Chris Brown
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Tarana Burke: Black Community Needs to Have Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexual Violence
I caught up with Tarana Burke at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault annual awards on Monday in New York City, where she picked up yet another award for her years of activism, most notably #MeToo. Over the past year alone, Hollywood and media luminaries like Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Matt Lauer and…
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Detroit Music Station ‘Mutes’ Kanye West but Doesn’t Know if It’ll Mute Chris Brown and R. Kelly. SMH
Ever since T.I. rapped “you had a bad idea and you makin’ it worse” on his and Kanye’s “Ye vs. the People,” I’ve found ways to apply that statement to so many facets of life. It was so apt and simple and profound that it really encapsulates everything going on in the world of Kanye…
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Virginia Tech’s Women’s Lacrosse Team Went Full N-Word Because of Chris Brown and Lil Dicky’s Song
What happens when a busload of white female Virginia Tech lacrosse players get hyped off a Chris Brown-and-Lil Dicky song? They go full “Freaky Friday” and start saying “nigga.” Because of course they do. Two weeks ago, Lil Dicky and Chris Brown released their own version of “Freaky Friday,” and the video included body…
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Snapchat Stock Drops After Rihanna’s Scathing Response to Ad Mocking Assault by Chris Brown
Rihanna stopped just short of scalping Snapchat on Thursday, delivering a scathing response via Instagram to a tasteless, offensive ad that appeared on the Snapchat app asking if users would rather “slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown.” Now it looks like Rihanna didn’t just snatch Snapchat’s wig; she also seized its stock value. CNBC reports…
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Have You Seen This Chris Brown and Lil Dicky Video? It’s Hilarious
First of all, let me start off by saying I don’t particularly care for Chris Brown. His first album was a jam, and I think he is talented and an amazing dancer and has great potential—but he needs more people. Saying he’s problematic is about the nicest way I can put it without getting in…
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Snapchat Says It’s Sorry About That Ad Asking if You’d Like to Slap Rihanna, but She’s Not Having It
Updated Thursday, March 15, 2018, 1:20 p.m. EDT: Rihanna, reigning queen of the Clapback (it’s literally a lip color on her Fenty beauty line, for God’s sake), had some words for Snapchat after an awful ad appeared on the app asking users if they’d rather “Slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown.” And because she’s not…
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10 Life-Essential Questions Grown-ish Hilariously Addresses in ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late’
Aaron keeps sending Zoey “u up” texts, and she’s perplexed as to whether it means that he’s in love with her or that she’s just the “‘u up’ bitch.” This sets off an interesting discussion about the romanticness of such a text. See, depending on who you are and where you grew up, the infamous…
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Chris Brown Has Eyes on Rihanna’s Crop Over Costume
Chris Brown is like a cold sore that keeps on popping up at the most inopportune times. And this time, Brown was caught creeping on Rihanna’s Instagram account giving googly eyes at her Crop Over festival costume. Of course, everyone is gawking over Rihanna’s ability to slay Crop Over, year after year. But unlike Brown,…
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I Listened to Chris Brown and Ray J’s Mixtape so You Don’t Have To
When I read that Chris Brown and Ray J had released a new mixtape, Burn My Name, my immediate response was, “Have we not suffered enough already in Trump’s America?” That’s not to say Light Ike isn’t talented, Team Breezy. That has long been established. It’s more like, “You’re Chris Brown and you’re doing a…