culture
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Kanye West Is Like the David Koresh of Hip-Hop, and That’s Only 1 Reason I Don’t Want Him Running for President
When Kanye West announced at the MTV Video Music Awards that he would run for president in 2020, my reaction was, “We’ll never get that HBO comedy show, but at least the Negro still has jokes.” Kanye is like the David Koresh of hip-hop in that, much like the infamous cult leader, Kanye can do…
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Aretha Franklin Hit on Social Media for Pope Philly Performance
During the final leg of his whirlwind trip to the United States, Pope Francis was treated to a serenade Saturday evening by none other than Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. Franklin sang “Amazing Grace” backed by a gospel choir at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia before hundreds of thousands of people, one of…
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Watch: This Happened When Fans Heard Drake Was at Howard University
Drake sparked a veritable frenzy among fans at Howard University on Saturday when he stopped by the campus bookstore to pick up some gear, reports Complex. https://twitter.com/katiraaax0/status/647826750521667587https://twitter.com/JusCallMeDex/status/647823429933105152 Drake and 2 Chainz performed at the school’s homecoming in 2012, sparking speculation on social media that he was on campus this weekend to prepare for next week’s…
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Prison Kids: Join the Fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth
It should be a crime that America locks up so much of its youths. Right now the United States has more than 60,000 children sitting in jail, lost in a broken system that has led our country to incarcerate more children than any other nation. Why are we turning our backs on the youngest, most…
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Emmy Award-Winning Actress Regina King Talks HBO’s The Leftovers
Regina King has finally arrived. This sentiment may sound silly to those who have been following her career since she starred as the sweet Washington, D.C., kid Brenda Jenkins on NBC’s hit sitcom 227, but the woman who has been earning major roles in television, film and television again has slowly but surely been building a…
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No Matter How Long the Odds, UVA’s Coach Meets the Challenge
Her hair was falling out in clumps. And there was nothing he could do. As a former college football star, Mike London was accustomed to making a key tackle, snagging a momentum-changing interception, willing himself and his teammates toward victory. Now his only course of action was to fight back the salty puddles that spilled…
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Kente Cloth Klansmen and Paul Rucker’s Art That Provokes
Paul Rucker isn’t intentionally provocative. His art tells American stories. It just so happens that those stories are provocative, wretched and criminal. At the opening last week of his installation “Rewind” at the Baltimore Museum of Art, there are rows of tall and imposing mannequins donning Ku Klux Klan robes. One holds a baby wearing…
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Michelle Obama Is Simply Breathtaking at the China State Dinner
The president and first lady hosted China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, at a White House state dinner Friday evening. And the first couple gave photographers quite a playful greeting as the president admired his wife, who stunned in what was reported to be a Vera Wang gown.
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First I Was His Side Chick, Now I’m His Wife and I’m Having Second Thoughts
I recently married a man who cheated on his child’s mother with me and other women. We had a short engagement and were married only a few months after his previous relationship ended. I think we got married too quickly. He and his ex have been in an ongoing custody battle and I am second-guessing…
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Scandal Recap: Happily Ever After? Not So Fast
Scandal heads, rejoice, for Scandal is back! And the season 5 premiere got us prepped and ready for what’s to come this season. Ripped straight from the (verrry old) headlines, the case of the week was based on Princess Diana’s infamous fatal car accident. Unlike in real life, however, Olivia Pope is on the case, and she figures out…