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'Damn!': Here's How Will Smith and Tyra Banks Celebrated 30 Years of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
“In West Philadelphia born and raised,” in the house self-isolating is where we spent most of our days…during the stay-at-home order. If you can believe it, 2020 will mark 30 years since The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted on NBC (September 10, 1990, to be exact) and catapulted Will Smith’s career into stardom. In the…
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Per Usual, Black Women Tried to Tell Y'all: A Black Lady Sketch Show's Apocalypse Sketch Was Ahead of Its Time
Somewhere lying on a couch awaiting a kid to come hand her the remote that’s only a few inches away from her is a black woman twisting her face in an incredulous smirk because she knew this was coming—and she tried to tell y’all. That woman is portrayed by Robin Thede, creator of HBO’s A…
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Are They Ready for Love in the Age of Corona? Tiffany Haddish and Common Are Reportedly Self-Isolating Together
The tea is piping hot and continuously flowing during the stay-at-home order—and there may be some love brewing in the air too. During his virtual live show called Healing Through Laughter, Cedric The Entertainer chatted it up with rapper Common about their adjusted lives during self-isolation and the importance of keeping the laughter going during…
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#SocialDistancingWhileBlack: Video Allegedly Shows Doctor Allegedly Strangling Black Teen for Not Social Distancing…Allegedly
Kentucky police are “investigating” a video of a local physician defending his community by wrapping his hands around a teenage girl’s throat in an apparent attempt at teaching her a very valuable lesson about social distancing. While the culprit’s violent reaction may have violated black America’s common-law principle of “worry about your damn self,” police…
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Decides This Is a Good Time to Reopen Beaches. Local Officials Disagree
You would think that after Gov. Brian Kemp caught America’s collective side-eye when he revealed that he’d recently learned that asymptomatic people can still spread the coronavirus, he would be trying to keep his head low and avoid making any decisions that could even be perceived as reckless in this time of crisis. Instead, he’s…
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The Roots Announce Live Performances, Behind-the-Scenes Stories to Deliver Us All From Cabin Fever
Much like everyone else at the moment, The Roots have a lot of time on their hands. But even with no shows to book and NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon shifting to an at-home operation due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the band is refusing to allow their tremendous talent to go to…
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Omar Comin', So #StayAtHomeBoxOffice: You Can Now Watch All 5 Seasons of The Wire for Free
“You come for the king, you best not miss”… this free content. As we rack up yet another day that we can’t label anymore (Is it Friday? Is it Monday? What is time?!) during self-isolation, it’s becoming harder and harder not to exclaim, “I hate it here!” every single day. Well, thanks to HBO, we…
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Georgia Mayor Lifts Social Distancing Order After Residents Pull the Most Selfish ‘Let Me Speak to Your Manager’ Ever
This seems to be one big case of “are you fucking kidding me?” The mayor of Cumming, Ga., initially issued a social-distancing order and had plans to swear in some 150 new police officers to help enforce the order in the small town in a state where they have over 5,000 confirmed cases. But some…
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Black People Can’t Have Online Conferences Without Facing Racism Thanks to ‘Zoombombing’
So… Can black people do anything without running into racism? Imagine social distancing to protect yourself from coronavirus exposure as per government orders and still finding yourself in environments where bigots have access to you. Like…you can avoid a global pandemic, but you can’t avoid white supremacy. Such is the case for a number of…
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You Wanna See a Dead Body? Scott Storch Destroys Mannie Fresh in Epic Instagram Live Battle
With a global pandemic keeping us trapped in our homes for the foreseeable future, Instagram Live has become the premier destination for music aficionados to get their much-needed fix. And outside of DJ D-Nice’s legendary #ClubQuarantine parties, super producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have spearheaded the effort to give the people what they want—while social…
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