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This Year’s ComplexCon Was Another Cruel Reminder That I’m Old AF
Much like everything else in our lives, this year's ComplexCon was decidedly different than its pre-pandemic incarnation.
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Kid Cudi’s A Man Named Scott Reveals the Tremendous Cost of Inspiring an Entire Generation
A Man Named Scott explores the 'Day n' Nite' rapper's philosophies on life, art and the burdens of fame.
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T-Pain Admits to Feeling Personally Victimized Following Jay-Z’s ‘D.O.A.’ Track
The ‘I’m Sprung’ rapper revealed his feelings during a recent interview on the Drink Champs podcast.
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Relax, Relate, Release Because Debbie Allen Is Directing A Different World for 'Zoom Where It Happens' [Updated]
The theme song for the beloved HBCU-based series A Different World notes that “it’s a different world than where you come from!” That lyric couldn’t be truer than in 2020, where our “different world” consists of virtual events in lieu of in-person events. On Sunday, it was announced that the next installment of the popular…
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Replay, Revisit, Reject: This Was a Rough Weekend, but Did New Music Help?
We get it: With everything going on in the world, it can be difficult to carve out time to discover new music. Industry-pushed tunes that you may not even bang with like that could also get in the way of you finding something that tingles your consumer taste buds. While new tunes are usually released…
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Kendrick Sampson, Jamie Foxx and More Celebrities Who Have Joined the George Floyd Protest Frontlines
There are some that talk the talk and there are others who walk the walk… literally, on the ground during a protest. I’ve already written about several ways celebrities have been using their platform to recently speak out against police brutality and racially-based hate crimes, inform the masses and support (or critique) the ways in…
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Khalid Benefit Concert Raises $500,000 for El Paso Shooting Victims
On Sunday, R&B star Khalid returned to his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to host a benefit concert for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting that left 22 dead and an additional 24 injured. Dubbed “Khalid & Friends: A Night for Suncity,” the star-studded affair raised $500,000 for the El Paso Community Fund,…
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Lil Yachty Is Behind the 'Real Ass Bitch' Aura of 'Act Up' by City Girls, Says He Wrote Most of the Lyrics
On April 18, 2019, The Toxic Masculinity Brigade held an emergency meeting after receiving a press release informing them that the “real ass bitch, give a fuck about a nigga” lyric that has annoyed their ashen spirits has been brought to you by none other than Lil Yachty. That’s right, a whole ass man helped…
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DC Young Fly, Lil Yachty Light Up the Screen in How High 2 Trailer
Once you get past all the MySpace surveys and horrific fashion trends, the 2000s were actually pretty dope. It gave us a pre-MAGA Kanye, Grand Theft Auto III, and gas that was under $2 a gallon—which is reason enough to revisit the era in which we wore du-rags as fashion accessories. But also of note,…
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Has a $40 Million Yacht and Vandals Set It Free
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was reportedly holding a $40 million yacht hostage and some good samaritans set the yacht free. Fine, DeVos owns the yacht the $40 million yacht and vandals reportedly untied it from a northern Ohio marina where is was docked and it drifted out to sea. First off, Betsy DeVos has a…