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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What a Black Reporter Discovered Behind The Netflix Picket-Line
The Black writers behind your favorite shows and movies are angry. And they have a right to be.
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Jack Harlow Says He’s The ‘Hardest White Boy’ Since Eminem Which Is Comical Since He Has No Talent
Harlow is still trying really hard to rap on his second album, Jackman, but doesn’t succeed.
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Writers Are the Heart of Hollywood and Media. So Why Aren’t They Being Treated Like It?
In light of an impending Hollywood writers’ strike and recent media layoffs, the future of these industries and the people keeping them afloat are in jeopardy.
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The Frustrating Thing About Kwame Appiah of Netflix’s Love is Blind Season 4
Dear Netflix, stop putting self-hating Black people on our television screens
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Why These AI Images of Trump Should Make African Americans Nervous!
White supremacists love a conspiracy theory, deep fakes aren’t helping.
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Buying Drake or Queen Bey Concert Tickets Should Not Be This Difficult —Or Expensive
Beyoncé tickets may cost as much as $500 or more–blame Ticketmaster not the Queen.