Very Smart Brothas
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Are We Certain That Britt McHenry and Tomi Lahren Aren’t the Exact Same Person?
Earlier Monday afternoon, Deadspin revealed that Professional White Woman Britt McHenry bought many of her Twitter followers. And that she then jumped on Twitter to have a death match with the “liberal media” about it. And then said something about fake news. And then went on the radio Monday morning to basically say, “Oh yeah,…
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Beyoncé With Snacks on Deck for Blue Ivy Is Proof That Parenting Is the Same No Matter Who You Are
I have three kids, two of whom are under 3 years old. This means that whenever we go ANYWHERE, I have to have a few things on deck: diapers, wipes, a first-aid kit of some sort, snacks, and water or juice. You can get away with water for a while, but once your little ones…
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10 People the Newly Finger Waved Katie Holmes Looks Like
The Grammys happened Sunday night. Bruno Mars won everything, Jay-Z won nothing and Rihanna made everyone pregnant. Basically, business as usual. Except it wasn’t. Because Katie Holmes—who is one half of Hollywood’s second-most “I guess they really are together, huh?” couple (Laura Dern and Baron Davis are the standard-bearers there)—came out to present an award…
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SZA Got Robbed for That Best New Artist Grammy, and I Feel a Way About This
On Sunday night, at the 60th Grammy Awards celebration, held in New York City, Solana Rowe, better known to the world as SZA, was robbed. SZA, the Top Dawg Entertainment-signed singer whose debut album, Ctrl, was released June 9, 2017, was nominated for five Grammy Awards and walked away with none. I found myself caring…
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Each of the Grammy-Nominated Albums Since 2007 That Should Have Won Album of the Year
The Grammys rarely get it right. I was done with them when I discovered that neither the Notorious B.I.G. nor Tupac won one for their work while alive or after their deaths. And it is not lost on me that when given a choice between the two, the Recording Academy loves to reward music that…
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10 Songs to Help You Start Your Morning Off on the Good Foot
It doesn’t take much to get me out of bed in the morning. I don’t need “a few more minutes” or anything. My alarm clock goes off and I hop up out of my bed and turn my swag on. I hit the showers, try to tiptoe around so as not to wake up my…
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Would You Be Here for a Martin Reboot?
Admittedly, I’m an avowed ’90s stan. Most of my favorite musical projects came out in the ’90s. My favorite television show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is a time capsule of ’90s music, fashion and culture. My favorite black movies are mostly from the ’90s. I even throw a monthly dance party in Washington, D.C.,…
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It’s a Week Before the Super Bowl, and the Biggest Story in Sports Is a … Draft for the NBA All-Star Game?
Football is still America’s most popular sport. And the NFL our biggest and most popular sports league. But while the NFL’s status as the king of America’s sports hill remains, I don’t remember its position ever being as precarious. To wit, each of the biggest NFL-related stories of the year has been extremely unflattering to…
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10 Reasons Why Mr. Church Is the Most Magical Negro Who Ever Magically Negro’d
In 2016, there was a whole lot of hubbub when the trailer for the Eddie Murphy-helmed movie Mr. Church hit the streets. It’s a movie based on a story by Susan McMartin and the time she spent with her own real-life Mr. Church. It looked like a film where Eddie was playing a pantheon-level Magical…
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Being a Contrarian Just to Be a Contrarian Just Makes You a Sheep With Bad Timing
I’m not sure if anything will top the “Hitler had some talent, tho” hill that some of y’all’s friends and cousins are choosing to die on this week. And I say this as someone who has chosen some extremely peculiar hills—including the “Pancakes are better than waffles” hill, the “New Kanye’s music is better than…