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When You Look at Us, Make Sure You See Glory: Diddy and LeBron James Respond to Racist H&M Photo
Two of the world’s most powerful, renowned and affluent black men, LeBron James and Sean “Diddy” Combs, took to social media Monday to share uplifting images of the black child model featured in a racist photo from an H&M site. On his Instagram account Monday night, King James posted an image of the black boy…
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Steph Curry Says He’s ‘Really Serious’ About Owning Carolina Panthers
Perhaps a black man (or men) owning an NFL team may soon be a reality. Golden State Warrior Steph Curry recently said that he was quite serious about being interested in owning the Carolina Panthers, now that owner Jerry Richardson is selling the team after finding himself caught up in a sexual-misconduct scandal in the…
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A Bold Strategy for Diddy and Colin Kaepernick’s Plan to Own the Carolina Panthers
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and Colin Kaepernick’s interest in purchasing the Carolina Panthers appears to be far more legitimate than a couple of boastful tweets. Kaepernick and Combs have already discussed the role that the former quarterback might play in Combs’ new-look NFL team. And Combs has also begun reaching out to other wealthy individuals…
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‘He Looks Like He Smoked a Blunt and Drank a 40’: TV Anchor Apologizes for Comments Made After Diddy Offers to Buy NFL Team
Sean “Diddy” Combs is a lot of things: business mogul, entertainer, producer, rapper, haver of many names. But, apparently, members of one San Francisco news team aren’t impressed by Diddy, saying that they couldn’t take the multitalented entrepreneur seriously regarding his offer to buy the Carolina Panthers. The train wreck occurred on a KRON-TV sports…
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Give Diddy, Steph Curry and Colin Kaepernick the Carolina Panthers Now
Updated Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, 11:21 a.m. EST: Colin Kaepernick wants in on Diddy’s scheme to buy the Carolina Panthers—and not just to play quarterback. Responding to the hip-hop mogul’s weekend social media campaign (OK, a few tweets and an Instagram video), Kaepernick wrote on Twitter: “I want in on the ownership group! Let’s make…
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Like Father, Like Daughter: 20 Years After His Death, Biggie’s Legacy Launches a Clothing Line
T’yanna Wallace was only 3 years old when her father, Christopher—the rapper the world recognized as the Notorious B.I.G., or Biggie Smalls—was brutally killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. I was 22 and a college senior, living across the street from his mother, Voletta Wallace, on St. James Place in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Clinton…
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RuPaul Is the Queen, Naomi a Beheader: Pirelli’s 2018 Calendar Envisions an All-Black Alice in Wonderland
Pirelli, the Milan-based tire company, has taken an enduring, mystical story of Alice in Wonderland and blackened it up for its annual calendar. The results? Stunning. In its 45th iteration, the Pirelli annual calendar features an all-black cast to represent photographer Tim Walker’s vision of the Lewis Carroll classic. Styled by British Vogue Editor Edward…
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Diddy Changes His Name to ‘Brotherly Love’ Cuz Hey, It’s Scorpio Season
Sean Combs might have ’em all beat when it comes to reinvention. The man who has been known as “Puff Daddy,” “Sean,” “Puffy” “P. Diddy” and most recently “Diddy” has done it again. In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, he announced that in honor of his 48th birthday, he was changing his name…
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Howard University: This Is Family
What can you say about Howard University that you cannot say about other HBCUs? There are the facts—facts that make the mecca historically unique. I mean, who else can say they have the same alma mater as Thurgood Marshall and Diddy? Only Howard alum can say that. Who else can say they attend a school…
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Give Diddy the NFL Now
Diddy has a message for Roger Goodell and the NFL: Let me #TakeDat #TakeDat. The richest man in hip-hop for 2017 took to social media Wednesday to put in a bid to buy the NFL. In an Instagram post, Diddy proposed “our own” league where black players could express themselves however they saw fit. “My…