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On Sunday, Jesse Williams received the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards, and during his speech, the actor and activist spoke of whom he called the true recipients of the award. “This is for the real organizers all over the country. The activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers of students that are realizing that…

Say what you want about him—genius or jackass—but Yeezus has done it again. Kanye West’s new video, “Famous,” showing him with naked celebrities—ones he claims are the actual people—all together in one long bed has once again put his name in the mouths of the masses. West debuted the video at Los Angeles’ Forum theater Friday,…

Bernie Worrell, the man behind the keyboard and one of the founding members of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Friday at the age of 72 after a battle with lung cancer. Worrell’s family informed his fans of his death on Facebook. It was Worrell’s Minimoog synthesizer that gave Parliament its funkadelic sound. The New Jersey native was considered a child…

Stephen King got social media riled up Thursday when he pointed out a simple fact about Freddie Gray. As yet another Baltimore police officer got away with murder and received a not-guilty verdict, King had questions: Of course there were those who were quick to point out black-on-black crime: If only the judge in Gray’s case…

The trailer for Ava DuVernay’s new OWN series, Queen Sugar, was recently released, and needless to say, it looks amazing. The show is based on the book Queen Sugar, by Natalie Baszile, which is the story of a woman and her teenage daughter who leave their life in Los Angeles and head to Louisiana after…

John Legend has never been afraid to speak his mind when it comes to politics. He’s single-handedly confronted Donald Trump on social media and is periodically caught in the crossfires of conservative trolls on Twitter. Legend was asked his opinion about gun violence on the heels of the Democrats’ sit-in against gun violence Wednesday. And…

Jesse Williams is to be honored at Sunday night’s BET Awards. Williams, 34, is being honored with a Humanitarian Award for his activism and work with Black Lives Matter. “Williams uses his celebrity platform to shine a light on the injustices of our society and became an outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement,” BET…

Jermaine Jackson is about to be a single man. So all the ladies better line up! Jackson’s third wife, Halima Rashid, filed for divorce Tuesday, according to TMZ. Rashid did not cite greasy pillowcases as her reason for divorce but did say she officially separated from Jackson on Nov. 28, 2015: the same day she and…

LeBron James finally has his Cleveland championship and he’s taking a break. Even though many people expected him to compete for Team USA in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, James is sitting this one out. “I could use the rest,” James told Cleveland.com. At the age of 31, James already has two gold medals…

Chalk up being a real estate agent and doing marketing comparisons in the neighborhood of a house you’re trying to sell to yet another thing black folks can’t do. An unidentified real estate agent’s police-stop video has gone viral after he was pulled over by a Randolph County, N.C., cop. According to the video, the agent…