Carrie Underwood’s Shady Reaction to Jamal Roberts’ ‘American Idol’ Win, Explained
Doja Cat’s Strange Interaction With Fan Leaves the Internet Divided
Judge Mathis Has Some Interesting Words About Diddy Trial
Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
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Eminem Got on National TV and Snatched Donald Trump’s Edges at the BET #HipHopAwards
Eminem proved once again that he is a real MC with real bars when he gave voice to the frustration we are all feeling right now with racist-enabler Donald Trump in the White House. On Tuesday night’s presentation of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, a prerecorded video from Oct. 6 showing Em flowing for four-and-a-half minutes…
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Madea Goes to the White House? Tyler Perry Will Play Gen. Colin Powell in Dick Cheney Movie
I am admittedly not a Tyler Perry fan. I think his movies tend to be overly preachy with a hint of misogynoir added in to make his point. Of course the overly sexual black woman catches HIV after having an affair behind her husband’s back. And let’s not ignore the fact that Perry, a black…
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Terry Crews Says He Was a Victim of a Hollywood Male Sexual Predator, Tells His Story on Twitter
Terry Crews took to Twitter Tuesday to say that the whole Harvey Weinstein situation is giving him post-traumatic stress disorder. You may be asking yourself why, but in a series of 16 tweets, Crews explains that women are not the only ones who have been sexually harassed by Hollywood’s male honchos; Crews himself was once…
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‘Bodak Yellow’ Continues to Win and Is Coming for Taylor Swift’s Record
Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” continues to do what it do. And it be winning. The catchy rap diddy, released by the Bronx, N.Y.-bred rapper born Belcalis Almanzar, first made waves after surging to Billboard’s No. 1 spot in September, a feat not seen by a female rapper since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in…
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‘Penny’ and ‘Willona’ From Good Times Reunite
Before she was “Ms. Jackson if You’re Nasty,” Janet Jackson was Penny on Good Times. Jackson appeared on the series as Penny Gordon Woods during seasons 5 and 6, a character who dealt with physical abuse at the hands of her mother, Linella Gordon (played by Chip Fields, Kim Fields’ mother). In the episode “The…
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Shannon Sharpe’s Yac and Milds but Were Afraid to Ask
Last week the national treasure and former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe sent Black Twitter into DEFCON 1 when he pulled out a Black & Mild cigar on national TV and exclaimed how he smokes Black & Milds and drinks “Hen Dog.” “I don’t know why y’all be playing with this boy Sha,” he said,…
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RHOA Star NeNe Leakes Says She Hopes Heckler Gets ‘Raped’ by an Uber Driver
It’s clear that NeNe Leakes needs some anger management. Pronto. The Real Housewives of Atlanta mainstay, who is back on the show after setting out on her own and striking pay dirt, is still trying to convince herself that she is nothing more than a quick-witted mean girl and was the host of the “Girls…
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Chance the Rapper Livestreams Police Stop in Chicago in Case It Goes ‘Sideways’
After consuming a sickening amount of “black death porn”—that is, black folks being killed by police on video—one could deduce that it is a precarious situation whenever an African American gets pulled over by police—regardless of social standing, celebrity, or the size of his or her bank account. Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper, being black…
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Jessica Williams Cast in J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts Sequel
First black Hermione, and now this. Jessica Williams, the darling funny girl of the 2 Dope Queens podcast and former Daily Show correspondent, will be cast in the sequel to the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. And like the real fan of H.P. that she is, Williams geeked out on…
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Banana Republic Employee Told Her Box Braids Are Too ‘Urban’ and ‘Unkempt’
A young black woman is accusing her managers at Banana Republic of “blatant racism,” saying that they targeted her over her hair, which was protected by box braids. According to a Facebook post shared earlier this week by Destiny Tompkins, her manager—a white man—labeled her hair “too urban” and “unkempt,” cited her for a dress…