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During the MTV Video Awards, Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential bid. Whereas most people assumed it was the weed talking, West is seriously looking into running. What would a West presidential campaign look like? Last week West gave some indication that he plans to reinvent the process. “When I run for president, I’d prefer not…

In 2012 George Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, but he continues to be one of the lowest human life-forms ever. He just won’t go away. And the fact that karma continues to miss him infuriates people across the globe. Since his acquittal, Zimmerman hasn’t done much with his life besides…

The thing that struck Drake the most about his beef with Meek Mill this summer is the thing that a lot of people found odd: the fact that Meek started it, but didn’t seem to have any diss records on deck with which to wage the rap battle. Drake opened up about all of this in a…

It’s a shame that a soap opera veteran like Nancy Lee Grahn took the low road when Viola Davis made history by becoming the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Grahn, who was relatively unknown outside of the soap-opera-fan world, shaded Davis’ win in a Twitter…

Shonda Rhimes sure is making everyone else in the world seem like slackers. The woman has three kids; is the mastermind, executive producer or showrunner behind three hit shows on ABC (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder); and just sold another show to ABC, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  The show…

Yes, Kanye West is “definitely” giving his 2020 presidential run some thought, but the way he wants to run for president is drastically different from how our political-campaign system is currently set up. He spoke about all of this during a recent interview with Vanity Fair.  “When I run for president, I’d prefer not to…

Columbus Short can now put one scandal behind him, after pleading no contest to an amended felony count of assault likely to cause great bodily injury. Short, who was involved in a restaurant brawl in March 2014, entered the plea in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday and received credit for 12 days in the county jail.…

Jeremy Lin came into the nation’s collective purview when he went on a scoring streak back in 2012 as an off-the-bench point guard for the New York Knicks. The blitz came out of nowhere and was sensationalized even more because he’s Asian American. It goes without saying that NBA players are overwhelmingly black.  Well, Lin—now…

In one week Janet Jackson will release her long-awaited album Unbreakable, her first album in seven years. In anticipation of the release, Jackson dropped a new single and brought along Missy Elliott for the ride. “Burnitup!” was released Thursday on BBC Radio, but fans of Jackson, who attended a concert last month, were the first…

New York City’s Fordham University has rescinded the honorary degree it gave Bill Cosby in 2001. Fordham President Joseph McShane introduced a motion during a board of trustees meeting to rescind Cosby’s doctorate, and it’s the first time in the school’s history that this has been done. The university explained in a statement to the…