Very Smart Brothas
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Season 5, Episode 7 Recap
The saying goes that all good things must come to an end – fake lesbian relationships, faker hetero marriages, 20/20 vision, etc. Mona Scott managed to bring an end to all of the above and then some with the latest episode of Love and Script Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5. The most recent installment of…
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Blake Lively's Gentrified Booty, Explained
Who is Blake Lively? For a while I thought she was Sienna Miller. Like, I’d see her and say “That’s Sienna Miller in that movie, apparently.” But she’s not Sienna Miller. And she’s definitely not Scarlett Johansson. Are you sure? Yes. So she’s just Blake Lively? Yes. She is just Blake Lively, a person who…
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Beyonce's "Freedom" Is Her First Anthem I Can Appreciate Too, And I Really Appreciate That!
I joked before that the difference between Beyonce 10 years ago and Beyonce today is akin to the difference between regular-sized human being Barry Bonds and head-the-size-of-a-city-street-trashcan Barry Bonds. Even adding that she’s made such improvement as an artist that she’d be suspected of doping if she was an athlete. A better analogy, perhaps, would compare…
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Melania Trump Says Her Husband Isn't Hitler. Which Totally Makes Me Think He's Actually Hitler
There’s a brunch party I plan on attending Saturday. There will be people there. Many of whom I will know. Some I will not. Some of these some will (probably) introduce themselves to me. And some I might introduce myself to. The start of those conversations will probably look something like this: “Hey, are you…
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Five Thoughts On The Launch Of ESPN's The Undefeated
1. All — literally every single one — of the Black people I know who happen to work in media in some capacity people have anticipated the launch of The Undefeated, the long-awaited ESPN-backed site intersecting race, sports, and culture. Some excitedly. Some cynically. (Some both.) But the level of interest — which, for various reasons, vacillates…
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Damon Young And Panama Jackson On "The Extraordinary Negroes" Podcast
Damon and Panama were invited to appear on The Extraordinary Negroes podcast, which is produced by Jay Connor and VSB’s own Alex Hardy. Listen as they riff on pop culture icons and their food analogies, gunshots, VSB’s world-domination aspirations, self-care, Steve Harvey’s suits, cucumber casserole, writing mentorship, the VSB comments section, Larry Wilmore, and more.
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The Sugar Baby Chronicles: That Time I Was Forced To Walk Home On The Freeway
A long, long time ago (‘bout 2011), I lived in a place called Houston, Texas. It was here that I acquired my first job, my first apartment, and my first sugar daddy. All within six months which, if you think about it, is a damn good list of accomplishments for an 18-year-old community college dropout.…
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I Wish I Cared About The Frank Ocean Sophomore Album That Will Never Ever Be Released
At a time when many felt like R&B had fallen off — kidnapped by Canadians and let down by Chris Brown — Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange saved us. Not only was the music on point, it was different and inclusive, as multiple songs — “Bad Religion” and “Forrest Gump” specifically — contained unambiguous references to male…
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A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And The Beard He Just Cut Off
Our crack source team has been able to find multiple leaked email conversations between celebrities such as Drake, Kanye, Drake, Meek Mill, President Obama, and Drake. They outdid themselves this time, though, by finding a conversation Drake recently had with the beard he just cut off. A condensed version of the conversation is below: From: [email protected]:…
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Yeah, What Lauryn Hill Did Was Wack, But Artists Are ALWAYS Late To Concerts
I’ve been to more concerts in my lifetime than I can remember. But I can tell you which were distinctly the best and worst that I’ve attended. The best was in early 1999, during my senior year of high school. I went to see The Roots at the State Theatre (Now The Fillmore) in Detroit.…