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Last month Amber Rose spoke openly on Power 105’s The Breakfast Club about the relationship between her best-friend’s ex, Tyga, and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. “That’s ridiculous. [Tyga] should be ashamed of himself. For sure. He has a beautiful woman and a baby and left that for a 16-year-old who just turned 17,” Rose…

He once rapped about being a college dropout, but Kanye West will be receiving an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 11, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dr. Kanye West. He’ll be even more insufferable. Lisa Wainwright, the dean of faculty and vice president of academic administration at…

It’s bad enough that a cup of coffee or your other beverage of choice at Starbucks could burn a hole in your pocket on a daily basis. But what if you were also subjected to a conversation on race relations started by a Starbucks barista? Well, that’s what Starbucks campaign #RaceTogether is all about. But…

Hartsville, a rural town in South Carolina, is the focus of the documentary 180 Days: Hartsville, airing tonight on PBS. The two-hour special focuses on two elementary schools that are struggling with meeting new curriculum standards and maintaining funding while addressing the needs of individual students. According to statistics, the state of South Carolina currently…

Last week Rodner Figueroa was fired by Univision after making an on-air joke comparing Michelle Obama to an ape from Planet of the Apes. Soon after his firing, Figueroa issued a sort-of apology to the first lady and said that he’s not racist. “I want to clarify that I’m not racist and in no way…

You have to wonder who thought that a T-shirt with a noose and the words “hang loose” would be a good idea. It seems that T-shirt company Tavik can be added to the list of firms such as Strange Fruit PR and Seasalt Company that suffer from poor execution in branding and design. A customer…

Trinidad James’ song “All Gold Everything” was thrown back into the spotlight after Beauton Gilbow, the house mom of Oklahoma University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, said the n-word repeatedly in a Vine video. James appeared on CNN Monday night and debated the use of the word with Don Lemon, Marc Lamont Hill and Ben Ferguson.…

Professional athletes with sneaker lines, take note. Mo’Ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little League World Series game, is doing it better than you and for a worthy cause. The baseball phenom has partnered with M4D3 (Make a Difference Everyday) and Because I Am a Girl to release a Mo’ne-designed sneaker. The sneakers…

Over the weekend, rapper Tyga, 25, declared his love for a 17-year-old on Instagram. Granted, the girl in question is part of the Kardashian clan and comes from a long line of sisters who dated grown men while still in their teens. But that doesn’t mean it’s something to celebrate, as People magazine managed to…

Empire has proved to be an envelope pusher in network television. With bold storylines that include homophobia and mental health, the show doesn’t skip a beat in addressing poignant issues in the black community. But one actor says the show is not authentic enough in the language it uses. Terrence Howard, who plays Lucious Lyon,…