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Rain Pryor Speaks Out in Defense of Her Father’s Legacy
When a journalist on Wednesday shared a quote on Twitter of Jennifer Lee Pryor confirming Quincy Jones’ allegation that Richard Pryor had sex with actor Marlon Brando, it was more than Pryor’s daughter Rain could take—and she spoke out in defense of her father. “My dad may be the GodFather of comedy, that does not…
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Get Out Is an Iconic, Critically Acclaimed Film, but Writer-Director Jordan Peele ‘Didn’t Know It Was Ever Going to Get Made’
Looking at the success of Get Out, one would imagine that writer-director Jordan Peele knew what he was getting into when he started working on the project. But according to Peele himself, that was not the case. The story for the now-iconic horror flick started out as a “fun project,” something that he had wanted…
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Watch: Exclusive Clip of Regina King in Netflix’s 7 Seconds
Netflix’s upcoming crime anthology series, Seven Seconds, stars Regina King and Russell Hornsby as parents of a black teenager who was killed by a white police officer in a hit-and-run, and his fellow corrupt officers’ attempt to cover up the killing. The series, which was executive-produced by The Killing’s Veena Sud, was inspired by the…
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Richard Pryor’s Widow Confirms He and Marlon Brando Did the Freaky Deaky
On the heels of the bombshell Quincy Jones interview that has the entire internet losing its collective mind, Richard Pryor’s widow has come forward to confirm that at least some of what Jones revealed about his friends’ pasts is true. Jennifer Lee Pryor told TMZ that Richard had lots of sex in the ’70s with…
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The NYPD Wants Desiigner’s Penis Pics
Somewhere in New York City, there is a police officer who has bravely set aside his dedication to stopping and frisking random black men to work on one of the greatest penis-related crimes of the century. This brave hero, dedicated to protecting and serving the citizens of the Big Apple, is charged with tracking down…
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Episode 3: ‘I Know Hard Work’: Memphis Sanitation Strikers on Childhoods Sharecropping in the Jim Crow South
Sharecropping in the United States was slavery by another name, and many of the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strikers were well acquainted with it. After the Reconstruction Era ended in 1877, Jim Crow laws intended to maintain white supremacy through violence, intimidation and segregation, spread across the Southern states—and some Northern states, too (pdf). Even…
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In His Latest Gift to Instagram, Will Smith Spoofs Jaden Smith’s ‘Icon’ Music Video to Celebrate 100 Million Streams
In true dad fashion, Will Smith has found a way to celebrate his son Jaden Smith’s achievements while simultaneously trolling him, and it is beautiful and hilarious to behold. Back in November, Jaden, an actor and rapper just like his dad, released the video for “Icon.” The song is the first single from Jaden’s first…
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White Men and Their ‘Blackcents’ Need to Stop Coming for Black Women Online
You know what I am getting increasingly sick of lately? White male culture vultures who think they can say and do anything around black people with impunity. Whether it’s because they have embraced black culture and mimic it or because they married a black person and think that makes them an expert on “the Negro,”…
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Drake Blessed 2 Miami Schools With a Scholarship, New Uniforms and Impromptu Concerts
Drake made surprise visits to the University of Miami and Miami Senior High School on Monday. The rapper-singer, who’s currently promoting his new single, “God’s Plan,” filmed portions of his visit and sprinkled a little do-good along the way. Drake’s first stop was Miami Senior High, where he gave students an impromptu performance of “God’s…