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In the Clapback Heard Around the World, Cardi B Tells Tomi Lahren: 'Leave Me Alone I Will Dog Walk You'
While she might be BFF’s with hip-hop arbiter Charlamagne Tha God, the list of people that despise Right-wing provocateur du jour Tomi Lahren is extensive. There’s DMV rapper Wale: There’s “comedian” Kathy Griffin: And somehow even Alt-black Candace Owens: But I’ll stop there because we’re here to talk about the reigning queen of rap, Ms.…
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Yes, Cardi B Went from Shaking That Ass to Speaking on Politics in the Same Day
Cardi B makes multifaceted moves. The lovable rapper took to Instagram to discuss politics on Wednesday, January 16 after her feature in the City Girls’ music video for their single, “Twerk” dropped. Speaking of—that video? The answer is “yes.” That same day, Cardi also decided to post a rant about something all of us want…
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Alexandria Shipp Storms Twitter to Defend Her X-Men Role—Again. But, Why?
Watch out—there’s a storm afoot. Of Alexandra Shipp’s own making. In “making something out of nothing” news, Shipp tweeted something on an otherwise innocuous Monday evening. “Black twitter is so powerful,” she mused beside her freshly polished tiny violin. “One second we’re trying to rally and define why our lives matter, the next we’re making…
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How Kamala Harris, a Tweet and a Pink and Green ‘Screech’ Proves We Need More Black Journalists
Just below the reported Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; immediately after the quiet white kid in class wearing the trenchcoat who doodles swastikas in the margins of his Social Studies book; ranks the third-place winner of people you don’t want mad at you: Black women. So it is with extreme sorrow that we bring you…
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R. Kelly Unsuccessfully Tried to Expose the Survivors From Surviving R. Kelly Because He’s a Creepy Calculating Cretin
R. Kelly isn’t just trash, he’s the trash compactor holding the trash. According to TMZ, the 52-year-old R&B artist created a Facebook page entitled “Surviving Lies,” in response to the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which has received record ratings for the network. Sources also say he and his team are getting ready to launch…
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Differences: Ginuwine's Whole Face Has Changed With a New Lee Press-On Beard
New year; not the same ol’ G. Sidenote: I’m never going to get over the fact that the song “Differences” is not called “My Whole Life Has Changed.” I don’t remember the word “differences” ever being uttered in the entire song, yet here we are. Anyway. Ginuwine decided to hop on his figurative pony and…
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Rihanna May Have Announced a New 2019 Album but She’s Still Trolling Because Y’all Keep Asking Her
Rihanna is the queen of rationing out bread crumbs for the most-anticipated bread since sliced bread. While RiRi is out here dominating the makeup and lingerie industry like the bad boss bitch she is, she can’t even drop a new lipstick and properly destroy our wallets without someone asking about her new album. Yes, it’s…
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And Just Like That, Kanye Is Pissed at Drake Again
For those out the loop, former collaborators Kanye West and Drake have spent the last few months embroiled in a lovers quarrel over the Scorpion rapper’s no-longer-secret child, Kim Kardashian-West, and a bunch of other shit that usually gets cleaned up with CGI or edited out in post-production. But while the rest of us spent…
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Forest Whitaker Files for Divorce—Naturally, Social Media Believes It’s Because the Couple Didn’t See Eye to Eye
The strength of the black love has been stripped away: Forest Whitaker and his wife, Keisha Nash Whitaker are ending their longtime marriage. According to TMZ, the 57-year-old actor and filmmaker filed divorce papers on Thursday in Los Angeles. The citation: irreconcilable differences. The two married in 1996 and have two adult daughters together, according…
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Instagram Changed Their Scrolling to Side-to-Side, Then Decided to Cha-Cha Back to Normal After Everyone Lost Their Shit
Two hops, two hops! Instagram is the master of changing shit no one asked them to change. Most notably, getting rid of chronological order in favor of a shitty algorithm that has fucked up engagement numbers and other analytics for countless bloggers, influencers, marketers and beyond. Or offering an option to share on its father…
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