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Rapper Troy Ave has been arrested and charged with multiple counts stemming from the shoot-out that occurred Wednesday night at T.I’s New York City concert. The concert, which was held at Irving Plaza, was going fine until gunfire occurred backstage in one of the VIP rooms. By the time the craziness was over, one person was…

Donovan Livingston is a proud member of Harvard’s Class of 2016. And during his graduation, he gave a speech that left those in the audience and on social media, for lack of a better word, speechless. In his poem, “Lift Off,” Livingston poetically gave a play-by-play of his educational history and the systematic racism that…

I consider myself lucky when it comes to the salon I currently go to. After months and months of searching, I finally found one within 30 minutes of my house. And to understand why that’s an accomplishment, you have to know the area I live in. Sure, I may be an hour and some change…

If you needed an example of how deep-seated racism is in Asian culture, look no further than this commercial that aired on Chinese TV for Qiaobi-brand laundry detergent. In the commercial, a black man is painting an Asian woman’s house and seems to be making advances at her. Just when he thinks he’s about to kiss her,…

Forty years ago, LeVar Burton appeared in the miniseries that launched his career. When the world witnessed his character, Kunte Kinte, being beaten on Roots, millions of viewers were not only witnessing television history, but also a part of Alex Haley’s legacy. And now, four decades later, Burton is hoping that people realize the relevancy…

The choir at Desert Canyon Middle School in Scottsdale, Ariz., took a break from its usual performance pieces and decided to go just a little mainstream with its most recent performance. And, needless to say, it left people a little confused but smiling. https://twitter.com/salmonsjulia/status/733503731518476290 With over 56,000 retweets, Julia Salmons’ tweet definitely caught the attention…

Back in April, Vanessa Bell Calloway re-created her iconic wedding dress from Coming to America, and at age 59, she proved that her black didn’t crack. Now there’s one teenager who decided to pay homage to Calloway and the movie and ditched the puffy taffeta for a prom dress fit for a queen. Jawana Young,…

T.I. was set to perform at New York City’s Irving Plaza Wednesday night but never made it to the stage because a fight broke out in a crowded VIP room and several shots were fired. During the melee, one man was killed and several other people, including rapper Troy Ave, were injured, the New York…

It’s been six years since VH1 aired its popular Hip Hop Honors show, but this summer it’s returning with a show to honor the female groundbreakers of hip-hop. According to the Associated Press, the live show will take place in New York City on July 11. Although the honorees haven’t been announced yet, VH1 said that…

In 2007, Nigerian businessman Taofick Okoya created a line of dolls called Queens of Africa. The dolls, which come in a variety of skin tones, fashions and hairstyles, came about after he saw the impact that having white dolls had on his young daughter. “I got into the doll business by chance. At that time…