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Why ‘Vultures 2’ is Proof That Kanye West Has Completely Fallen Off
The Chicago rapper’s second collab album with Ty Dolla $ign was another sloppy release.
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Tyler Perry, Pharrell Williams and More Honor Clarence Avant in Touching Tributes
Known as the ‘Black Godfather’ of music, the entertainment icon died at age 92.
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The GMA3 Hosts Affair, Downfall of Kanye West Top Our List of the Biggest Pop Culture Scandals of 2022 [UPDATED]
A recap of the messiest stories that kept us talking all year long.
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The Pandemic Isn’t Over Yet, No Matter How Much We Want To Believe It
As some cheer about the repeal of the mask mandate for public travel, recent history has shown us we don’t get to decide when the pandemic is done
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Review: With jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Directors Coodie and Chike Take Us Inside the Mind of a Tortured Genius
Netflix’s three-part documentary explores the evolution of one of the most influential artists of all time.
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The Privilege of Being Remembered Like a Dead White Man
Did you know that houses owned by black Americans are undervalued by an average of $48,000 per home? Combined, this makes for 156 billion dollars in losses—a discrepancy called a “segregation tax.” I didn’t know this either, until a recent study by the Brookings Institute articulated exactly how pervasive this brand of bias is, and…
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‘You Had a Bad Idea and You Making It Worse’: 10 Thoughts About Kanye and T.I.’s ‘Ye vs. the People’
Over the weekend, Kanye “‘MAGA’ Hat” West dropped a song called “Ye vs. the People” (starring T.I. as “the People”). I’ve listened to it several times at this point. I believe the old black griots in the community would refer to what’s happening here as “This n-word has lost his damn mind.” Here are some…