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Fever: Megan Thee Stallion Will Drive the Boat This Summer and Beyond
Megan Thee Stallion. Megan Thee Star. Before we get to the nitty and the gritty that is the sublime rapper’s debut album, Fever, I want to take you on a fantastic voyage, quickly chronicling my introduction to her—and the stanning crescendo that followed. Sometime last year, I saw the names “Tina Snow” and “Megan Thee…
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Watch: 'It's Been Beneficial to Me, Too'—Adrienne Banfield Norris Opens Up About Porn to Jada and Willow
Take a seat at the red table! And make yourself comfortable. Hell, I did. On Thursday, I attended an intimate fireside chat to celebrate the return of the popular streamed series, where Jada, Gammy, and Willow reflected over the past season, talked about the importance of showing up, and dropped inspirational gems for the attendees.…
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Black Twitter Earns Ph.D. With Hilarious Dissertation Thread
When it comes to ingenuity and creativity, very few things surpass the unending inventiveness of black folks. Whether it is out of necessity or unbridled imagination, not only can we make something out of nothing, but we can make it fun. Enslaved Africans took coded messages and turned them into songs. We turned scraps of…
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The Marathon Continues With Released Footage From Nipsey Hussle’s Last Music Video
Just days before Nipsey Hussle was brutally killed on March 31, he filmed a music video for an aptly titled song, “Higher.” The song features Nipsey, DJ Khaled and John Legend. In footage obtained by TMZ, the music video for the Khaled single looks to be channeling peak California love, featuring a couple of classic…
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He Did Say He Was ‘Never Scared’—Chris Rock to Reboot Saw Franchise
Want to see people with Apple Watches be forced to hack off their hand with a saw? Well, Chris Rock is here for you! According to Deadline, the funnyman will be rebooting the film that set a wave of similar “torture porn” projects in that era. “I’ve been a fan of Saw since the first…
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Happy Birthday Janet Jackson, From Every Black Kid Who Performed Homemade Dance Recitals
On May 16, 1966 a tiny baby who would be named Janet Damita Jo Jackson performed an eight-count out of her mother’s womb and into the world. Today marks Janet’s 53rd birthday and the iconic superstar is celebrating on the eve of her Las Vegas residency launch, aptly titled Metamorphosis. Beyond her well-known whispery vocals…
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Watch: Comedy Central's South Side Highlights the 'Hope and Love' of Chicago in Debut Trailer
They say there’s tragedy in comedy. Chicago has become the national scapegoat for crime, despite not being the murder capital of the country. When it comes to showcasing the lives of black folks in Chicago, we have Lena Waithe’s The Chi, which appears to be doing well, recently announcing a third season pickup. While the…
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Court TV Relaunches in the Black Lives Matter Era, With Activist Lawyer Yodit Tewolde at the Helm
Back in the mid-’90s, when game shows had finally fallen out of favor and the talk show wars had devastated Montel, Maury and Sally Jesse Raphael, leaving Oprah on the Iron Throne, there was one mainstay for your middle-aged aunts, grandmas and housewives to get their daytime TV drama fix: Court TV. Blowing up with…
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Black Mirror, Season 5: Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Nicole Beharie Play Mind Games in a Techno-Paranoid World
The last time we saw Black Mirror, they had us playing a Choose Your Own Adventure-esque game to watch it. But, this isn’t a game. Black Mirror is returning for its fifth season—and we’ve got a trailer to prove it! As Netflix’s press release states about the popular tech-world series: Black Mirror is an anthology…
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Beyoncé’s Homecoming: Blackest Coachella Performance Naturally Brings Netflix’s Blackest Ratings
Before you let go of Beyoncé’s Homecoming—okay, who am I kidding, you’ve watched it 50-11 times and counting to this day—let’s crunch some numbers. The Nielsen ratings for the popular Netflix special are out and just like its documentary subject, it’s among the best of the best. On its premiere day, Homecoming reached 1.1 million…