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A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Dead at 45
Malik Taylor, known as Phife Dawg, from A Tribe Called Quest, died Wednesday at the age of 45. Although the cause of death has not been released, Taylor had been battling Type 1 diabetes for several years. Taylor’s music with ATCQ catapulted hip-hop to another level. The group’s albums The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders are pieces of…
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Daryl Coley, Gospel Singer and Minister, Dies at 60
Minister and gospel singer Daryl Coley died Tuesday at the age of 60, reportedly in hospice care. Coley was born in Berkeley, Calif., and founded the Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Los Angeles. Coley’s most popular songs include “He’s Preparing Me,” “When Sunday Comes” and “Beyond the Vail.” Many took to social media to remember the…
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To the New York Post Columnist Offended by Willow and Jaden Smith
There’s one thing I can’t stand, and that’s someone who bullies children. Especially when that person is an adult. Or a person in an adult-sized body, because there’s no way in the world New York Post columnist Kyle Smith has the emotional-maturity level of an adult. In a recent hit piece for the Post, Smith…
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Michelle Obama Stuns in Photo Shoot for Verge’s 3-D Interview
Seriously, there will never be a first lady like Michelle Obama, ever again. Not only has she juggled parenting and being the first lady, but she’s also done work that has set precedent. Through the first lady’s various initiatives, including helping girls across the country gain access to education, she has mastered the use of…
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Watch: Syncopated Ladies Tap Dancing Troupe Goes Viral With ‘Formation’ Routine
If you haven’t heard or seen the Syncopated Ladies tap dancing troupe, you’re definitely missing out. Led by sisters Chloé Arnold and Maud Arnold, who have been tap-dancing since they were kids, the Syncopated Ladies have some tap moves that are reminiscent of Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Last year the dance troupe went viral…
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Lisa Raye Admits She Got Stacey Dash Fired From Single Ladies
In a new promo for Centric’s series Being, Lisa Raye finally admits to getting Stacey Dash fired from Single Ladies. “In Hollywood, I’ve learned to be a boss,” she said in the Centric promo. “I had to say to Stacey Dash, ‘If you don’t get your [motherf—king] finger out of my face … ,’” she…
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Reporter Questioned the Price of Malia and Sasha Obama’s State-Dinner Dresses; Black Twitter Questioned Her Sanity
Kristen Sze, an ABC news anchor in San Francisco, felt the wrath of Twitter when she had the audacity to question the price of Sasha and Malia Obama’s state-dinner dresses. According to Sze, the gowns ranged in price from $17,000- to $20,000, and she deemed them “too expensive” for such young girls. Never mind that…
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Gabby Douglas’ Oxygen TV Series Premieres in May
Gabby Douglas and her family will have their lives on display this May when their new Oxygen docuseries, Douglas Family Gold, premieres. “This time, as Gabby trains tirelessly in Ohio with her grandmother by her side, the rest of the family keeps busy juggling Gabby’s business and their own lives back in California,” an Oxygen press…
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Vogue Spain Declares ‘Black Is Beautiful’ With Black Cover Model Rocking Cornrows
It’s not too often that a major fashion magazine declares, “Black is beautiful,” but Vogue Spain (Vogue España) just did for its March issue. Not only is Ivorian-British model Aya Jones giving all types of #BlackGirlMagic on the cover, but she’s also rocking a simple set of cornrows. The photo editorial was shot in Botswana, with…
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Janelle Monáe Joins Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures
Singer Janelle Monáe is the latest to be cast in the Fox drama Hidden Figures, and she joins Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in the film about three mathematicians who were the brains behind NASA’s Friendship 7 mission in 1962. The film is based on the upcoming book by Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures: The Story…
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