You know you’re getting old when a movie from your childhood is now getting a remake. Well, not exactly from my childhood, but college days. It seems as though MC Lyte has something up her sleeves, and she made the announcement on Instagram. The rapper announced an upcoming musical version of Love Jones, the Theodore…

Thanks to Kevin Durant, BlackPlanet was the talk of social media Sunday. Those of us who aren’t millennials remember a world with BlackPlanet, before there were Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat and countless other social media apps and websites of which black people have become the most prolific users. Now, some people who flock to the previously…

Tomi Lahren is at it again, and this time she’s attacking Jesse Williams’ BET Awards acceptance speech. The conservative bobblehead took issue with Williams’ speech and lashed out during her recent web show. “Was it a celebration of black entertainment or an opportunity to complain about the plight of wealthy black actors and musicians?” said Lahren. “I…

Leslie Jones is prepping for the premiere of the Ghostbusters reboot, but it seems that some designers in the fashion industry don’t want to dress her. On Tuesday, Jones took to Twitter and came so close to naming names of the designers who didn’t want to help dress her. Now, you can draw your own…

Delonte West’s post-NBA career has been well-chronicled over the last year because recent sightings of the former NBA star have been questionable. Earlier this year, people speculated about West’s mental health after he was seen in a Texas parking lot in seeming disarray. Some said he escaped from a hospital where he was receiving treatment;…

When it comes to Justin Timberlake’s music, there are a lot of people out there who compare him to a modern-day Elvis Presley when it comes to appropriating black culture. And during Jesse Williams’ speech at Sunday night’s BET Awards, the actor made mention of those people who profit off black culture. “We’re done watching…

On Sunday, Jesse Williams received the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards, and during his speech, the actor and activist spoke of whom he called the true recipients of the award. “This is for the real organizers all over the country. The activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers of students that are realizing that…

Bernie Worrell, the man behind the keyboard and one of the founding members of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Friday at the age of 72 after a battle with lung cancer. Worrell’s family informed his fans of his death on Facebook. It was Worrell’s Minimoog synthesizer that gave Parliament its funkadelic sound. The New Jersey native was considered a child…

Chalk up being a real estate agent and doing marketing comparisons in the neighborhood of a house you’re trying to sell to yet another thing black folks can’t do. An unidentified real estate agent’s police-stop video has gone viral after he was pulled over by a Randolph County, N.C., cop. According to the video, the agent…

Abigail Fisher’s mediocrity will forever be cemented in Supreme Court history. In today’s “You shoulda kept your mediocrity to yourself” news, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action program, which Fisher thought was wrong after she was denied admission. In true social media fashion, the reactions have been hilarious: Abby, you did…