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  • Man Arrested, Charged in Shooting Death of Rihanna’s Cousin 

    Police have apprehended and charged a 23-year-old man in the shooting death of Rihanna’s cousin Tavon Alleyne, 21, in Barbados. According to the Nation News, 23-year-old Shawayne Dashawn Williams was charged with murder in the death of Alleyne during his first court appearance Wednesday. Williams was remanded to prison and will next appear before court…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Rihanna Mourns Cousin Killed in Barbados

    Rihanna’s cousin, 21-year-old Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne, was shot and killed in Barbados Tuesday night, and the singer posted a tribute to him on Instagram. “RIP cousin… can’t believe it was just last night that I held you in my arms!” she wrote. “Never thought that would be the last time I felt the warmth in…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Call Off Christmas: Fenty Beauty’s Taking All Our Money

    Today in breaking “Can’t stop, won’t stop” news: Fenty Beauty is bound to break our holiday budgets with the upcoming release of a 14-shade line of lipsticks, coyly called “Mattemoiselle.” In keeping with Fenty’s full-spectrum-themed beauty, the colors range from conventional to conversation-starting, and because she’s never afraid to start—or shut down—a conversation, Rihanna teased…

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    Maiysha Kai

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  • We Gon’ Run This Town … in Fenty x Puma’s Newest Release

    While you were sleeping, Fenty x Puma dropped a new take on high-top sneakers, just in time for the weekend. Visually, the Mid-Geo sneakers are like a ballet-meets-basketball-dream-team shoe collab. Day one Fenty fiends know what I’m talking about: prep school style meets new-school sass and cleverly serves both fashion and comfort, under the creative…

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    Veronica Webb

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  • Hey, Kylie Girl, Rihanna Got You Shook Again?

    Everyone is still going crazy over Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line. From the foundations (I still don’t know what shade I am—I should get on that) to the lipsticks (I do know Stunna is my fucking color, bitch!), she has something for everyone, and by “everyone” I mean all the black women willing to go broke…

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    Monique Judge

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  • I Am Not Your Token: What Rihanna Taught Us This Week About ‘Diversity’ Casting 

    This week, one lucky Rihanna fan got an impromptu lesson in tokenism—from the star herself—after they suggested that she include transgender women in her next Fenty Beauty campaign. The new beauty mogul, who rocked the cosmetics industry this past September with her full-spectrum beauty launch, responded kindly and clearly on why even the question was…

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    Maiysha Kai

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  • AfroArt: Immortalizing a New Generation

    A few weeks ago, the fashion world swooned upon learning that Rihanna would be a host of the 2018 Met Gala, themed to coincide with the Costume Institute’s upcoming exhibit, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Imagining how “Bad Gal RiRi”—first of her name, currently ruler of three simultaneous covers of Vogue Paris (and…

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    Maiysha Kai

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  • Rihanna, Queen of the Red Carpet, Will Host the 2018 Met Gala 

    Vogue’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, has tapped the undisputed champion of the red carpet, Rihanna, to host the 2018 Met Gala. The announcement came from Vogue this morning. The theme for next year’s star-studded event (officially known as the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) will be “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • Did Bobby Brown Make Don’t Be Cruel, or Did Don’t Be Cruel Make Bobby Brown?

    I’m a Bobby Brown fan. I’m not sure I’m at stan levels, but I did shell out the money to buy the hardback copy of his autobiography (written with the assistance of Nick Chiles—it’s painfully obvious where Bobby either had help or didn’t write at all) and read it immediately in one sitting. While the…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Fenty Beauty’s Social Media Capital Was Driven by Black Voices

    Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line had $72 million in earned media value during its debut month of September, placing it squarely in the top three performing beauty brands for the month—and beating out many brands that have been around for much longer, analysts say. Tribe Dynamics released the numbers last week in its monthly report. While…

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    Monique Judge

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