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LeBron's Mom Arrested in Car-Key Altercation
RadarOnline reports that LeBron James’ mother, Gloria, was taken into custody at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach early Thursday morning after getting into an altercation with a valet parking attendant. According to the Radar’s reading of the police report, the parking attendant says he waited half an hour for her to retrieve her car,…
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Odd Future's Odd Fan Base
I was introduced to the Los Angeles-based hip-hop group Odd Future (full name: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) over craft beers at a friend’s house several months ago. This friend, a white guy in his late 20s, was in the midst of writing a feature about them for a major music magazine —…
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Man Freed After 27 Years in Prison for Crimes He Did Not Commit
Fresh from our “Blame a black man” file, Thomas Haynesworth of Richmond, Va., has finally been freed to come home after serving 27 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Haynesworth was 18 years old when he was arrested as he walked to the market to buy sweet potatoes and bread for Sunday…
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Bill Cosby Rejects Russell Simmons' Apology
In 2009 Russell Simmons wrote an open letter to Bill Cosby challenging his anti-hip-hop messages and accusing his generation of being unable to connect with today’s youths and unfairly associating young people with violence. AOL Black Voices reports that the Def Jam Records co-founder attempted to make amends with Cosby by apologizing last week for…
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Emmett J. Rice, Federal Reserve Governor, Dies at 91
Emmett J. Rice, 91, a former World Bank official and member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and the father of Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, died March 10 at his home in Camas, Wash. He had congestive heart failure. Dr. Rice was a pioneering economist, banking official and…
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The Root Roundup: Raekwon, Delfeayo Marsalis and Marsha Ambrosius
Shaolin vs. Wu Tang by Raekwon “Now we are the masters of our fate,” says the voice of Winston Churchill on Raekwon the Chef’s new album. “Ain’t no recycle bin for rappers,” says Busta Rhymes on a different track. Taken together, these statements say much about Raekwon’s career: He persevered through several difficult years, including…
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VIDEO: Waka Flocka Flame Strips Down for 'Ink, Not Mink' PETA Ad
Waka Flocka Flame, the artist responsible for the hit song “No Hands,” is appearing with no clothes as the star of a series of ads for People for the Ethnical Treatment of Animals. In one, under his naked (except for a very carefully placed giant necklace) tattoo-covered body, the poster reads, “Be comfortable in your…
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Why Black Folks Love Charlie Sheen
There’s a new celebrity crackhead on the scene, and some folks can barely contain their glee. It’s as if all of black Twitter and Facebook strained its collective neck to watch this 50-car pileup that is Charlie Sheen explode all over the mass media. “What if @charliesheen has done so much drugs, he’s come out…
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The Root Interview: Anthony Mackie Talks 'Adjustment Bureau'
Think of them as the “Men in Black” led by The Matrix’s Mr. Smith, with effortless style and extraterrestrial superpowers. The Adjustment Bureau (in theaters March 4) is the Untouchable crew of men in old-school hats that watches over the entire world. Free will, what? “We are the people who make sure things happen according…
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You Said It: The Root's Comment Roundup
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Ndoro on Pat Buchanan Offers Solution to Black Unemployment: “It’s a simple answer: black entrepreneurship. The more businesses we own, the more of our own people we’ll employ. The main reason for the disparity between black and white incomes is the percentage of white people that…