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Y'all Gon' Stop Playing With Kwame Brown
I’ve always wondered what it must feel like to be Kwame Brown. Most people would take tremendous pride in having a 12-year career in the NBA while collecting over $62 million along the way, but the former No. 1 overall draft pick is universally derided as one of the biggest busts in NBA history. And…
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'If You're Weak, There's Someone Who Can Be Strong for You': Angela Bassett Honors Her Mother and Continues the Battle for Black Health
As Angela Bassett tells it, her mother, Betty Jane Bassett, was “grand in her carriage.” Our forever Queen Mother reflects on her very own Queen Mother: “The ideas that she had for her daughters,” Bassett continued. “She expected you to do it—to give your best at all times. And that’s exactly what she expected of…
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‘It Was a Terrible Missed Opportunity:’ Jodie Turner-Smith on Meghan Markle’s Departure From Royal Life
Queen & Slim and Without Remorse actress Jodie-Turner Smith is sharing her thoughts on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s decision to step back from their royal duties. Smith, who will soon star as Queen Anne Boleyn in the upcoming series of the same name, recently spoke to The Telegraph where she discussed her new royal…
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As the NBA Playoffs Approach, I Have 1 Request: Can We Get Some Fun Basketball Video Games Again?
Like clockwork, every April I begin to pay more attention to the NBA as the playoffs get underway. Now this season, I’ve been watching quite a bit more as my Phoenix Suns are finally going off for the first time in a decade, and I can’t lie, it has been fucking great to watch. What…
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Disney Launches Onyx Collective for Creators of Color; Questlove, Oprah Winfrey, Ryan Coogler, Nikole Hannah-Jones Among First Collaborators
A new content brand from Disney General Entertainment dedicated to creators of color and underrepresented voices will be headed to a screen near you soon, The Root has learned. The Onyx Collective, which is set to be housed on Hulu per a press release sent to The Root, will showcase curated projects such as films…
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J. Cole Opens Up About His Relationships With Drake, Kendrick Lamar: 'The Competition Part I’ve Stripped Away'
Jermaine Lamarr Cole is having one hell of a week. Not only is his latest album, The Off-Season, making the Billboard charts its bitch—it’s projected to sell over 300k in its first week—but the Roc Nation rapper also made his pro hoops debut on Sunday as a member of the Basketball African League’s Rwanda Patriots.…
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This Is the End-ish: Black-ish Will Conclude With Its Eighth Season, Mixed-Ish Canceled After Two Seasons
It’s upfronts season in the television industry, and I’m not going to get all jargon-y on you—let’s just say this is the time of year where audiences hear a lot about new shows, existing show season renewals and existing show cancellations! It’s a rollercoaster of emotions! Probably the biggest (and Blackest) news out of the…
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2021 BBMAs Exclusive: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to Present Sounds of Blackness and Ann Nesby Performing 'Optimistic' at Paisley Park [Updated]
“As long as you keep your head to the sky…you will win!” I think Blackness is winning right now because we have some cool news to start your week off right! The Root has exclusively learned that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis will be presenting Sounds of Blackness and Ann Nesby as they perform Sounds…
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The Queen Is Coming: Netflix Announces Bridgerton Spinoff Centering a Young Queen Charlotte
My dearest reader, ‘tis I—Lady Welpington of The Root. It has been quite a while since we’ve last spoken, but I’m beyond pleased that this meeting occasions some news I’m sure you’ll be most delighted to hear. Per the House of Variety, the wonderful world of Bridgerton will soon shine its spotlight on our favorite…
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Blake Griffin, Malcolm Gladwell Discuss Police Brutality, Social Justice on Season Premiere of The Pursuit of Healthiness
Most of us only know six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin because of his exploits on the court. But if you pay a little more attention, you’ll see that he’s a burgeoning stand-up comedian—who’s actually funny—who also dabbles in several other forms of self-expression, creativity, and entertainment. One of those outlets is an Audible-exclusive podcast, The…