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Kanye West Pays Teen $250,000 to Settle Alleged Beating
The teen who allegedly called Kim Kardashian everything but a child of God and then received a reported ungodly beat-down from Yeezus has settled with the rapper out of court and received a massive six-figure payday, New York’s Daily News reports. The unidentified 18-year-old, who was alleged to have called Kim “a slut” and a…
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Thuggish Congressman Threatens to Break Reporter in Half ‘Like a Boy’
Updated Wed., Jan. 29, 12 pm EST: Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) has apologized to NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto for threatening him after the State of the Union address. According to Time Warner Cable’s NY1, Grimm called the reporter Wednesday morning and said that he “overreacted.” Scotto tweeted about the phone apology. A written apology was also…
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The 2014 Grammy Awards: Top 5 Things to Watch For
LL Cool J., who has hosted the Grammys for the last two years, is back again. Um, yay? Anyway we have a list of five things to look out for during the show, which starts at 8 p.m. EST on CBS, including a performance by hip-hop’s biggest couple, Beyoncé and Jay Z. The event will…
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An Open Letter to Those Who Still Believe in the NAACP
On Aug. 3, 1994, syndicated columnist Carl Rowan (pdf) published the first of four blistering columns on the NAACP. It began: “It is sickening to watch the death of the NAACP, a once-proud organization now being strangled by two incredibly arrogant leaders.” The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at that time was…
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Racist Rants About Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman
Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman woke up this morning to an avalanche of racist attacks on social media after the biggest game of his NFL career. Sherman is arguably the best defensive back in the NFL. He’s also a man with a communications degree from Stanford University who is working on his master’s. Last night, after…
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Nelson Mandela and the 1st MLK Day
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 64: How were Martin Luther King…
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Ride Along and the 12 Best Black Buddy Comedies
If you haven’t felt the surge of black creativity in film and TV, you’re seriously missing something. The revolution is being televised, downloaded, recorded and streamed on screens big and small, and two of our biggest stars are happy to be a part of it. We chatted with Ride Along partners Ice Cube and Kevin Hart at the…
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Witness: Kanye West Hit Teen More Than 30 Times
On Monday, TMZ reported that Kim Kardashian and her fiance, Kanye West, were involved in an altercation with a teenager at a medical office in Beverly Hills, Calif. Now new details have emerged, claiming that West came to Kardashian’s defense meaning business. According to TMZ, the rapper walked into the medical-office waiting room, saw the…
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Black Americans: Morocco Wants to Connect With You
A 14-person delegation from the National Newspaper Publishers Association, representing the nation’s black press, returned Sunday from a week-long government-sponsored trip to Morocco as the North African country reaches out to African Americans. “This is part of series of no-strings attached government-sponsored trips by African American organizations to Morocco to give them a first-hand look…
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Teenager Hurls Racist Remarks, Kanye West Allegedly Throws Punches
Looks like Kanye West’s plan to chill didn’t last long, as TMZ is reporting that the hotheaded rapper, who is now known as much for his antics as for his music, punched a teenager. According to TMZ, his fiancee, Kim Kardashian, had arrived at medical building when photographers swarmed her. Not wanting to deal with…