pop culture
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If Beyoncé Has Gone Full Black, I'm Here For It.
Based on the events of the past weekend related to Beyoncé, it’s entirely possible that she’s trolling America, all of it. Beyoncé dropped the video for the song “Formation” on Saturday, converting (my) Facebook into a de facto Beyoncé fan site. “Formation” is an unapologetically black- and Southern-ass song and video. The words to the…
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Beyonce Is The New Black: The 10 Blackest Moments In Beyonce's "Formation" Video
In 2014, Surrey NanoSystems, a tech company in England, debuted VantaBlack — a substance they claim is the Blackest Black ever seen. “The coating reflects so little light, three dimensions seem to disappear.” said Ben Jensen, founder of Surrey NanoSystems, in an interview with the New York Times. “When you look at Vantablack on some wrinkled aluminum foil,…
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The Hip-Hop Dalmatians Are the Greatest Rap Group That Never Was. Probably. Maybe.
As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way thatReasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay Z album but I can listen to The Blueprint all day every day. In fact, The Wood is…
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Underrated Moments In Black History: Angela Bassett Slaps A White Woman
Happy Black History Month everyone! I hope your edges are extra laid and your chicken extra crispy. More often than not, I find that Black History Month tends to turn into “explain standard historical references to white people who just never bothered to do their googles.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m learning things about Black…
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Why A Man Enjoying A Woman's Finger In His Butt Doesn't Make Him Gay (NTTAWWT), Explained
Who is Amber Rose? Ex-girlfriend of Kanye West, ex-wife of Wiz Khalifa, social media soul destroyer, and perhaps the most famous Cape Verdean alive today. Really? Yes, really. If we ever decided to honor and recognize a Cape Verdean-American history month, kids would be required to do Amber Rose book reports and school projects. She’d basically…
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4 Simple Life Rules For Living A Simple Life
I try to live my life by a few simple and easy tenets: 1. Never forget that niggas gon’ nig. As fucked up as that maybe, it helps to keep expectations in check when dealing with certain types of people. Expecting anything other than a motherfucker to do exactly what they’ve always shown themselves to…
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The Tragic Mulattos Of The Real Housewives Of Potomac
The first time I heard the of “Jack and Jill” was in high school. A Black girl l knew — let’s call her Toni — was living her BEST life. Her dad had an MBA from Harvard and was on the board of a bank. She got accepted Early Decision to Harvard. They owned their…