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Johnetta “Netta” Elzie and DeRay Mckesson are among the handful of activists who stayed in Ferguson, Mo., long after the Michael Brown protests died down. They organized conference calls and panels and put together a newsletter to keep the nation and media outlets aware of the ongoing efforts to fight police brutality in the working-class community.  Elzie was arrested…

Celebrities grow thick skin pretty quickly, but there’s probably nothing worse than feeling as if their fame inadvertently caused hardship for someone in their life who isn’t famous. That’s what British singer FKA Twigs says happened to her. During an interview with the United Kingdom’s Sunday Times, the singer said that she got a tweet…

BET is gearing up for what will probably be a huge miniseries event in 2016. The network, along with Real Husbands of Hollywood creator Jesse Collins, is set to produce and air a miniseries about R&B group New Edition. According to Deadline, the series will span three nights and become the network’s first foray into…

Timbaland always did praise his and Aaliyah’s music-making magic. Ever since a 2001 plane crash claimed the life of 22-year-old Aaliyah Dana Haughton, in interview after interview the hip-hop mega-producer has been asked if and when he would be working on unreleased material for a new Aaliyah album.  On Sunday Timbaland posted a message on…

This has been Serena Williams’ year, and later this month, the greatest athlete of our time will attempt to capture the grand slam when she competes at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Queens, N.Y. Williams also stuns on the cover of the Aug. 10-23 issue of New York magazine, and inside she discusses how…

It seems as though everyone wants a piece of the empire when it comes to Lee Daniels’ hit Fox TV show. Last week a woman who claims to be the real Cookie Lyon filed a lawsuit against Daniels and Fox claiming that her likeness was stolen. And now the son of a legendary soul singer…

On the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, #FergusonTaughtMe trended on Twitter Sunday and well into Monday as users shared what they had learned one year later. Brown’s death resonated around the world, and even a year later, it still stings those who rally against injustice. Although some people say his death has taught them…

The hip-hop world woke up this morning to news of the death of rapper Sean Price. According to reports, Price, 43, died this morning in his sleep of unknown causes in Brooklyn, N.Y. Price, who is famously known as one-half of hip-hop group Heltah Skeltah, performed under the umbrella of the Boot Camp Clik. Fans…

Make no mistake about it: Issa Rae is still on her content-creating grind after the success of her online fictional Web series Awkward Black Girl. Except now she’s in Hollywood trying to work with production companies and television networks to get her stuff on television and in front of a bigger audience.  To say that…

Secondary school in Nigeria is roughly equivalent to seventh through 12th grades in the United States, and also equivalent to the fun times, first relationships, academic stresses and growing pains that have come to define those formative years in high school. No one is exactly sure how it started, but as of press time, Nigerians…