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Editor’s note: This post contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Several incidents have occurred over the last few weeks where black people have been assaulted during Donald Trump rallies. From an old white man pushing a black woman to this week’s incident involving a black guy getting sucker punched by another white…

One spent years repping the Bloods. The other spent years repping the Crips. But now two former gang members are repping one thing: food. Malachi Jenkins, a former member of the Crips, and Roberto Smith, a former member of the Bloods, both got tired of running the streets and hustling. And when a mutual friend…

“Never!” That’s how Iyanla Vanzant interrupted Tyrese Gibson during her appearance on It’s Not You, It’s Men when he began to ask her if she would ever get married again.  “I would never, ever, ever,” she said again, just in case Tyrese or his co-host, Rev. Run, didn’t hear her right the first time. Vanzant, a…

Among the spate of documentary specials about Biggie that aired in the 1990s after his death, his mother, Voletta Wallace, said time and time again that her son was an honor roll student. That her son Christopher, better known to the public as the Notorious B.I.G., was intelligent, warm and funny. She wasn’t trying to…

Araminta Ross—or, as we know her, Harriet Tubman—was, quite honestly, one of the most incredible human beings ever to spend time on this planet. The history books have been kind to Tubman, allowing her to be taught to every child who’s ever been in school. That’s all well and fine, but there are likely so…

You can say a lot of things about New York City radio DJ Charlamagne tha God’s intrusive and hilarious interview style, but when the man speaks truth, he speaks truth. During an interview with Sirius XM, Charlamagne warned Americans about what Donald Trump’s presidential campaign means. “The soul of the country is at stake in…

This is not a drill. Johnny Gill and New Edition are back, and looking better than ever. The group released the video for the song “This One’s for Me and You,” and it’s definitely reminiscent of the old-school NE sound we loved back in the day. The song is a love letter to the women…

Spike Lee’s newest short film will focus on the University of Missouri campus protests that happened last year. Lee’s 2 Fists Up will be released digitally May 31 by ESPN as part of its Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints series. According to ESPN, the film will take a look at how the Black Lives Matter Movement and activism at Mizzou…

Gabby Douglas and her family will have their lives on display this May when their new Oxygen docuseries, Douglas Family Gold, premieres. “This time, as Gabby trains tirelessly in Ohio with her grandmother by her side, the rest of the family keeps busy juggling Gabby’s business and their own lives back in California,” an Oxygen press…

What do you do when the whole world is in your pockets and you have to appear in front of a bankruptcy judge? If you’re 50 Cent, you show up with money stuffed in the front of your pants. Well, fake money, actually. On Wednesday, 50 Cent appeared in bankruptcy court to make a deal…