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Janet Mock Defends Interview With Kim Kardashian West
Janet Mock’s cover interview with Kim Kardashian West for Interview magazine was the talk of social media Monday—especially after the cover photo named Kardashian West “America’s New First Lady” and styled her after the iconic Jackie Onassis. In her interview with the reality-TV star-turned-makeup guru, Mock touched upon several points, including raising black children, privacy…
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Beyoncé Pledges to Give Hurricane Harvey Aid to Houston
Beyoncé is giving back to her hometown of Houston during the area’s time of need as Hurricane Harvey drops record-breaking amounts of rain and flooding. The singer released a statement to the Houston Chronicle, saying, “My heart goes out to my hometown, Houston, and I remain in constant prayer for those affected and for the…
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Stacey Dash Has an Intern? For What?
Remember last week when Stacey Dash sent off that tweet calling our Auntie Maxine a buffoon who was trying to extend her 15 minutes of fame? Well, now the Clueless star is claiming that she wasn’t the one who fired off the wannabe spicy tweet; it was an unnamed intern who made a mistake. “Let…
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Kim Kardashian Poses as Someone’s First Lady
In a cover story written by Janet Mock, Kim Kardashian West and North West are on this month’s cover of Interview magazine, looking first-lady-like. Kardashian West’s look is reminiscent of Jackie Onassis’, and she’s dressed in H&M Studio. And this pretty much sums up the photos:
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Straight Outta Compton Star Has Meltdown Over Loss of 1st-Class Seat on Delta Flight
Straight Outta Compton’s Jason Mitchell wasn’t so friendly during the boarding process for a recent Delta flight. According to TMZ, Mitchell was late for a flight and had to take a standby flight. When Mitchell realized he’d lost his first-class seat, he went ballistic. “Fuck that, I ain’t getting off shit,” Mitchell said as other…
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5 Questions the Game of Thrones Season Finale Answered for Black America
By now we shouldn’t have to discuss how Game of Thrones parallels the social, political and economic climate of black America. But this season, the show wasn’t just a metaphor for being black in America—it was a guide for survival. It was a parable about resistance. It was a preamble for the resistance (and by…
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Robert E. Lee Descendant Speaks Out Against Racism During MTV Video Music Awards
Sunday night’s MTV Music Video Awards wasn’t just a night filled with a bunch of people you probably never heard of winning awards and Katy Perry attempting to be funny. The show used its platform to address racism and enlisted the help of Robert Lee IV, a descendant of Robert E. Lee, the Civil War…
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Black Beauty Is a Real Crowd-Pleaser: Best Pics From Afropunk 2017
Melanin. Color. Texture. Funk. Freedom. Afropunk, the annual music and arts festival going since 2005, is not free anymore, but with all this gorgeousness and headliners like Raphael Saadiq and Solange, SZA and Soul II Soul, Anderson Paak and ThunderCat, any money paid is worth way more than two assholes in a ring. Back in…
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Netflix Jumps Into the Weed Game With Strains Based on Popular Shows
Netflix and chill? More like Netflix and bake, now that the company has introduced a new line of cannabis strains based on its original programming. The on-fire streaming service introduced the Netflix Collection, a line of boutique strains of that goody good being sold only at the Alternative Herbal Health Services in West Hollywood, Calif.,…
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Awesome Teacher Breaks Down Geography With Cardi B’s ‘Bodak Yellow’
Hands down, the sure-shot hit of the summer is “Bodak Yellow,” by Bronx, N.Y., rapper Cardi B, now officially in the classroom via the genius of one creative teacher. Erica Buddington, a self-described arts educator, recently posted a video on Twitter, rapping the “map version” of the hit song as her class goes awf in…