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Trey Songz Arrested Following Altercation With a Police Officer at Kansas City Chiefs Game
On Sunday, R&B singer Trey Songz was taken into police custody after allegedly assaulting a police officer at the AFC Championship. Entertainment Tonight reports that the Trigga artist was being pestered by other fans at the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills game and had tried to quiet them down. Witnesses say that’s when an…
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Spinderella Says She Was 'Wrongfully Excluded' From Lifetime's Salt-N-Pepa
Deidra “Spinderella” Roper, the illustrious DJ from the iconic hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa, is making sure she won’t be silenced and erased. On Friday morning leading up to the Sunday night premiere of Lifetime’s biopic titled Salt-N-Pepa, Spinderella decided to speak up about the film chronicling the lives and career of Cheryl “Salt” James (GG Townson)…
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Exclusive: RHOA Star Kenya Moore and Marc Daly Call It Quits Again
The on-again, off-again, played-out-in-front-of-the-cameras (sometimes) marriage of Brooklyn restaurateur Marc Daly and Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta star, actress and former Miss USA, Kenya Moore, is on the outs again. In a statement released exclusively to The Root, Marc Daly announced that the couple is ending their marriage for the second time. For real, for…
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Live From New York, It’s Regina King Making Her Hosting Debut on Saturday Night Live
Regina King (also known as Regina Thee King and Regina BEEN King) will be making her hosting debut in the upcoming new season of Saturday Night Live. In a press release sent to The Root, the One Night in Miami director will be gracing the SNL stage with her presence for the February 13 broadcast,…
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Lowkey Heat Tops This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices
Before we get into today’s list, I humbly request that you please press F to pay respects to our Xbox friends in the comments. On Friday, it was announced that the price of one year of Xbox Live Gold has doubled from $60 to $120. While I’m a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber and I’m basically…
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Sundance Announces 2021 Film Festival Jury, Cynthia Erivo, Julie Dash Among the Jurors
Sundance has announced their Film Festival Jury for 2021, highlighting some of the best and brightest across film, art, and culture. In a press release sent to The Root, over 20 tastemakers make up this year’s jury and will have the honor of presenting both feature-length and short films with the coveted award. “Our jurors…
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Baseball, the Black Community and Beyond React to the Death of Hank Aaron
Just because death is inevitable doesn’t mean that we’re ever truly prepared for its arrival. On Friday, the world lost an icon who was much bigger than the indelible marks he left on the Negro Leagues or Major League Baseball. Hank Aaron, who was the undisputed all-time home run king for more than three decades,…
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Salt-N-Pepa Talk Their New Biopic, How They Came Up With Their Stage Name and Advice for Up-and-Coming Artists
On Saturday, Lifetime will debut its latest original biopic about one of hip-hop’s most iconic duos—Salt-N-Pepa. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, Salt-N-Pepa tells the story of Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandra “Pepa” Denton, and Deidra DJ Spinderella” Roper as they push their way to the top of the charts, cementing themselves as one of the most…
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'I’m the Whole Damn Aisle': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Gets Into the Thick of It With Michelle Buteau
To say that Michelle Buteau keeps it real would be an understatement. The comedian, actress and now author of Survival of the Thickest: Plus-Sized Essays in a Small-Minded World, published in December by “Simon and Schu-Schu,” as she affectionately calls it, is proudly unfiltered—and hilariously so on this week’s episode of The Root Presents: It’s…
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Dave Chappelle Tests Positive for COVID-19
Comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19, The Root has learned. A rep for Chapelle confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday night, saying the Chappelle Show comic was now quarantining himself but hasn’t shown any symptoms of the virus. Chappelle had been performing in Austin, Texas this week, with shows starting…