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Over 30 Howard University Homecoming Moments To Get You In the Homecoming Spirit
The inspiring history and major highlights to celebrate 100 years of Howard University's annual homecoming
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‘Sonic Boom’ or ‘Human Jukebox’? HBCU Bands
It's time to settle the debate once and for all! JSU's Sonic Boom or Southern's Human Jukebox?
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Harry Styles vs. Michael Jackson for the King of Pop Title: Is This Really a Competition?
We like you Harry Styles, but we can't fathom that anyone would claim you are the new King of Pop.
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‘I Am a Leader, I Forge My Own Path’: Shedeur Sanders Makes History as 1st HBCU Athlete to Sign With Gatorade
The 19-year-old Jerry Rice Award-winner calls it 'an honor' to join the Gatorade family.
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10 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for Teddy Riley for His Rematch With Babyface (Using Songs He Produced)
I can’t lie, Teddy Riley keeps pissing me off. Some of it may not even be his fault but he keeps fucking up my vibe in a way that is grating on me so I’m laying my burdens down at his Uptowns. I do, however, want to be clear here: Teddy Riley is a legend.…
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The Teddy Riley vs. Babyface Instagram Battle Managed to Be Too Much and Too Little All at Once
Over 400,000 people tuned in Saturday night for what was supposed to be the much anticipated Instagram battle between two music giants but ended up being an awkward, clumsy, cringe-worthy non-spectacle that ended in the whole thing being called on account of clusterfuck and postponed….again. The live battle between Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Teddy Riley,…
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Ain't No Way: Estate Conflict Reveals Aretha Franklin Once Kept $750,000 in Uncashed Checks in Her Purse
The battle over Aretha Franklin’s estate has gotten capital M-MESSY, requiring a long, drawn-out court hearing this week in which deep familial divisions—and some pretty shocking details about the late great singer’s finances—were on full display. Among the revelations: Franklin, who allegedly did not have an accounting system while she was alive, once had $750,000…
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How Trump Turned the 2nd Debate Into a Rap Battle
Sunday’s debate showed one thing about Donald Trump that I’d never noticed: He is thoroughly versed in the Loaded Lux playbook of battle rap. Just 90 minutes prior to Sunday’s town hall showdown versus Hillary “Supa Predatah” Clinton, Trump hosted a Facebook Live press conference with several women who’d accused the former president and current…
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Empire Is Getting That Pepsi Money. Smart. Very Smart.
For all of its faults – sometimes I feel like the writers behind Empire don’t actually realize that the people watching are old enough to know non-sense when we see it – I do happen to think that Empire is one of the “smartest” shows on television for what they are doing for a few…