Patti LuPone Apologizes After Being Canceled, But Here’s Why Black and White Folks Say it’s Too Late to Save Face
This is Why Ray J is Going Completely Off on Suge Knight… and it Involves Diddy
Jess Hilarious Responds to Backlash After Being Dragged for Transphobic Comments
Kendrick Lamar, Tupac and More Famous Black Geminis
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CeeLo Green: People Who Have Really Been Raped Remember
On Friday, CeeLo Green pleaded no contest to a felony count of providing Ecstasy to a woman in 2012. The unnamed woman accused the former The Voice judge of spiking her drink after they met at a sushi restaurant. The woman stated that the next thing she remembered was awakening in a bedroom naked, with Green…
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Mike Epps Lands the Role of Richard Pryor in Lee Daniels-Directed Biopic
Move over, Nick Cannon. Mike Epps has secured the role of Richard Pryor in a Lee Daniels-directed biopic about the late comedian. Oprah Winfrey announced the news on her Instagram account when she posted a photo of herself, Epps and Daniels, saying, “Just finished a great 1st read session. #RichardPryorMovie.” Daniels then confirmed the casting…
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His Royal Purpleness Will Release 2 New Albums in September
Prince has been busy making music and mending fences with his record label Warner Bros. On Monday the purple one announced that he’s releasing two albums back to back. Prince’s 33rd studio album will be called Art Official Age and is described as “a contemporary concoction of soul, R&B and funk.” The second album, Plectrumelectrum, which is…
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New York Times Calls ‘No Angel’ an Ill-Chosen Phrase
On Monday, as the world watched Michael Brown’s funeral in St. Louis and mourned with his family, the New York Times published an article about Brown’s life that didn’t sit well with too many people. The article, penned by John Eligon, covering the killing of Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, received tons of negative…
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New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of…
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Man Dumps Bucket of Water on Grandchild for ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
When you think you’ve seen it all when it comes to the “Ice Bucket Challenges,” someone finds another asinine way to raise awareness for ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. I’m sure we’ve all laughed at a few of them. There was the one that showed a woman’s wig flying off her head, then…
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Blue Ivy ‘Flawlessly’ Wins at the VMAs
Not that Blue Ivy was nominated for an award, but her mere presence at the MTV Video Music Awards should be considered a present. Yes, I stole that from Kanye. Blue Ivy was in attendance Sunday with her parents, some big-time rapper and a singer named Jay Z and Beyoncé. I think this Beyoncé person…
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Violence Erupts as Suge Knight Is Shot at Chris Brown’s Pre-VMA Party
Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was shot Saturday night at the popular 1OAK club in West Hollywood, Calif., while attending a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party hosted by Chris Brown. The incident, which was caught on video and posted on Instagram, shows the crowd, as well as Brown, scrambling to…
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Journalist’s Illustrations Document the Last Words of Unarmed Black Men
Over the last several weeks, we’ve witnessed the killings of young, black and unarmed men by police officers. It seems as though just being black and breathing is a good-enough reason to send a barrage of bullets through a man’s body. If we look back at these recent deaths, it’s clear that hunting season is…
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Talib Kweli to Don Lemon: ‘You Have No Respect for Who I Am’
Don Lemon isn’t the most popular kid on the block when it comes to his CNN coverage of Ferguson, Mo. The veteran news reporter has already been the butt of jokes and memes, and a recent run-in with rapper Talib Kweli has added fuel to the disdain some people hold for him. https://twitter.com/stereowilliams/status/500687345566613504 Kweli, who…