Kendrick Lamar Called Drake a ‘Colonizer’ and Forced Black America to Face a Hard Truth
The beef forced Black America to look deeply in 2025 and ask hard questions about who gets to represent our culture on a global stage.
Professor: Why Have Black Women Stayed Silent About Diddy, Other Men For So Long?
The Diddy docuseries does more than expose Sean Combs’s misdeeds. It shows how Black women sometimes hurt themselves in their attempt to protect Black men.
What Blueface’s Tweet About Having Sex With His Mother Actually Says About Black Mothers…
OPINION: Blueface’s tweet about his mother sleeping with him is inelegant, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
The New Owner Of The Root Asked A Question We All Must Answer: ‘What Is Your Assignment?’ Don’t Have An Answer? Here’s Some Help.
We all have an assignment. But finding it will not be the same for everyone.
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Oprah Blamed Herself For Helping to Promote the Diet Craze, but Here’s the Real Culprit
The legendary talk show host regrets promoting weight loss but she shouldn’t have to.
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What the Hell is Wrong With Questlove These Days?
The Roots drummer has barraged the masses with terrible hot takes of late…what’s it all about?
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Why Hip-Hop Interviewer DJ Vlad is the White Culture Vulture the Genre Can Do Without
The interviewer is a guest in the House of Hip-Hop, but he’s been putting his shoes all over the furniture for years.
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Women Are Collateral Damage In The Kendrick-Drake Beef…And It’s Nothing New
The feud between the two titans may be over, but there’s still a lot to unpack.
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Why Drake’s ‘The Heart Part 6’ Was An Embarrassing Failure Of A Diss Track
The Canadian native seemingly incriminated himself on the song.
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Why Everybody Hates Drake
The ‘Canadian Rapper’ Experiment is Over: The full-on assault toward the Toronto rapper-singer is long overdue.
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Kendrick Hates Drake: ‘euphoria’ is Deeper Than Hip-Hop Beef
Compton’s finest came with a response to The 6 God that feels a bit more personal than rap.