Very Smart Brothas
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Five Ways Babies Are Basically Tiny Hoteps
1. They always #staywoke…like, literally Pictured above is my three month old daughter. That photo was taken by my cousin while she was visiting us last weekend, and I’m certain she took it some time between 7pm and 10pm. Because that’s when she was visiting us. But, if my cousin happened to visit us at 3am or…
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Lit. District. Chapter 2: #LOVE | Tuesday, March 1
Lit. District Chapter #2: LOVE |Tuesday, March 1| Tap & Parlour Come join us for books, beats, and booze as we kick off our proverbial shoes and relax our feet as @djclevelandbrowne spins the dope sounds while you sip and chill with the cool kids. We’ll have as many as 10 people read up to…
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Nine Thoughts On Rihanna's "Work" Vid From Someone Actually Qualified To Share Thoughts On It
A few weeks after the clusterfuck that was the Anti release (shout out the newly-unemployed Tidal team member who tripped and hit the big red button hours before he or she was supposed to), Rih Rih decided to bless us with some choice visuals for her first single “Work” and did not disappoint in delivering…
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When In Doubt, Trust Yourself (Unless You Make Bad Decisions As A Rule, Then Don't)
Disclaimer: The following words do not work if you are allergic to common sense or if Chris Brown or Kanye West are your spirit animals. They work only if you have pledged allegiance to good decision-making. I’m feeling motivational again. Until I saw the movie Brown Sugar in the early aughts, I’d never heard the term “trust…
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Want To "Make America Great Again!" But Don't Know How? Easy. Legalize White Slavery
“Make America Great Again!” has been an unquestionably effective, shrewd, and admittedly genius campaign strategy for Donald Trump. Sequencing those four words in that order is a brilliantly succinct way of communicating two separate and equally powerful messages: 1. America was once great, is no longer great, but can be great again 2. America was…
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Ask Agatha: "Help! I'm A Black Woman Who Struggles Making Friends With Black Women!"
Jamal from Baltimore, MD asks: My girlfriend of 10 years recently confessed to having a one-night stand while on a girl’s trip late last year. She said it’d been weighing on her and she had to get it off her chest. From almost the first she’s been my best friend. From almost the first I’ve…
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Exclusive: A Leaked Email Exchange Between Drake And Kanye West From This Afternoon
Months ago, our sources were able to find multiple leaked email conversations between celebrities such as Drake, Kanye, Meek Mill, and President Obama. After taking an extended break, our sources were able to find another exchange. This time, between Drake and Kanye after the “Work” video was released today. A condensed version of the conversation is…
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106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin Dancing With The Obamas Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
Twitter screenshot via @ObamaWhiteHouse Virginia McLaurin is 106 years old. Which means she was 11 years old during the Tulsa race riots; an act of terrorism that burned the Greenwood District — the wealthiest Black community in the country (aka “Black Wall Street”) — to the ground. 39 people were “officially” killed then. And “officially” is in…
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Underrated Moment In Black History: When Tyra Banks Taught White People How To Moisturize
Black folks as a people have a collective predisposition against ashiness. In concept, this would be something that is not just limited to us, because moisturizing is for the people, just like Wu Tang and hot wings. However, extensive experiences — and by extensive, I mean my anecdotal moisturizing experiences involving White friends, colleagues, and…