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Rihanna Breaks Michael Jackson’s Billboard Record
Not only did Rihanna celebrate her 29th birthday this week, but she also broke a Billboard music record along the way. Even though it was released a year ago, Rihanna’s album Anti is still dropping singles, and “Love on the Brain” has moved up on the Hot 100 chart from the No. 13 position to…
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Mike Epps Arrested After New Orleans Casino Fight
Mike Epps is now a wanted man after skipping his arraignment because of an altercation over the weekend at Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans. According to The Advocate, Epps allegedly got into an altercation with a man named Algernon Pitre after Pitre asked for an autograph. Pitre told The Advocate that he approached Epps after…
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R&B Singer Tank Schools Ja Rule on #BlackBoyJoy
Last summer our social content producer, Danielle Young, was daydreaming at her desk about Chance the Rapper and rejoicing in his MTV Video Music Awards performance, and she wanted to use a hashtag to signify just how much joy exudes from his music. And, so, #BlackBoyJoy became a thing. Chance saw the tweet from The…
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We’ll No Longer Be Able to Laugh Our Asses Off: Boxing Match Between Soulja Boy and Chris Brown Is Canceled
The trash-TV event of the year is apparently off. The celebrity boxing match between man children Soulja Boy and Chris Brown is reportedly off after Brown’s manager canceled the fight. As BBC notes, the fight, which started as a social media feud, was supposed to happen in Las Vegas over three rounds. Former heavyweight champ…
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Lindsay Lohan Says She Was ‘Racially Profiled’ at London’s Heathrow Airport for Wearing a Headscarf
Lindsay Lohan recounted for Good Morning Britain hosts how she was “racially profiled” at London’s Heathrow Airport while traveling to New York. Lohan said that the incident stemmed from her wearing a headscarf, which she said an airport agent asked her to remove. “When I was flying to New York recently, I was wearing a…
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Michelle Obama Is Back for the Kids
After a much-needed respite from the public eye, former first lady Michelle Obama will soon be back in our lives. According to the Washington Times, Obama will appear as a guest judge on the fifth season of MasterChef Junior in late February. She will join chefs Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi to judge children between…
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Tidal Releases Visual Protest EP, 17, to Honor Trayvon Martin, Others Felled by Racial Violence
Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal has partnered with social justice organization Sankofa.org to exclusively premiere 17, a 17-minute visual EP inspired by the men, women and children who have fallen victim to racial and police violence, including Trayvon Martin, who died at the age of 17 nearly five years ago. The EP, which debuted Friday,…
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Donald Glover Will Play Simba in The Lion King Reboot, James Earl Jones Returns as Mufasa
Donald Glover is staying busy. The rapper and comedian, fresh off his two Golden Globes and NAACP Award for the breakout hit Atlanta, was recently announced as the voice of Simba in Disney’s live-action version of the ’90s classic The Lion King. He will be joined by James Earl Jones as Mufasa, a role Jones…
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Larry Wilmore Wins for Telling Milo Yiannopoulos to ‘F–k Himself’—Twice
After he called President Barack Obama “my nigga” at his very last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, we knew Larry Wilmore had less than zero fucks to give about respectability politics or not speaking his black-ass mind. And so it was when Wilmore, executive producer of Black-ish and co-creator of HBO’s Insecure, was a guest on…
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Caption This Photo of Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. in His Trump T-Shirt
Good ol’ boy Sheriff David A. Clarke loves him some Donald Trump. So much so, he bought a T-shirt that looks like it was sold at a flea market. Also, that purple purse does not match the T-shirt. Have a nice weekend!