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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…

Ever wonder what life is like for a female mechanic? That combination is probably an oxymoron in several cultures, but now imagine how interesting that experience must be for a female mechanic living and working in Nigeria—the richest and most populous country in Africa.  If you have access to Al-Jazeera English, you’ll be able to…

Just when you thought it was safe to re-enter the murky waters of BET programming, it goes and ruins the goodness that exists with shows like Being Mary Jane by announcing that Uncut is returning. You remember Uncut, right? The video show that seemed similar to soft porn and gave Nelly’s “Tip Drill” video airtime? https://twitter.com/elonjames/status/629126470934269952…

How many stars can The Wiz Live! pack into one live show? Tons. On top of having Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Mary J. Blige and Stephanie Mills, the show has now added stars from Glee and Orange Is the New Black. Uzo Aduba from Orange Is the New Black and Amber Riley from Glee…

Since the advent of the camera phone, people have gone viral by doing the most outlandish things. From videos of people waking up from anesthesia at the dentist to the killing of a man by police officers, cellphone footage is something that’s now commonplace in our technology-driven society. In terms of viral videos, there’s always one…

Fox Networks struck ratings gold with Lee Daniels and Danny Strong’s Empire, and during the Television Critics Association summer meeting, Daniels announced an Empire spinoff. “Without question,” Daniels stated. “There’s so much ripe story that we’ve talked about already, about Cookie’s family, what makes her her. That in itself is fascinating to me.” One can only…

Gina Prince-Bythewood, the director who brought us Love & Basketball, feels like she’s experienced firsthand the rules that Hollywood decision-makers live by when deciding what kind of people will watch certain films.  Those decision-makers also include online distribution engines like Netflix.  Prince-Bythewood was on Netflix, and in the “more like this” section related to her 2014 film,…