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Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé

Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé

Just a few months after Beyoncé made history with her country record, the Grammys just made a major change to their country category. Coincidence...? The internet certainly doesn't think so. To be clear, this sudden change is the only new category added by the Recording Academy for the 68th Annual
Proof  The 'Absent Black Father' Was a Big Lie

Proof The ‘Absent Black Father’ Was a Big Lie

It's time to celebrate the Black dads who are showing up for their kids.
Jay-Z's Daughter Rumi Carter Throws Up the Roc Nation Sign On Stage, Sparking Insane Illuminati Theories

Jay-Z’s Daughter Rumi Carter Throws Up the Roc Nation Sign On Stage, Sparking Insane Illuminati Theories

Jay-Z has detailed the origins of his symbol in the past, but that hasn't stopped
Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement

Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement

For decades, the FBI has kept a close eye on Black musicians and other artists
  • Malcolm X Drum Circle

    Every Sunday at 3 p.m., as long as the whether permits, at the peak of Meridian Hill Park in D.C., an oasis of people from all different walks of life come together to create a drum circle. There are blacks, whites, Latinos, Asians and anything else you can think of in one space at one…

  • Goodbye, 'Cablinasian'

    Tiger Woods will spend the winter licking his wounds and pondering his revised feline moniker—now dubbed the “Lion Cheetah” in the blogosphere for his reported string of marital indiscretions. And although I wouldn’t want to be walking in his shoes right now, as a biracial black guy from California just a few years older than…

  • 10 People We Don't Want To See in 2010

    is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Hear me out. It’s not that I hate Beyoncé. Quite the contrary, I’ve been a “Bey-liever,” since 10th grade when I watched her and the other members of Destiny’s Child break into the “south side” in the “No, No, No” video. However,…

  • The Confab — Dec. 4, 2009

  • Mira! Coping with Black Hair’s Dominican Invasion

    I recently spent a highly caffeinated day with my friend Glynn Jackson as he put the final touches on preparations for the Golden Scissors Awards, the black hairstyling competition which, over the last 17 years, he has built into the Oscars of black hair. It was a frantic day with him behind the wheel, his…

  • The Sartorial Sportsman

    We take the style of sport for granted now, forgetting that sneakers were once inexpensive and blank. We’ve misplaced memories of a time when a pro athlete’s gestures outside the arena were bland and inconsequential. We’re talking no high fives, no fist bumps. No Jay-Z or LeBron. That was before prizefighter Sugar Ray Robinson broke…

  • Hip-Hop Across the Pond: A Black British Invasion?

    LONDON—In a country where the combined ethnic population represents a tiny 8 percent, young black music fans have rarely been the focus of popular-music marketing. But these days, black British DJs, label owners, producers and singer/songwriters are being hailed as the voice of the next generation. In fact, it can be argued that young black…

  • The Oscars of Black Hair

    Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter.  The 2009 competition at the Washington Convention Center will be fierce among black stylists to see who will take home…

  • Whose Michael Jackson Rendition Was Better?

    Miss last night’s Grammy Award nominations special? Here’s the scoop from Grammy.com: Beyoncé topped the nominations with 10, Taylor Swift garnered eight, and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West each earned six nods. David Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga received five each; and Colbie Caillat, Michael Giacchino, Kings Of Leon, John Newton, RedOne,…