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Kendrick Lamar has gone from putting in work in a recording studio to now designing sneakers for a good cause. The Compton, Calif., rapper has teamed up with Reebok to design a collection of sneakers, but he’s also teaming up with the company in a philanthropic way. Lamar and Rebook have joined forces to create…

On Monday police were called to an apartment complex in Los Angeles after reports of gunshots and screaming. Upon arriving, they found the bodies of rapper Earl Hayes and his wife, Stephanie Moseley. According to reports, Hayes, who had affiliations with Floyd Mayweather, accused his wife of cheating before killing her and then turning the gun on…

The NAACP Image Awards recently announced its nominations, and the films up for the top awards are some pretty heavy hitters. According to a press release, Belle, Beyond the Lights, Dear White People, Get on Up and Selma are competing in the top film categories for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards. Get on Up…

The public relations firm formerly known as Strange Fruit PR has turned over a new leaf and is now known as Perennial Public Relations after receiving backlash on Twitter. In a statement to The Root, owners Mary Mickel and Ali Slutsky wrote, “We sincerely apologize to those offended by the former name of our firm. In…

Netflix recently announced plans to debut an original documentary on the legendary singer and activist Nina Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? will be directed by the award-winning documentarian Liz Garbus, whose credits include The Farm: Angola, USA and the HBO documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World. What Happened, Miss Simone? will follow Simone’s life and…

NBA players stood in solidarity for Eric Garner during Monday night’s Cleveland Cavaliers-Brooklyn Nets game at the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, N.Y. LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and most of the Nets players wore Garner’s last words across their chests. The T-shirts have been worn in response to the grand jury decision not to indict…

As members of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets showed their support for Eric Garner while hundreds of protesters were gathered outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., British royalty came face to face with whom some might call American music royalty. Kate Middleton and Prince William embarked on their first NBA game Monday night,…

Updated Tues., Dec. 9 , 4:27 p.m. EDT: Strange Fruit PR has changed their name and issued a statement and have apologized for the use of the name. Click here to read more. Earlier: You’d think a public relations firm would know better. You’d think it would research a name before using it for a company.…

Kerry Washington is teaming up with director Amma Asante for the new thriller Unforgettable. Asante, whose film Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, captured wide attention, will mark her third directorial effort with Unforgettable. According to Variety, Unforgettable centers on a man whose new wife (Washington) is menaced by his ex-wife, played by Kate Hudson. Washington, who stars in the…

Alia Atkinson made swimming history on Saturday by becoming the first black woman to win a world swimming title: the women’s 100 breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha, Qatar. Atkinson, who swims for Jamaica, tied the world record with a time of 1 minute, 2.36 seconds, which, according to the standards of the…