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A great rapper once said, “It ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none.” Now, of course he wasn’t talking about television, but it’s a belief I’m sticking to when it comes to Tyler Perry’s TV shows. It seems that some of Perry’s black fans are up in arms over his new TV series,…

Fans of WGN’s Underground are waiting patiently for the next season, but even before that starts, the Chicago-based network is already cooking up something new. John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co. has teamed up with the network again to develop a series titled Black Wall Street.  Legend, along with his partners, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius, and…

Good Morning America co-anchor Amy Robach must have thought she was living in 1950 when she used an outdated term to describe black people on Monday’s show. While discussing Zendaya Coleman’s role in the upcoming Spider-Man movie, Robach said, “We all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting white actors in…

Michelle Obama says, in this week’s Variety magazine, that she’s a “product of pop culture. I’m a consumer of pop culture, and I know what resonates with people.” The first lady is on the cover of the magazine, and in the cover story, she focuses on how she’s successfully used pop culture to drive her initiatives…

On the heels of Kobe Bryant’s retirement, the city of Los Angeles is recognizing the former Lakers star in a huge way. Los Angeles declared that Aug. 24 will be “Kobe Bryant Day,” honoring Bryant’s 20-year NBA career with the Lakers. Bryant will be honored not only for his plays on the court but for those…

According to a study done by the FBI, 239,593 minorities were reported missing in the United States in 2014. In addition, 36.8 percent of those under the age of 17 who were missing were black. Halle Berry’s upcoming movie Kidnap takes a look at the lengths one mother goes to to get her son back after…

Easy come, easy go. Two of Ryan Lochte’s biggest sponsors have kicked him to the curb after the swimmer shamelessly lied about being mugged in Rio de Janeiro. Both Speedo and Ralph Lauren have severed ties with the Lochte. “While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been…

During this year’s Olympic Games, Gabby Douglas won a gold medal with Team USA, but she also received unfair criticism. From hearing comments about not showing enough enthusiasm and not putting her hand over her heart while the national anthem was played, you’d think that Douglas’ Olympic experience wasn’t a great one. But she says she…

The United States’ men’s basketball team made history Sunday by winning its third-straight gold medal when it beat Serbia 96-66. With a team of NBA All-Stars, led by Carmelo Anthony, the team proved to be untouchable during the Olympics. After the gold medal win, Anthony emotionally spoke about what the win meant for the team…

Duh! Or should we say Play-Doh!? Republican candidate Donald Trump may be making just that sound as he receives yet more criticism for his actions, even after shaking up his team of advisers. On Friday morning, the GOP presidential hopeful told ABC News that he and running mate Mike Pence would be hitting the road to Baton…