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If you’re accessible to anyone under five feet, you likely know about it already. Those of us glued to YouTube have certainly spotted it. But in case you’ve been living under the rock called adulthood, perhaps Nate Robinson doing it during All Star Weekend’s Slam Dunk contest has finally introduced you to the newest dance…

Last night, premiering its new documentary, Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass, CNBC smooth blew the lid off of a heretofore little known phenomenon—African Americans making extraordinary strides in the fields of professional sports and popular music. In interviews with the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins, author of the forthcoming book by the…

I’ve been waiting a long time for Medicine for Melancholy, a small, independent film is the debut effort from writer-director Barry Jenkins. It’s a love story that’s not about love. It is a movie that examines race, but there are no large black men in drag; no broad farcical elements; no hip-hop; no bling; no family…

“A corner to cool-out in”, as coined by loyal Buzzonian Jason Quinn. Well over here in our small corner of the web, The Buzz wants you to know your hard hours are work will be reward in paradise—the paradise of music that is.  So sit back, click through, and listen up. This is The Cool-out…

Danielle Belton, aka The Black Snob, goes in on your boy and explains why a Republican wiping up of Keyes isn’t worth the toilet tissue. Don’t look at us; we’ve known this guy was…”a real character.”

Cameron Giles, better known to (some of) the world as Cam’ron, Killa Cam or “that dude who told Anderson Cooper he wouldn’t even snitch on a serial killer,” will be adding to that litany: The Black Larry David, the mind behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Cam’ron’s Enthusiasm This is almost as good as The…

Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic Monthly takes a little bit of time to explore the supposed rift between President Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus. Real or imagined, on the block or in the halls of Congress, black-on-black crime will always be big business. *sigh*

A nice bit of bloggage regarding Venus and Serena Williams, sport, and the perceptions of femininity and beauty from The Buzz’s sister-in-arms, Dayo Olopade, a Rootitian who moonlights over on The XX Factor at Slate. The Buzz says: Ladies, if you look like that, flaunt it and let the haters quake in fear.

Why are so many of the best and brightest leaving South Africa? Tune into NPR’s Tell Me More to find out. Right now, there are a lot of World Cup organizers who are sweating bullets. There’s certainly a lot of time left to turn certain logistical issues around, but they’ve got their work cut out…

According to Chris Fusco, Tim Novak, and Dave McKinney of The Chicago Sun-Times, Roland Burris, Part Deux, doesn’t like to pay taxes and, for his trouble, landed a $75K per annum gig with the state of Illinois. How? Rod Blagojevich. This whole saga would amuse The Buzz if it wasn’t so shameful. Remember that scene in…