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Remember Monica and Missy Elliott’s “So Gone” song from 2003? Well, it’s been rebirthed because of the #SoGoneChallenge currently taking over social media. The basis of the challenge is to freestyle over the instrumentals of the song, tag it with #SoGoneChallenge and post it to your social media account. And so far, there’s one freestyle that…

Grammy-winning singer the Weeknd is putting his money where his mouth is and has made a $250,000 donation to the Black Lives Matter movement. Earlier this month, the singer tweeted his support for the organization started in 2013 by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. His tweet came after the deaths of Philando Castile and…

Tyler Perry is helping an Atlanta mother who is grieving over the deaths of her 15-month-old twins after, authorities say, their father left them in a hot car. Breal Ellis’ twins, Alaynah and Ariel North, died last week after police say Asa North left them in a car after he had allegedly been drinking. According…

If looks could kill, Michael Phelps’ Olympic swimming rival would be dead three times over. Phelps’ evil stare at Chad le Clos has gone viral. The stare occurred Monday night while Phelps was waiting for his race with le Clos. But while Phelps was staring, le Clos seemed to be making light of his serious glare. Of course,…

Baltimore Ravens tight end Ben Watson is never afraid to voice his opinion when it comes to issues dealing with race. He was vocal when the Baltimore uprising occurred after the death of Freddie Grey, as well as during the Ferguson, Mo., riots after the death of Michael Brown. But this time, Watson is sharing…

Michael Jordan has joined the likes of Denzel Washington when it comes to digging deep into his pockets and donating to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, opening under the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., next month. According to the Associated Press, Jordan made a $5 million donation to the museum. “I am…

Whenever R. Kelly is trending on social media, it’s typically for nothing good. This time, another one of his relationships has been thrust into the spotlight and is under scrutiny. As many people know, R. Kelly has had a fondness for young girls. Since his “secret” marriage to a teenage Aaliyah, and the infamous videos…

On Sunday, Al Trautwig mentioned Ron and Nellie Biles as being gymnast Simone Biles’ grandparents rather than as her parents. In response to his comment, a woman, Emily Mingus, tweeted at Trautwig saying, “Hey @AlTrautwig stop calling her PARENTS her grandfather and his wife. A. Nelly is more important than ‘his wife’ B. THEY ARE HER…

We’re so glad comedian Leslie Jones decided to come back to Twitter after racist trolls forced her to take a brief timeout from the social media platform. Jones, whose live-tweet hand is strong (check out her L.T.s for Game of Thrones), has been hilariously live-tweeting the Rio Olympics since day 1: Producer Mike Shoemaker took…

On July 26, the Cave of Adullam Transformational Academy, a faith-based Detroit group that teaches boys and young men the art of Mūsar Rū—which uses meditation and martial arts to help students learn discipline—posted a video of one student’s initiation test, during which the 9-year-old bursts into tears. In the video, the young boy struggles to break through…