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Biggie Smalls Mural Will Stay on NYC Building
Last week a Brooklyn, N.Y., landlord threatened to remove a Biggie Smalls mural created by Spread Art NYC in order to make room for new windows. But on Monday, local activists reached an agreement with the landlord. The mural, which has been on the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood since 2015, was an eyesore and…
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DC Pop-Up Restaurant Removes ‘Pill Cosby’ Drink After Backlash
Yeah, let’s make a drink that makes light of people getting drugged. That’s exactly what the folks behind Washington, D.C.’s newest pop-up/fad/bar Diet Starts Monday did when they introduced their “Pill Cosby” tequila drink. The cocktail, complete with empty pill capsules, was an ode to Bill Cosby’s drugging and rape allegations. Sure, the bar thought…
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The Church of Satan Says ‘Orb’ Photo Isn’t a Satanic Ritual
Twitter had a field day when Donald Trump, Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi placed their hands on a glowing globe. Sure, it looked like something out of an Illuminati playbook, or something you’d find at a satanic ritual. But don’t fret; according to the Twitter account of…
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Drake Wins Billboard Top Artist Award, Breaking Record With 13 Wins
Drake took home 13 awards during Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, also dubbed the most boring award show in the world; it left people asking questions like, “Who is this Dollar Tree Rihanna performing?” Drake’s biggest win of the night came when he won the Top Artist award, beating Adele, Rihanna, Beyoncé, the Chainsmokers, Ariana…
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Harvard Student Submits Rap Album as Senior Thesis
Obasi Shaw took his Harvard thesis to another level when he dropped the school’s first rap thesis album with Liminal Minds. The senior English major, who graduates this week, said it took a year to write the album, which draws inspiration from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and today’s current race issues. “Black people in America are…
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Sasheer Zamata Set to Leave Saturday Night Live
After four seasons on Saturday Night Live, Sasheer Zamata is leaving the show, according to Entertainment Tonight. Zamata became a player on SNL during the height of the controversy surrounding the show’s lack of diversity. Zamata was the first black woman to be cast on the show since Maya Rudolph’s exit in 2007. Zamata’s characters on…
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Beyoncé and Jay Z Throw African-Themed ‘Carter Push Party’
The Carter twins will be here any day now, so it makes sense that Beyoncé and Jay Z threw a celebrity-filled, African-themed push party. Attendees of the party included Tina Lawson, LaLa Anthony, Serena Williams and, of course, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Lawson chronicled the party on her Instagram with videos of Williams and…
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Watch: Complex Premieres Documentary Before the Hashtag: Sean Bell
He was only 23 years old, and on the day of his wedding in 2006, Sean Bell was shot and killed by five undercover officers. The shooting took place shortly after a bachelor party in Queens, N.Y. According to the New York City police commissioner at the time, Raymond Kelly, a fight broke out outside…
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Judge Rules That Prince’s Siblings Will Inherit $200,000,000 Estate
No one will ever know what Prince wanted done with his estate after he passed away because he didn’t leave a will. But on Friday, a judge ruled that his siblings will inherit his $200 million estate. Minnesota’s County Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide said that the rightful heirs to the estate were Tyka…