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Why Nancy Grace Vs 2 Chainz Is The Most Ridiculous Thing I've Ever Seen This Week
1. Nancy Grace is unbelievable. Not unbelievable in a figurative sense. (Although, she is that too.) But literally unbelievable. As I was watching her debate 2 Chainz about whether marijuana should be legal, I found it difficult to concentrate because I was distracted by the fact that Nancy Grace is an actual person who actually…
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It's Colder Than A Witches Tit In The East. I Have Questions.
While we cannot compete with the likes of Chicago, Detroit, or some place called a Minnesota, it’s colder than a summabitch here on the East Coast. It’s the kind of cold that makes you dread going outside. I’m afraid of the cold. I have come to this realization in life. I do not fuck with…
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Advice For Soon-To-Be Husbands From A Guy Who Hasn't Been Married Long Enough To Give It
What’s up, fellas? How’s everything? Good? Great! How have I been? Great. Marriage is the shit. I always have clean socks, my weekends are full of activities, and my wife even introduced me to something called a “couscous” last month. (What exactly is couscous? Some bougie-ass rice, basically.) Anyway, I know you all are about…
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A Ranking Of Things To Do When It's Cold As Fuck Outside And You Don't Want To Do Shit
Since (roughly) 90% of our readers are American, and (roughly) 90% of America is dealing with some type of polar vortex right now, that means there’s a (roughly) 8100% chance that, if you’re reading this, you’re somewhere where it’s cold as fuck outside. If you’re like me — basically, if you’re Black — this means…
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40 Signs You Just Might Be A Bougie Black Person
1. You first met each of the last three people you’ve dated at game nights. 2. Dwayne and Whitley still matter a bit more to you than Barack and Michelle do. 3. You’ve been gainfully employed for some time, but no one — you included — actually knows or really understands what you do for…
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Poll: Did We Miss Your Favorite Denzel Washington Movie?
It was no easy task to come up with a Denzel Washington top 10 list. The arguments among The Root staff continued long after this video stopped rolling. You’ve seen our list. So now let’s hear from you about which Denzel movie classics you think we missed.
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The Top 15 Videos of 2014
This was the year of the video: Cellphone recordings, surveillance videos and celebs caught on camera took up most of the spots on The Root TV’s most-watched-videos list. From the Jay Z-Solange elevator confrontation to the young woman desperate to be Nicki Minaj after dental surgery, here are the 15 most viewed videos of 2014: 1. The…
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A Completely Arbitrary Ranking Of Christmas Standards
567. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Although catchy, this song is basically a date rape how-to guide. 300-350. Any Christmas rap song besides “Christmas in Hollis” 76. “Christmas in Hollis” Only things worse than Christmas rap? 1. Gospel rap. 2. French rap. 3. Albino roaches. 25. “Here Comes Santa Claus” Santa Claus does not exist, so…
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A Ranking Of The Most Awkward Things That Happen In Strip Clubs
I love strip clubs. My answer to everything is to “go down to the skrippas.” I shit you not, back in 2007 I said “When I die, I want it to be at Magic City.” If I had recorded that … A few months ago, an associate of mine decided that the best way to…
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The 10 Most Wrong Things About Bill Cosby Asking The Black Media To Stay Neutral
Last Friday, Bill Cosby finally broke his silence, praising his wife for standing by him and specifically asking Black media to be neutral. There are a couple dozen levels of wrong with that request. Here are 10 of them. 1. He’s not actually asking for neutrality. He’s asking for apathy and willful ignorance. 2. “Black…
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