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Will Packer is Producing a Show About Twitter. The Premiere Has to Be About $200 Dates, Right?
Will Packer is packing on more projects—this time, he’s venturing into social media. More specifically, the culture of social media. Will Packer Media’s Power Star Live will premiere on Wednesday, February 6 from 4-4:30 p.m, and each week will focus on the conversations that drive and shape Twitter’s platform. “Power Star Live will cultivate the…
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Gina Rodriguez: For Colored Girls Who Had Anti-Black Sentiments and Black Twitter Decided Their Tears Weren't Enuf
Gina Rodriguez. Sigh. So, full disclosure—I loved Rodriguez’s bubbly self in Jane the Virgin. The CW comedy (perhaps, dramedy?) is a wonderful display of telenovela satire and that shit is endearing. Rogelio De La Vega forever. But, her recent antics of late? “Disappointed” may be the best word. “Annoyed” is another. “Exasperated” rounds out the…
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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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