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If It's Up, Then We're Stuck On Cardi B's Beautiful Pregnancy Photos
Cardi B posted two pregnancy portraits on Instagram: one of her and Offset and another with 3-year-old Kulture.
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We Outside at the 2021 BET Awards!
BET Awards host Taraji P. Henson made sure we knew it was the Year of the Black Woman!
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Let's Check Back on How the Black TikTok Creators' Strike Is Going
Megan Thee Stallion's new single isn't doing the numbers on TikTok like it would if Black creators made a dance for it, proving the point about their impact.
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Can You Copyright Dance Moves? 'Single Ladies', 'Formation' and 'WAP' Choreographer JaQuel Knight Made History Doing Just That
You can’t hear the rhythmic “oh-oh-OH-oh-oh-OHHH-oh-oh-oh…” in Beyoncé’s hit single, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” without busting those now-iconic dance moves (heavily inspired by Bob Fosse), right? Well, you have one man to thank for that—JaQuel Knight. Recognizing the power of that longevity and visibility, Knight has made history as the first choreographer…
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Conservatives' Wet-Ass-Preoccupation With 'WAP' Leads to an Epic Back-and-Forth Between Cardi B and Candace Owens
The sanctimonious obsession with a popular song about moistened muffs continues! Thanks to this past weekend’s Grammys telecast, conservatives can continue to not care about the domestic terrorism displayed at a whole national monument and divert that energy to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP!” What a life! The two award-winning rappers gave quite…
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'I’m a Very Sexual Person, but Not Around My Child': Cardi B Claps Back at Criticism of Her Refusal to Let Her Daughter Listen to 'WAP'
In today’s installment of wild-ass pop culture moments, folks online are ganging up on Cardi B for—get this—not letting her two-year-old daughter Kulture listen to her spicy sex-positive smash hit ‘WAP.’ Yup, that’s right. People online are actually upset that the Invasion of Privacy rapper refuses to let her toddler twerk and twirl to a…
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Cautious, But Optimistic: How The Root Staff Is Approaching the New Year
The year 2020 was… a lot, largely in part to a global pandemic, the beginning of a long-awaited and necessary racial reckoning in this country, and an anxiety-inducing presidential election, to name a few. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to look forward to in the new year. The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton is…
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It Was the Best of Times and the Worst of Times at the Same Damn Time: Top 10 Moments of Joy From 2020
If I could sum up 2020 in one phrase, it would be “whew, chile” (see also: “I hate it here” and “I’m tired of this church.”) As we near the end of this unprecedented year, I can’t help but reflect on all the tumultuous things that have transpired up until now. Actually, I take that…
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From 'WAP' to Woman of the Year: Cardi B Receives Annual Billboard Honor
Ahead of its 15th Annual Women in Music event, Billboard released its Women of Music issue, highlighting a handful of this year’s most impactful female artists such as Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa, JLo, Dolly Parton and Jessica Reyes. But the standout star—or perhaps more fittingly, Woman of the Year, is none other than Bodak…
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AMAs 2020: Less Zoom Screens, More COVID-Compliant Stages—Can You Feel a Brand New Day?
The time has come for the world’s largest fan-voted award show and you’re now reading the world’s largest award show recap site! OK, I may have made up the latter part of the sentence, but thanks for joining me! As per usual, I’m here to give you the Black-ass play-by-play. This time, it’s the 2020…