joe
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PSA: Y'all, This is Probably the Best Time Ever To Be a Blerd
Growing up, it always felt like the things I was deeply interested in and the things that had that good-good representation were always on two separate planes. Now, I wasn’t up here being one of those Black people who love to say they weren’t like other Black people. I’m pretty sure I happily consumed like…
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I'll Be Around
This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the three-year anniversary of the launch of VerySmartBrothas—the blog Panama Jackson, Liz Burr, and I created in 2008—and the release of Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm At Night, a self-published compilation of satirical dating…
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OMG! I Love This Song: Rudy Giuliani's Apartment Searched in Federal Investigation
First, a prayer. Dear sweet 8 pound, 7 ounce baby Jesus, I see you. I see what you’re doing and I like it. Please continue my continuous streak of Ls on the SNKRS app (I know you are thinking about my wallet and not my happiness). Please look into making the McRib a regular offering…
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Good News Everyone! Coronavirus Vaccines Are Available for Adults in Every Age Group Across the Country
I can’t lie; it’s a little surreal writing this piece. Given how much of a shitshow the pandemic has been, I was firmly prepared to be bunkered up in the crib, smoking weed, and watching old WrestleManias until at least the fall. Instead, ya boy is double-vaxxed up and has tickets to see the re-release…
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Only at an HBCU Will You Go Viral for Getting Crossed Up by Your School President
Look, bruh. I get it. About seven or eight growth spurts ago, when I was like 13 years old, I remember hitting up the other New York—I think it was Nyack, to be specific—to visit cousins I haven’t seen since. During that trip, me and my cousin, Joe, used to spend our mornings fucking up…
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Live and Let Die Actor Yaphet Kotto Dead at 81
Yaphet Kotto, the actor known for movies such as Alien and The Running Man has died, The Root has learned. His wife Tessie Sinahon shared the heartbreaking news in a post to social media on Monday, with the news later being confirmed to The New York Times by Kotto’s agent. The actor was 81 years…
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20 More Things I Cooked, Baked and Fried While Surviving the Pandemic, Pt. 2
Can’t stop, won’t stop…making food! There was literally nothing better to do and I had to feed myself! And since restaurants were often out of the question (there’s nothing sadder than ordering Postmates, Uber Eats or Grubhub, getting excited over it, then realizing you spent $50 and got back subpar offerings), it meant I needed…
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Joe and Kamala, I’m Gon’ Let You Finish, But Nikolas Ajagu Rocking Jordan 1 Diors to Inauguration Brought a Joyous Tear to My Eye
The husband of Meena Harris, Kamala’s niece, had social media buzzing after he was seen wearing some of the most sought after kicks at the inauguration.