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Bobby Brown Sues TV One Over Bobbi Kristina Biopic
Bobby Brown is hoping to put an end to TV One’s upcoming Bobbi Kristina biopic, by any means necessary. The R&B singer has filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York City against TV One over what he calls events in the film that are “defamatory and untrue.” TV One’s Bobbi Kristina biopic focuses…
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Previews of Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away With Murder Featured in New ‘Thank God It’s Thursday’ Trailer
Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder all make their return on fall TV on Sept. 28, but you don’t have to wait that long to get teased about what may or may not be happening on your favorite addictive shows. ABC’s first look at “TGIT” (Thank God It’s Thursday) features a…
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Dear Kylie Jenner: Kindly Shut the Hell Up When It’s Black-Girl Time
Updated Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, 10:27 p.m. EDT: So, apparently I was wrong, and Kylie’s line that is allegedly for black girls came out a year ago. She was simply promoting it again in light of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty debut. She can still shut the fuck up, though. Earlier: The Kardashian-Jenner girls are nothing if…
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Canada’s Ex-Poet Laureate Stole From Tupac and Maya Angelou in the Greatest Cultural Appropriation of All Time
Move over, Taylor Swift. Kendall and Kylie, have as many seats as you need. There’s a new front-runner for The Root’s second-annual Wypipo Awards, and even though the nominations have not yet been formally submitted, I have a feeling that Pierre DesRuisseaux might be 2017’s runaway winner. Pierre DesRuisseaux is a prolific poet and writer…
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NYC’s First Lady Remixes ‘Reclaiming My Time’ as a Mental-Health Anthem
Arguably, the only thing better than Rep. Maxine Waters’ skewering of White House weasel and Treasury Department Secretary Steve Mnuchin was the song it inspired—a gospel spin on Waters’ infamous remarks, performed by Broadway actor Mykal Kilgore, that immediately went viral. It turns out that New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, is also a…
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Watch: Fantastic Negrito’s New Video, ‘Push Back’
Fantastic Negrito has teamed up with Tidal to premiere his newest video from the rerelease of his Grammy Award-winning album The Last Days of Oakland. The Boston-born, Oakland, Calif.-raised singer won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2017. And with his newest video, “Push Back,” the singer takes a look at the…
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YouTuber PewDiePie Uses Racial Slur During Live Video Game Streaming
Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg may be YouTube’s highest-grossing user, but he’s also back in the limelight for his use of a racial slur. But it’s not his first time at the racist rodeo. On Sunday afternoon, Kjellberg, 27, was streaming and playing “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” when he went on a rant, and let the n-word “slip” through:…
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Spike Lee and Jordan Peele Collaborate on Black Klansman, the True Story of a Black Man Who Infiltrated the KKK
Legendary black Hollywood stalwart Spike Lee is collaborating with upstart Jordan Peele on Black Klansman, a true-life account of a black police detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Lee will direct and produce, while Peele will also produce. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ron Stallworth answered a 1978 newspaper ad in Colorado Springs, Colo.,…
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Beyoncé Cries With Hurricane Harvey Victims at Her Childhood Church
Queen Bey continues to spread her magnificence throughout the realm. The Houston native went back to her childhood church this week to be with victims of Hurricane Harvey, including the family of The Root’s very own Kirsten West Savali, who wrote about their horrific ordeal on the site. The Carter women—including Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles,…
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‘Bodak Yellow’ Is Trash, and if You Like It, Your Taste in Music Is Trash
I love Cardi B. I love everything about her. I love that she is aggressively real. I love that she is aggressively beautiful. I love that she is aggressively Cardi. I had a sister who was killed a few years ago. She was Cardi B before Cardi B was Cardi B. Her name was Robin,…