pop culture
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How Come Nobody Cares About Boyz II Men Anymore?
There was a time in my life when I absolutely hated Boyz II Men’s “End Of The Road”. Not because it isn’t a good song – it is – but because I couldn’t go ANYWHERE in 1992 without hearing this song. Drunk white people were singing it on benders. Black dudes were blasting it from…
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Idris Elba Deserves To Be James Bond, Because They Both Have Fuckboy Tendencies
Just the other day, some blowhard on the other side of the pond took it upon himself to state that Idris Elba shouldn’t play Bond because he’s too ‘street.’ Naturally, folks got ahold of the pull quote — I’m pretty sure Nicki clapped at him before handing back the mic — and he has promptly walked…
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Police Pull White Chick Over. She Gets Out and Dances To Future (and Drake). Lives.
In what can only be described as the PUREST form of white privilege available to date, a woman in Los Angeles stole a Ford Focus, led cops on a police chase, and when she rolled over a spike and blew out a tire, bringing an end to said chase… …she turnt up. To Future and…
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Dear People Without Children On Facebook…
Can I talk my shit? I think I can talk my shit. I’m gon’ talk my shit. It’s August in America, which means that for a significant number of people, it is around the time that their children – those sometimes tiny, bite sized creatures who don’t know much of shit but swear they do…
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Open Forum: The Live, On-Air Killings of WDBJ Employees by Alleged Shooter, Vester Lee Flanagan
If you’re awake, you’ve heard about the live, on-air shooting (and killing) of reporter, Allison Parker, and cameraman, Adam Ward, while conducting an interview at 645am. The reporter and photographer are dead and the interviewee is (or was) in surgery. You’ve also heard, by now, that the shooter is a former, disgruntled employee named Vester Lee Flanagan, who worked…
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Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And Serena Williams
A few weeks 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. Wouldn’t you know it, those same sources found another email conversation, but between Drake and Serena Williams. We have great sources. A condensed version can…
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This Shaun King Takedown Attempt Is Fuckin' Ridiculous
I’m so appalled. Over the past few days, conservative, right-wing people and sites like Glen Bleck, Breitbart, and The Blaze (amongst others) have accused Shaun King, an activist who gained significant attention after his in-depth analyses and social media campaign in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in August of…