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R. Kelly’s First Male Accuser Takes the Stand as Another Witness Testifies Kelly Raped Her Days After Marrying Aaliyah
Both accusers state they were 17 when sexually abused by Kelly. As more witnesses testify, the complicity of the singer’s entourage is also spotlighted.
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CLB Season: Drake Confirms Certified Lover Boy Is Coming Friday, September 3
The confirmation comes just days after that mysterious interruption during last Friday’s edition of ESPN’s Sportscenter.
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R. Kelly Reportedly Considered Himself a ‘Genius’ Entitled to Have Sex With ‘Very Young Girls’
A female witness said Kelly likened himself to fellow entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis and testified that the R&B star ‘humiliated me, degraded me, he scared me.’
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Ciara and Russell Wilson Land First-Look Deal With Amazon Studios
Hella fine husband and wife duo Ciara and Russell Wilson (Umm, hello! Do you see that header pic? My God) are continuing to expand their empire—only this time, they’re headed into the land of tv and films. Deadline reports the pair have just struck a first-look deal with Amazon Studios and will produce scripted series…
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Black Man Who Was Forced to Work Without Pay by White Boss Should Get $546,000 in Compensation, Court Rules
This may be one of the most horrific stories that The Root has ever reported. For 23 years, Bobby Paul Edwards, who owned the J&J Cafeteria in Conway, South Carolina, enslaved John Christopher Smith, an intellectually disabled Black man who Edwards beat and forced to work long hours for literally no pay. Smith worked 18…
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‘Slavery Has Never Been Properly Addressed’: Reparations Bill Reintroduced to Congress
On Juneteenth in 2019, lawmakers met with Black activists and scholars to discuss H.R. 40—a bill to create a reparations commission to examine the impact of slavery and the possibility of compensation for the descendants of enslaved Africans—during a hearing by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. But way…
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Banks May Have the Authority to Take Your Stimulus Check and Use It to Pay Off Loans and Fees: Report
It may not cover everything, but for people who have lost work or wages due to the coronavirus outbreak, the stimulus check promised to them by the federal government could mean the difference between putting food on the table and paying bills or being unable to do either. Imagine the impact on individuals and families…
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Trump Calls Health Experts Data on Coronavirus Deaths False. His Proof: A Hunch
President Trump is a liar’s liar. Other less experienced liars look up to Trump. He’s #liargoals. He’s also a goddamn bumbling idiot who will say anything even when scientific data and experts say different. Trump is the racist uncle who makes up stories to shame kids for complaining about how difficult their life is. The…
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6 Jobs That People Don’t Think Require Real ‘Work’
I’m a creative. I like to think that I’m good at it. At the very least, I’m good enough at it to get paid to do it like I’m doing it for television. Do you know what this means? I’ll tell you what it means: It means that while it brings home the bacon, it…