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Kanye West has gone on another one of his Instagram rants aiming at any and everything that he’s not happy with.Read more...

The 110-year-old Cort Theatre will officially be renamed to the James Earl Jones Theatre, the Shubert Organization announced on Thursday.Read more...

Following the previous episode’s cliffhanger, where Kyle found out his racist comments about other houseguests were circulated around the Big Brother house, Thursday night’s live elimination was set up to be full of drama.

A quick search for chefs on TikTok will deliver everything from Kool-Aid milk to chocolate mousse. But when it comes to cooking with creativity, very few people in the game are doing it like Josh Williford. As The Rapping Chef (@_mrpyrex), he entertains his over 1.2 million TikTok followers by remixing hot hip hop…Read more...

Rapper Lil Baby will always put on for his city. Just before the nationwide release of his documentary, Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby, the artist hosted a premiere screening in Atlanta’s Regal Atlantic Station.Read more...

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced an effort to pardon state residents of non-violent marijuana offenses, according to CBS News. People with a select number of convictions will be able to get a pardon with the simple click of a button.

As Serena Williams prepares to “evolve away from tennis,” there was one more chapter of her career she needed to revisit: she needed to play doubles with her sister Venus one last time.

Sesame Place is trying to make things right with the family of two young Black girls who received the cold shoulder from one of the costumed characters during a visit, but they are not having it. The Brown family rejected an invitation from executives from SeaWorld Entertainment to revisit the park, saying they’d…Read more...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have argued over Texas’s migrant busing practices. While the southern state has been directing its gaze to NYC and Washington D.C., it has a new target in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago-Sun Times notes that about 79 immigrants had arrived at Union Station. Some…Read more...

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The devolving status of reproductive rights in the United States has not escaped the notice of the international community.Read more...

Season 26 of The View is just around the corner and a slew of upcoming guests has been revealed. The core hosts, which consist of Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Sara Haines, are all set to return. In addition, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin have been hired as permanent hosts.Read more...

About five years ago, I did an unconventional thing for somebody who’s spent the better part of two decades in journalism: I went and got a real estate license. Not that I was tired of writing, my first love, but I’d just moved back home to Pittsburgh after a job loss and the loss of my mother to cancer. The real…Read more...

Adding jewelry to your outfit is one of the best ways to level up your look. A statement necklace, a pair of earrings or a stack of bangles can sometimes be all you need to go from drab to fab and make yourself stand out from the crowd. If you’re looking for ways to make your outfits pop, check out some of our…Read more...

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Spoilers ahead for Episode 3 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law! Seriously, if you haven’t watched “The People vs. Emil Blonsky” yet stop reading!

A physics professor at Northern Illinois University warned students on day one that if their masks weren’t on in that classroom, they got to GO. According to a tip submitted to Young America’s Foundation (YAF), the professor said refusing to wear a mask is a “manifestation of ableism and racism.”

The 2022 NFL season is seven days away from kickoff. Brian Flores will be on the sidelines, but not as head coach. And his lawyers are still arguing that Roger Goodell—a man paid a reported $40 million by NFL owners to manage the league and make problems go away—can’t be a neutral arbiter in a racial discrimination…Read more...

In Meghan Markle’s latest episode of her podcast Archetypes, “The Duality of the Diva,” Mariah Carey and the Duchess discussed the complex nature of being biracial or mixed. Not only did it set the internet ablaze, but it also left something to be desired.

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Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice and Root fan favorite Clarence Thomas (kidding), really can’t seem to help herself when it comes to allegations she interfered in the 2020 election.Read more...

The family of Nicole Brown Simpson is speaking out days after Chris Rock’s tasteless joke about hosting the 2023 Oscars.Read more...

The public finally has a chance to see the video for what many feel is the most “toxic” song of the year, “We Cry Together,” by Kendrick Lamar and actress Taylour Paige.Read more...

Could the U.S. Supreme Court delay the death penalty sentence for convicted Charleston shooter Dylan Roof? Not if the Justice Department has anything to say about it. Attorneys for Roof asked the Supreme Court in March to weigh on an appeal attempt that chronicles disagreements about mental illness evidence. While the…Read more...

Isn’t it ironic how the first state in the midwest to legalize marijuana for recreational use has a defective drug tester? According to MLive, Michigan state police found that the blood tests for detecting THC hasn’t been working for years. That means, a couple thousand criminal cases involving THC tests could be…Read more...

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Who wouldn’t like to work with Drake and The Weeknd? They’re two of the most popular artists in the world who both also happen to be from Canada, just like Torey Lanez.Read more...

How times have changed. The NFL was once a league where even legendary Black quarterbacks (anybody remember Warren Moon?) weren’t considered talented enough to start at their positions in the NFL.Read more...

It is now day four of the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis, and there doesn’t seem to be an immediate end in sight. While 600 Mississippi national guardsmen are set to be deployed today to help with water distribution, there is no timetable on when the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant water pumps will be fixed. …Read more...

Yesterday, Stacey Dash made waves on social media when she confessed that she was unaware rapper DMX had died. The Clueless actress took to TikTok and Instagram to share her devastation.Read more...

He’s done it again. Mr. Morale continues to impress rap fans with his lyrics, rhyme style and the records he keeps on breaking.

It’s been three months since Peyton Gendron shot and killed 10 Black people in a racially motivated attack at a Buffalo supermarket. Investigators found that Gendron wanted to inspire others to follow his footsteps. The son of victim Celestine Chaney, 65, told ABC News he worries the death penalty will make Gendron…Read more...

It looks like Ye’s got big plans for his fashion line. After we reported yesterday that the rapper was too through with GAP for having a meeting about his brand’s upcoming campaign with Balenciaga without him, it now looks like West is looking to cut out the middleman.

Calls for accountability have grown as a video is making the rounds of what appears to be an NYPD officer punching a 19-year woman and knocking her to the ground while making an arrest outside a building in Harlem in New York. CBS News notes officers were attempting to apprehend 22-year-old Elvin James, who was wanted…Read more...

Throughout the first two rounds of the US Open, Coco Gauff has been very impressive. She backed up her dominant first round win with a record-breaking performance in the second.

Idris Elba is weighing in on the discourse and concern some folks have about Black British actors taking away roles from Black American actors.

During Serena Williams’ first round match on Monday, the energy inside Arthur Ashe Stadium was electric. She played her best tennis in years and won a decisive 6-3, 6-3 victory.

On Wednesday, Diddy announced that the 2022 REVOLT Summit is back in action.

I have to start this off by saying I went to college in an age before email (yes, we had color television, thank you). Having a cell phone was a luxury, which meant you actually had to be in your dorm room to get a phone call. So trust me, young people, when I say you can live without social media. But as a mother of…Read more...

Here we go again; another music fan violating the space of artists while they’re performing at a live show.Read more...

On Monday night, a slew of celebrities looked on as Serena Williams completed her first-round U.S. Open match — and possibly final pro tournament. Stars spotted included Queen Latifah, Coco Gauff, Offset, Bella Hadid, Bill Clinton and Anna Wintour. Though it wouldn’t be a stretch for Beyoncé to be in attendance, she…Read more...

When the official portraits for Barack and Michelle Obama were revealed in 2018, they caused quite a stir. They changed the way the world saw presidential portraits and forced the art world to acknowledge something new. The National Portrait Gallery had record attendance numbers and the Obamas’ impact was once again…Read more...

Residents of a small town in New Jersey awoke one day to find that all of the trees in their town’s square had been leveled by the city government. So what provoked this sudden aggression against the willowy branches lining the city center?Read more...

While the popular radio show The Breakfast Club may end up looking like The Breakfast Duo—thanks to the news of Angela Yee’s impending departure—cohost Charlamagne Tha God is confident that it won’t stay that way for too long.Read more...

PopCom founder Dawn Dickson is a serial entrepreneur who has redefined what it means to be a successful Black woman in the tech space. Not only is she the first female founder to raise over $1 million through crowdfunding under the JOBS Act, but Dickson has gone onto raise monumental amounts of capital through those…Read more...

Hip-hop fans, rejoice! Dr. Dre is back in the studio working with the likes of Diddy to produce an upcoming album for Snoop Dogg.Read more...

A new set of body camera videos have been released to various news outlets showing the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Walker was shot 46 times by Akron police, and the new videos show the officers trying to provide aid to Walker but also turning their…Read more...