is crazy. It’s crazy,” 50 Cent said in the video. To show an example of laziness, he then turned the camera onto a young man working at the airport.…

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  • Hamilton Sets Record With 16 Tony Award Nominations

    The 2016 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and Hamilton made history with 16 nominations. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the musical, received three individual nominations, for best book, best original score and best lead actor. Not to be overlooked are other nominees, including Shuffle Along, with 10 nominations, one of them best musical; and Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed,…

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  • Met Gala Hits and Misses

    Monday night’s fashion prom, otherwise known as the Met Gala (or the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, officially), brought out the stars in their best (and worst) costume attire. This year’s theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” which basically meant, “Let’s wrap ourselves in shiny clothes…

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