On Sunday, Azealia Banks vented on Facebook about events she said transpired at a Russell Crowe party. In the now-deleted Facebook post, Banks alleged that Crowe not only called her the n-word but also choked and spit on her as he kicked her out of his party: Banks, who is no stranger to controversy, was…

Viola Davis is taking a well-thought-out approach when it comes to the type of toys she allows her 6-year-old daughter, Genesis, to play with. And, unlike some parents, Davis says she’s not a fan of her daughter playing with dolls. In an interview with Essence, Davis spoke about only buying toys that help educate her daughter and…

When Lil Wayne was 12 years old, he shot himself, and while black people were trying to get out of the house and ignored his body on the floor, a white cop named Bob saved his life by taking him to the hospital. In order words, doing his job. This is why the rapper doesn’t…

In a new short film/public service announcement, filmmakers Christopher Renz and Gerard Bush masterfully take a look at the police-brutality epidemic facing black people. Along with Harry Belafonte’s organization Sankofa.org, the PSA Against the Wall uses infamous police-radio accounts of unarmed black men and boys being shot and killed by police, juxtaposed with familiar faces. “While…

Over the last week, much has been said about Donald Trump’s p—sygate and the leaked tapes of him talking about how he sexually assaults women. It was then that many of his GOP comrades disavowed him, and they have been distancing themselves from his toxicity. Who knew it would only take the talk of p—sy—well,…

Nate Parker’s much-talked about film, Birth of a Nation, was a box office flop. The historically inaccurate biopic about Nat Turner failed to bring in the big numbers that Fox Searchlight was expecting after the company paid $17,000,000 to distribute the film. The movie, which opened over the weekend, only took in an estimated $7.1 million and…

Visitors to Prince’s Paisley Park studio estate in Chanhassen, Minn., probably didn’t expect to see an urn filled with the singer’s ashes when the estate officially opened up as a museum Thursday. But that’s exactly what they saw. According to Billboard, Prince’s remains are being stored in a custom-made urn designed by his sister and nephew and…

Solange pulled up her chair and is now sitting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Just a week after being released, A Seat at the Table gave Solange her first Billboard 200 hit. According to Billboard, Solange’s album moved 72,000 copies in the first week of release, with 46,000 of them from traditional album sales, which catapulted…

Ben & Jerry’s doesn’t just make great ice cream; it’s also involved in activism. Which makes its Thursday statement on Black Lives Matter that much sweeter. Ben & Jerry’s took to its social media platforms to proclaim that “systemic and institutionalized racism are the defining civil rights and social justice issues of our time,” and…

Editor’s note: This post contains a social media message that some may find offensive. I pity anyone who has to deal with neighbors in an apartment building. Especially when you have to deal with the complaining and passive-aggressive types. Oh, and let’s not forget gentrifiers. Or, as I like to call them, “white migrators.” Apparently,…