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  • Adele Showed Exactly What Solidarity Looks Like: Of Course Beyoncé Was Robbed at Grammys

    I can’t really pinpoint exactly when Adele realized that Beyoncé was robbed of a couple of Grammys, but as she took the stage during Sunday night’s award show to accept the Grammy for Album of the Year, she showed that solidarity was more important than a gold award. Adele swept the categories in which both…

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  • Would Prince Be Happy With His Music Streaming on All Services? Probably Not

    As of Sunday, you can find Prince’s music from Warner Bros. streaming on all music services, including Apple, Spotify, Pandora and Amazon.com. Previously it streamed only on Tidal. Cameron Strang, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, announced the news hours before the Grammys, where Prince will be honored. “Prince recorded his most influential and…

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  • Al Jarreau, a Unique Musical Stylist, Dead at 76

    Renowned for his unique vocal style and musical expressiveness, Al Jarreau died Sunday, Feb. 12, at the age of 76, just a week after being admitted to the hospital for exhaustion. The seven-time Grammy Award winner was the second vocalist in music history to receive the coveted award in three categories: jazz, pop and R&B.…

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  • Nike Addresses Racial Inequality in New Ad Featuring LeBron James, Serena Williams

    Nike has a few things to say about equality and inequality, and the company brought out its biggest stars to make a point. Nike’s new “Equality” campaign launched Sunday with an ad featuring LeBron James, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant and many other black athletes. According to Nike’s press release, the campaign “encourages people to take…

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  • Department of Education’s Twitter Account Just Quoted Some Man Named W.E.B. DeBois

    One has to wonder if Betsy DeVos has taken over the Department of Education’s Twitter account, because someone just used a W.E.B. Du Bois quote but attributed it to some dude named W.E.B. DeBois. Now, before you go and blame an intern, nowadays most social media is actually run by full-time staff at government agencies.…

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  • The Greatest Love of All: Remembering Whitney

    I can’t exactly remember what I was doing at 8:22 p.m. on Feb. 11, 2012, but according to Facebook, that’s the exact time I found out Whitney Houston died. As a girl growing up in New Jersey, not too far from where Houston grew up, we took pride in her being one of Jersey’s own.…

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  • Did Anthony Bourdain Just Figure Out What’s Wrong With Steve Bannon?

    Editor’s note: We, here at The Root, are fully aware that this photo has been photoshopped. We are also aware that Bannon is a white nationalist. And, we are acutely aware that former president Obama had his faced darkened to appear more sinister and where we’re y’all then? Lighten up. And don’t come for us…

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  • Actress Kali Hawk Celebrates Black History Month and Gives a Lesson in Johnny Depp’s ‘Black’ History

    In 2013, during promotion of Johnny Depp’s flop, I mean film, The Lone Ranger, it was alleged that Depp was a descendant of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the first slave in the American colonies to sue for her freedom and win. Now, when you go to check the original Ancestry.com article that supposedly posted the findings,…

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  • Poor Betsy, Blocked From Entering a DC Public School

    It’s safe to say that Betsy DeVos still hasn’t been inside a public school. ABC 7 News caught a glimpse of what happened when the new education secretary tried to enter a Washington, D.C., public school. Operative word here is “tried.” Brave protesters blocked DeVos, and she was quickly escorted back into her blacked-out SUV.…

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  • Misty Copeland Publicly Denounces Under Armour CEO’s Pro-Trump Stance

    Misty Copeland isn’t letting the fact that she’s endorsed by Under Armour get in the way of her speaking out against the company’s CEO, Kevin Plank, and his pro-Donald Trump stance. The ballerina took to Instagram to explain why she disagrees with Plank. Earlier this week, Plank said, “To have such a pro-business president is…

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