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New R. Kelly Accuser Violates Nondisclosure Agreement With Underage-Sex Claims
Jerhonda Johnson says she was a starstruck 15-year-old when she first met R. Kelly. Johnson didn’t meet him at a concert, or at her high school, where Kelly was allegedly known to troll. Johnson met Kelly while on daily watch outside his child-pornography trial in 2008. In a new report for BuzzFeed News, Jim DeRogatis…
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Donald Trump Looked Directly Into the Eclipse and Unfortunately Did Not Spontaneously Combust
If there was one thing I wished to happen during all of this eclipse hoopla, it was for Donald Trump to somehow spontaneously combust after looking at it directly. Little did I realize that the president, like many other people, would be dumb enough to look directly at the eclipse without eye protection. But, of…
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Kevin Hart’s Current Wife and Ex-Wife Go at It Over Home-Wrecker Label
Eniko Parrish Hart and Kevin Hart have been married for a year, and when Eniko Hart posted a celebratory Instagram pic dedicated to her husband, it started a war of words between Eniko Hart and Torrei Hart, Kevin Hart’s ex-wife. See, the thing is, Eniko referenced being with Kevin for eight years. But Kevin and…
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White Supremacist Teen Says He’s Leaving Boston University Because of Threats
Nicholas Fuentes is now a former student of Boston University just a week after attending the “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fuentes says that threats and harassment caused him to transfer to Auburn University in Alabama, where his Southern pride and love of cement statues will probably be embraced. But never mind the fact that…
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Chance the Rapper Tweets About Attending Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse Is Like, ‘What About Us?’
Chance the Rapper is looking for a college to further his education, and one simple tweet from the rapper Sunday night got two colleges in the Atlanta University Center Consortium vying for his application. It looks as though the person who runs Morehouse’s social media was up and had time: But then Clark Atlanta University’s…
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Look at These Cute-Ass Babies, Because We’re Tired of Looking at White Supremacy
Folks, it’s been a week, and here at The Root we’re tired. We’re tired of crazy white supremacists and their sympathizers. We’re tired of Donald Trump. We’re tired of just documenting it all and writing about it. But what better way to cleanse your palate of the week’s horrifying news than to look at some…
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Robin Thicke Makes Another Baby Amid Custody Dispute With Paula Patton
It’s been three years since actress Paula Patton kicked Robin Thicke to the curb after being together since they were high school sweethearts and getting married in 2005. Patton, who has said that Thicke repeatedly cheated on her, is still battling with the singer when it comes to custody of their 7-year-old son, Julian. After…
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Comedian Dick Gregory Hospitalized
Eighty-four-year-old comedian Dick Gregory has been hospitalized with a serious, but undisclosed, medical condition, according to his son Christian Gregory, who broke the news on Facebook. Although Christian Gregory said that his father should be released “within the next few days,” he added: “When it comes to sickness and disease, one’s age is highly significant.…
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Please Let This New Yorker Cover Send Trump Over the Edge
How magnificent is the above cover? And then there’s this: And this one: Each cover pays homage to Donald Trump and his neo-Nazi-sympathizing ways … perfectly. I’m just waiting for someone to write an article titled, “Donald Trump: President of White Supremacy,” or for him to finally resign.
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Potential Martin Shkreli Jurors Want the Judge to Know ‘Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta Fuck Wit’
Prospective jurors in the Martin Shkreli trial have pretty much proved that they can’t be impartial about the money-hungry Pharma-bro, who’s facing up to 45 years in prison for fraud. Sure, a lot of potential jurors are pissed that Shkreli raised the price of an HIV drug almost 5,000 percent, but they have another bone…
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