pop culture
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Kendrick Lamar Said Something Dumb. Looks Like Rappers Are People, Too.
In a recent cover story for Billboard magazine, hip-hop wunderkind Kendrick Lamar spoke on Ferguson in comments that lit up the Blackosphere and caught the ire of self-imposed musical Civil Rights leader and idiot savant, Azealia Banks: “I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—-ked…
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Black Card Revocation Commission: An Inquiry About Dominoes
Hi. My name is Panama Jackson. I went to an HBCU. I grew up watching Martin, A Different World, The Cosby Show (awwwwwwwwkward), Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and even spent precious moments of my life watching Homeboys from Outer Space. I’ve watched both Alex Haley’s Roots and Queen and own at least two Tyler Perry movies…
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Phylicia Rashad Defends Bill Cosby, And That Sound You Hear Is Shit Hitting The Fan
If you ever wanted to know exactly how “shit hitting the fan” sounds, it’s the noise Black America’s making this morning as news that everyone’s single favorite person ever, Phylicia Rashad, has come out in defense of Bill Cosby, vehemently disputing the claims that her former co-star sexually assaulted 20-something women. Rashad said this was…
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Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 503 Recap: Running Around Like Loose Chickens
Happy New Years, ladies and gents. Mona decided to give our weary spirits a week off from the trials and tribulations of the Young and the Couthless, but we have now returned – and fortunately for the rest of us, the cast of Love and Hip Hop NY have not adhered to the “New Year…
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Remembering Stuart Scott
I know I watched SportsCenter before Stuart Scott made his first appearance on the show 1993. I just don’t remember what it looked like or sounded like prior to him. This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I did what I always do and turned on ESPN to watch SportsCenter, but this time…
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Two-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots and Kills His Mother. I Have Questions.
Yesterday, a two-year-old who was out shopping with his mother and some other children pulled a gun out of his mother’s purse then at near point-blank range, shot and killed her. This happened at a Wal-Mart in Hayden, Idaho. The mother, Veronica Rutledge, 29, was a killed almost instantly. Based on news reports, the boy…