pop culture
-
Unfortunate Fashion Choices Of Decades Past
It’s the early aughts in NYC. A young East African girl (by way of Canada) is preparing for her sophomore year of high school in the North Bronx. She had just spent the summer with her family in France, and just KNEW she was ready to be fresh to death with her back-to-school outfit. At…
-
Exclusive: An Interview With Meek Mill About Wale, Drake, And Nigerian Leprechauns
Late last night, our people were able to arrange a last minute interview with Meek Mill to discuss his beef with Wale. A condensed version of the interview is below. Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. I know you have a lot going on right now, so I appreciate it. I WASN’T AGREEING…
-
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 7 Recap
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan listen. I don’t even have a good lead in for this episode except that all I kept seeing in my mind when Miles told Amber that he was bisexual was this: That was effectively Amber’s reaction. But let’s back up for a bit. When we last left our unsuper villain, Miles, he was at the…
-
Things Drake Does In The "Hotline Bling" Vid That Men Not Named Drake Can Never Do
Yesterday, Drake released a video to “Hotline Bling.” The song, the video, and the reaction to the song and video is quintessential Drake. It is perhaps the most quintessentially Drake thing Drake has ever done, which is saying something because everything Drake does is quintessentially Drake. What exactly does quintessentially Drake mean, you ask? Well, quintessentially Drake means that if literally…
-
Anthony Mackie: The Unlikeliest Hotep
I should know better. I know that movies and television shows are movies and television shows and contain actors who are acting and not being themselves. Again, I know this. I know Joe Morton isn’t really the sociopathic head of a shadowy government agency. I know Kimberly Elise has an emotion other than “depressingly distraught.” And I know that Michael Beach is…
-
The Game's "The Documentary 2" Is The Album I Wish Kendrick Lamar Would Have Released
I know that sounds absurd. But follow me. Kendrick Lamar dropped a seminal work in To Pimp A Butterfly, a work so full of Blackness and filled with so many musical styles and elements that even if you don’t love it you have to appreciate and respect his ability to articulate his worldview in his…
-
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 6 Recap
I can’t lie to y’all, my boredom level with this season has potentially reached its zenith. I don’t know if this means I’m finally growing up or if this cast of characters has run its course in my life. How did I realize this, you (didn’t) ask? I had to watch this episode twice because…
-
Raven-Symone Is Full Of Shit Because Someone Named "Watermelondrea" Would DEFINITELY Get Hired
By now, I’m sure most of you are aware of the comments Raven-Symone made last week on The View in reference to “Black-sounding” names. And, I’m also sure most of you are aware of the swift pushback she received. One, for gleefully admitting that she, a Black person, would willfully discriminate against Black-sounding names. And…
-
A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And Serena Williams About The Engagement Rumor
A couple months ago, our sources were somehow able to find an email conversation between Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill. And then, a couple weeks later, one between Meek Mill and Drake. And then, those same sources found another email conversation, but between Drake and Serena Williams. And then a couple months after that, they found a conversation between President Obama…