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J. Holiday Leaps Out of His Unmade Bed of Irrelevance to Criticize Beyoncé, SZA and Cardi B for Disrespecting Black Men
Out-of-season-Avirex-bomber-jacket-repurposed-into-a-dog-blanket-with-sentience J. Holiday apparently received a Google alert this week to remind people he was still alive. Because that’s the only logical reason why he’d think it prudent to somersault out of his waterbed to hop on Instagram and talk hypocritical shit on some of the biggest names in music: Beyoncé, Cardi B, SZA (all…
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#ThrowbackThursday: Last Night, Cardi B and Bruno Mars Gave Us Our Entire Lives—in Living Color
It feels so good to be us. For those old enough to remember (*cough* me), In Living Color was the sketch-comedy hallmark of our adolescence—in fact, its run spanned my entire high school career. The (elder) Wayans-brothers vehicle was a revolutionary counterpoint to Saturday Night Live, remixing comedy for the hip-hop generation—replacing the blues of…
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The Biggest Winners of 2017
With everything—and everyone—we lost in this past year, there were some big wins. Black women showed up and showed out in various ways. Black men put their careers and livelihoods on the line to speak out against racial injustice, police violence, and sexual assault and harassment. Creative artists experienced amazing glow ups, and black teenagers…
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Habari Gani?! Kujichagulia! Cardi B Was the Embodiment of Self-Determination in 2017
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the principle of the day. On the second day of Kwanzaa, Dec. 27, the principle is Kujichagulia, or “self-determination.” To practice Kujichagulia is to define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.…
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These Ain’t Red Bottoms: Cardi B’s Putting Her Foot in a New Collab With Steve Madden
Our favorite regular, degular, shmegular reality/rapping phenom keeps making “money moves.” This week, Cardi B debuted a curated selection from fast-fashion fave Steve Madden, a partnership that makes her signature style accessible to the masses who can only dream about owning a pair of “red bottoms.” And while famed shoe designer Christian Louboutin may be…
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From Bus Stops to Hip-Hop: An Ode to Around-the-Way Girls
Cardi B, we’re really happy for you and we’re gonna let you finish, but girls from the hood been at this for a minute … Belcalis Almanzar, better known as the reality star-turned-star rapper Cardi B, has arrived. She fixed her teeth, made Billboard chart history, and finessed her way into the ears and hearts…
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NYC Subway Riders Get Their ‘Bodak Yellow’ On
It’s the song that never ends. And New York City subway riders got all the way turned up to Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” over the weekend. Twitter user @mattwhitlockPM captured the crowd dancing to Cardi’s song, and let’s just say, music is definitely universal. From the older pop-locking man to random white ladies, Cardi’s music…
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Victoria’s Secret Models Face Backlash for Singing the N-Word With ‘Bodak Yellow’
What could be more offensive than a group of women with ridiculously big tits and reality-defying waists parading around in their underwear? Maybe doing it dripping in traditional African beads and jewelry? Or perhaps singing the n-word backstage beforehand? Yes, I would agree—the third choice is the most offensive. But you got all three at…
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From Now On, I Only Want My News and Weather From Cardi B
If you’re like me, you can’t stand how the mainstream news has devolved into a series of 45-second “hot takes.” “Unfair and mentally imbalanced” Fox News might as well rename itself the Orange News Network because it is basically a 24-hour cycle of spray-tanned white people high on hair gel fellating Donald Trump. So I’m…