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Black Twitter Tells Some Dude Named Michael Rapaport to Keep Janet Jackson’s Name Out of His Mouth
As one of the foremost repositories for metadata in the burgeoning sociological science of wypipology, Black Twitter often provides empirical evidence that validates certain collectively assumed hypotheses as actual fact. Today we examine the theory of line stepping. While this concept might sound like the ritual dances performed at Que parties when the DJ plays…
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Kevin Hart Lived His Best Life (i.e. Made a Damn Fool of Himself) Celebrating Eagles' Super Bowl Win
Well, nobody had to ask how Kevin Hart’s night went. The comedian apparently had the time of his life at the Super Bowl LII on Sunday, drinking and celebrating as his home team, the Philadelphia Eagles, played their way to victory in an astonishing upset against the New England Patriots. The Philly native first crashed…
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#JanetJacksonAppreciationDay Is Trending on Twitter as a Big FU to J.T.
The denizens of that most promising place of perfected pettiness known as Black Twitter have spoken up loud and clear about the Super Bowl, Justin Timberlake and Miss Janet Jackson—or, as one talented scribe says, “Saint Damita Jo.” All of the above has been rolled into #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay, which happens to coincide with Justin Timberlake’s Super…
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Sheila E. Says There Will Be ‘No Hologram’ During J.T.’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Updated Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, 11:10 a.m. EST: After what proved to be some serious blowback after rumors that Justin Timberlake would be using a Prince hologram for his Super Bowl halftime show, longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E. confirmed last night that there would be none. Sheila E. said that she spoke to Timberlake on…
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#BlackMenSmiling Is the Most Beautiful Thing on Twitter Right Now—and It’s Trending Worldwide
This is what you need to get your Friday evening started on the right note: beautiful images of black men, their faces glowing, their teeth gleaming, happiness pouring from their very beings. #BlackMenSmiling is trending at No. 1 on Twitter right now, and it is the best thing ever. We are inundated every single day…
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Temptations Singer Dennis Edwards Dead at 74
Temptations singer Dennis Edwards died in a Chicago hospital Friday after a long illness, just one day before he would have turned 75. His death was confirmed to ABC Radio by his manager, Toby Ludwig, ABC7 reports. Edwards joined the famous Motown group in 1968, stepping in to replace lead singer and founding member David…
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2 Dope Queens on Getting HBO Coins, Meeting Oprah and Their Responsibility to Black Women
Black comediennes have a special place in my heart. From Whoopi Goldberg and Mo’Nique to Tiffany Haddish and every other melanin-heavy sista onstage, there’s incredible depth and a tooth-and-nail fight in how they got to where they are. It’s inspiring, to say the least. So when the opportunity came to speak with 2 Dope Queens’…
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Soul Singer Alleges That Kanye West and Solange Knowles Illegally Sampled His Track
Prince Phillip Mitchell, also known as Leon Mitchell, isn’t the sort of household name that Kanye West and Solange are. Still, if you listened to Kanye’s Graduation (the 2007 album went double platinum, so it’s safe to say that most of us have), Mitchell’s work will be familiar to you; his song “If We Can’t…
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Kelvin Harrison Jr.’s Breakout Performance Anchors Powerful Young-Adult Novel-Turned-Sundance Film Monster
It’s maddening that a book written in 1999 still carries so much relevance in 2018. Nearly two decades ago, Walter Dean Myers’ young-adult novel approached a racist court system that paints African-American men as guilty “monsters” before any evidence is presented. Sadly, this concept holds true as former music video director-turned-first-time filmmaker Anthony Mandler (Beyoncé…
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Mo’Nique Wasn’t Lying; Netflix Tried to Play Her
It would appear that there was more to the Mo’Nique-vs.-Netflix story than we were all aware of, and there was more at play than just the paltry $500,000 they offered her to do a comedy special for them. Mo’Nique first raised the issue of her dispute with Netflix nearly two weeks ago in a video…