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(The Root) — Emojis, the tiny smiley faces and pictograms that people use in text messaging, are gaining popularity on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram, making some messages look more like hieroglyphics than anything else. As their popularity increases, more and more people are noticing the stunning lack of emojis that look like…

Rapper 2 Chainz was given two cuffs after he — along with everyone else on his tour bus — was arrested in Oklahoma City Wednesday night. According to TMZ, the police pulled the bus over after noticing that its taillights were out. When the police attempted to board the bus after observing what they said…

(The Root) — It’s time to start voting for next year’s South by Southwest panels, and one is of particular interest to black people in the Twitter world. This year’s proposed panels for the event — a conglomerate of music, film and interactive festivals held yearly in Austin, Texas — range from Internet law to…

LeBron James’ social media showboating may have gotten some of Miami-Dade’s finest in trouble. The NBA superstar posted video of police officers in Miami escorting him and his entourage to a Justin Timberlake-Jay Z concert at Sun Life Stadium. He tweeted the video with the caption: “They treat us so well! We needed it cause…

(The Root) — The recent fascination with what has come to be known as “black Twitter” continues with the recent creation of a Wikipedia article on the topic. Some have been wary of the very naming of “black Twitter” from the start, since making it an official thing seems to reinforce the status of blacks…

(The Root) — Parents, students and online onlookers are thankful that a scary situation at an Atlanta-area elementary school didn’t turn deadly, as these events often do. All students are accounted for and a suspect is in custody after shots were fired at Ronald E. McNail Academy, a charter elementary school in Decatur, Ga. USA…

(The Root) — Twitter has been fawning over legendary musical artist Prince since he joined Twitter. He’s making sure he keeps people talking with tweets like this one: Game: Blouses http://t.co/3jShq2r9Ci http://t.co/3oEI8kQsKB http://t.co/G0uLp2mbJk pic.twitter.com/dNwDPifP8j — PRINCE 3RDEYEGIRL (@3rdeyegirl) August 16, 2013 Yes, that’s Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince from his famous Chappelle Show sketch, featuring…

(The Root) — Online and off, fans of Lee Thompson Young are mourning his death after reports of his possible suicide. Many remember Young from his days as the star of his own Disney show, The Famous Jett Jackson. He then went on to win new friends with his role as Detective Barry Frost on…

(The Root) — Adulation for Terio, the 6-year-old dancing dynamo credited with saving Vine, has given way to concern after two more videos of him went viral. In the videos, Terio is in a hotel hallway surrounded by adults clamoring for pictures and forcing him to dance. Terio looks as if he would rather be…

God sees everything — including your Facebook pages. This is the message in a gospel song about Facebook that has recently gone viral. During a church service, the choir sent a word of caution to the congregation: “Keep your business off of Facebook.” The video of the performance has since gone viral, and that’s a…