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Ticketmaster Issues Refunds for Short Kanye West Sacramento, Calif., Show
People who shelled out money for the Sacramento, Calif., stop of Kanye West’s Saint Pablo Tour got very little ROI during the Saturday-night show. After performing only three songs, West ranted about Beyoncé and Jay Z, dropped the mic and walked off the stage. Soon after the concert ended, riled up fans started the #KanyeIsOverParty…
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Soul Singer Sharon Jones Dead at 60
Legendary singer Sharon Jones passed away Friday at the age of 60 after battling pancreatic cancer. Jones, who was part of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, was born in North August, South Carolina in 1956, and raised in Brooklyn, NY. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away after a heroic…
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Watch: The Root Staff Tries Patti LaBelle's Cakes and Cobblers
Last year, Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies went viral with the help of James Wright Chanel’s hilarious video. The pies, which are exclusively sold at Wal-Mart, flew off the shelves and launched Chanel as a viral sensation. LaBelle even has a cooking show premiering soon on the Cooking Channel, where she’ll show off those much-talked-about…
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Kanye West Says He Would Have Voted for Trump, Gets Stuff Thrown at Him During Concert
If a racist reality-television personality can become president, then why not Kanye West? During his Pablo Tour stop in California on Thursday night, the rapper stopped performing several times to wax poetic about politics; including the fact that he “would have” voted for Racist McRacist Face. Which basically means, West did not vote at all.…
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Dear Racist White People: Don’t Write a Check Your Ass Can’t Cash
In seventh grade I punched a boy in the face. He deserved it and I didn’t regret it afterward; I actually felt pretty good about it. After taking his verbal and physical abuse for what seemed like forever but in all likelihood was probably only for a marking period, I stood my ground. It happened…
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Baltimore City Teacher to Students: You'll End Up 'N–gers' Getting Shot
Updated Thursday, Nov. 17, 2:02 p.m. EST: According to ABC News, the teacher in the video has been fired: Earlier: A Baltimore City teacher has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Erica Esha Deminds posted a video showing her son’s unnamed teacher at the Harlem Park Elementary School in Baltimore kicking a student out…
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Shirley Caesar Responds to #UNameItChallenge
Greens, beens, potatoes, tomatoes … you name it! Chances are you’ve been singing Shirley Caesar’s song in your head recently because of the viral #UNameItChallenge that has rocked social media. The creativity that has been used to mash Caesar’s song to dance and movie clips has made for hilarious pieces of social media fodder, and…
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LeBron James Says He's Lost Respect for Phil Jackson Over 'Posse' Comments
In a recent interview with ESPN, New York Knicks President Phil Jackson referred to LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter as a “posse,” which has left the NBA star questioning Jackson’s use of the word, saying it had racial undertones, according to the Associated Press. Carter said he feels that Jackson used “posse” because…
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Pastor Shirley Caesar Goes Viral in #UNameItChallenge
Thanks to social media, a new generation has been introduced to Shirley Caesar, whose 20-year-old sermon has gone viral and received the remix treatment. Chances are you’ve probably seen the video, in which Caesar talks about beans, greens, potatoes and tomatoes, and you’ve probably seen the video remixed with Beyoncé dancing, or even Chris Brown.…
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HBO Renews Insecure for 2nd Season
Every Sunday night, you can count on #Insecure being a trending topic on Twitter, and the show’s fans have been clamoring about it since the first episode. So, no surprise to fans, HBO has renewed Insecure, which stars and was created by Issa Rae, for a second season. Although Nielsen shows the audience for the…