Very Smart Brothas
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Video Soul Was My Entry Into the Wide World of Blackness
The show was the beginning of me learning how beautiful it was to be Black, a lesson I never forgot
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Everyone, and Quite Literally Their Mother, Has Read The Coldest Winter Ever
We flipped the pages well into the night, seduced by the whirlwind of drama, graphic sex and Winter’s constant scheming
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Yup, I Used To Believe That Georgetown University Was An HBCU. Here’s Why
The basketball team was so Black that it made the university Black by osmosis
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Dipset Forever
A Harlem Native reflects on the legacy of The Diplomats.
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I'm Happy That Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Are Going to Howard. Now, Howard Folks Get to Be More Insufferable. Yay
From one 'elite' HBCU graduate to a legion of others up in Washington, DC...congratulations.
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11 Thoughts, Prayers and Concerns About the Verzuz 'Battle' Between OG Bobby Brown and OG Keith Sweat
The two R&B legends went head-to-head and it was as entertaining as expected, often in unexpected ways.
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It Hurts When It's One of Your Own
Why Phylicia Rashad's statement hit me in the gut, and how it echoes the sentiments of other Black women.
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'Wanna Battle You'll Be Baffled at the Stuff Stated': In Tribute to Gift of Gab, One of My Favorite Hip-Hop Lyricists Ever
Gift of Gab, the rapping half of West Coast hip-hop group Blackalicious, died on June 18 at the age of 50.