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We Need to Talk About the Values of the White Community
It’s time to have a conversation about the culture that increasingly rejects the value of education, civility and law and order
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Truth Hurts: Lizzo Calls Janet Jackson the ‘Queen of Pop,’ Madonna Stans Erupt in Anger
The ‘Rumors’ singer caused the uproar on Sunday after listing her all-time top performers on Twitter.
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The 2021 September Issue of American Vogue May Be Its Most Diverse Yet. Here’s Why That Does—and Doesn’t—Matter
After promises made by Anna Wintour to improve representation throughout the legacy imprint, the September issue celebrates several firsts on its cover.
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Sigh, I Guess We Must Talk About Hunter Biden Using the N-Word
Joe Biden’s son told his white lawyer friend not to charge him ‘Hennessy rates’ while casually dropping the N-word.
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Drake Has More Slaps Than Madonna, Holds the Record for the Most Top 10 Hits in Billboard Chart History
As of today, Drake has surpassed Madonna for the record for the most Billboard Top 10 singles in the chart’s 62-year history. This means he has just as many Billboard Top 10 singles as he has bad tattoos. Thanks to the musician’s features on DJ Khaled’s latest songs—the self-aware “Popstar” and The Weeknd-esque “Greece”—he now…
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Lionel Richie Has Considered Writing a Song Similar to 'We Are the World' in the Coronavirus Era
It’s been 35 years since the release of the iconic Grammy-winning song “We Are the World,” by the supergroup USA For Africa, which featured several iconic artists and signified an unprecedented moment in pop culture. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson, is reflecting on the song’s intention. According…
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Did Russians Hack the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards?
There used to be a time when you would run home to watch music videos, but it feels like that time is dying a slow and painful death. Music videos used to be the driving force of what made a song a hit and now we’re left with what can make you go viral. After…
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Y'all Should Have Known Better Than To Task Madonna With The Aretha Franklin Tribute
On Monday evening we celebrated another MTV Video Music Awards show, the event popping up mere days after the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away at the age of 76. So it would make sense that the VMAs would scramble to make sure that Miss Aretha was properly recognized. Except … for some…
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Lord, Save Us From Iggy Azalea
Here at The Root, we are regularly delighted, in the middle of an otherwise droll news day, to have some new music and visuals dropped upon us, as happened last week with Janelle Monáe’s double fantasy, or weeks before, when “All the Stars” further stoked our anticipation for Black Panther. And then there are drops…