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Because He Got High: Kanye Announces 2020 Run for President During MTV Video Music Awards in Rambling Speech
On Sunday night, Kanye West received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. The award was ironically presented to him by his former archnemesis, Taylor Swift. In true West fashion, he said a lot of things, but no one really understood anything he said: Bro, bro, listen to the kids. Jeremy, I…
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Kanye West’s Best Moment Came During Hurricane Katrina
It’s been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. It’s also been 10 years since Kanye West spoke so much truth on live television, he left the world speechless. During the broadcast of A Concert for Hurricane Relief, West and comedian Mike Myers spoke about the effects the hurricane had had on New Orleans. As…
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Spike Lee to Receive Honorary Oscar
Some may say that Spike Lee should have received an Oscar years ago, but it looks as if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is trying to make it up to the legendary filmmaker. Honorary Oscar statuettes are given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture…
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Donald Trump Deports Univision Reporter From Presser, Proving He Is Still the Biggest Troll in America
If you took a look at any of Donald Trump’s recent appearances and press conferences, you’d think you were standing in the middle of some bizarro alternate-reality world. At the podium is one of the world’s richest men, wearing one of the world’s worst spray tans and a comb-over that has an appearance similar to…
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Hey, BuzzFeed: Big Daddy Kane Didn’t Wear Them and Jay Z Didn’t Rap About ‘3 Cuts in Your Eyebrows’ for You to Call Them ‘Slits’
I know for a fact that there are black people working at BuzzFeed. Never mind that recently a black BuzzFeed writer totally missed the mark on Jamaican food. But there really are black people at BuzzFeed. I’ve seen them. One has to wonder why a black writer did not inform the writer of “People Are…
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Dee Barnes Responds to Dr. Dre’s Apology
Last week, journalist Dee Barnes wrote a highly critical piece concerning Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray and the fact that the movie painted N.W.A as saints and not the misogynistic group they were—especially considering that Dr. Dre brutally beat Barnes in 1991. Days after that article went viral and had everyone talking, Dr. Dre…
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Michel’le on Dr. Dre’s Apology: ‘I Don’t Really Think It’s a Sincere Apology’
On the heels of Dr. Dre’s public apology for beating up women, his ex-fiancee, R&B singer Michel’le, is having her say. The singer-turned-reality-TV personality isn’t buying his apology. In an interview with the BBC, Michel’le, who was with Dr. Dre for six years and has a son with him, said she thinks it’s a publicity…
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Nicki Minaj Issues Warning to Trolls on Social Media
Trolls have been around since AOL started sending 50 hours’ worth of free Internet access. Fast-forward years later, and trolls don’t die, they multiply. And for celebrities, it seems as though trolls go full throttle when trying to get their attention. But there’s one celebrity who’s not having it. Over the weekend, Nicki Minaj and…
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Dr. Dre Apologizes to the Women He Assaulted
It’s been 24 years since Dr. Dre beat up journalist Dee Barnes. Earlier this week, Barnes wrote a lengthy post on Gawker recounting the time in 1991 when Dr. Dre beat her up. Now, on the heels of the success of Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre has finally issued an apology, via the New York…
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Jamaicans on Twitter Set BuzzFeed Straight About Jamaican Food With #BuzzFeedBeLike
Imagine someone trying to do you a solid and educate you on what “true” Jamaican food consists of. And then they offer you doctored recipes, and the photos of the dishes look nothing like you expected. That’s exactly what happened when BuzzFeed posted an article titled, “27 Essential Jamaican Recipes You Need in Your Life.”…
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