The Root

“A southern belle doesn’t give you insults like just ole anybody. She gives it like a southern belle,” says Keke Palmer, actress, singer, host, producer, and author of the new Amazon Original Stories Southern Belle Insults on this week’s episode of The Root Presents: It’s Lit! “She does it very undercut, you know what…Read more...

Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams is opening up about her frightening experience with disgraced R&B singer and convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly.Read more...

Today’s episode of Unnecessary Money Cops Cost the Public Because They Can’t Control Themselves comes from Aurora, Colo., where ABC News reports that the family of Elijah McClain has reached a $15 million settlement with the city over his death at the hands of cops and EMTs.

Sometimes history can be made by just being your authentic self.

In 1963, Henry Montgomery was skipping school when a plainclothes officer walked up on him. As a Black teen living in the South, he was startled by the white man so he shot him. Montgomery was just 17 and didn’t know the man he’d just shot was East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Hurt. Montgomery was initially…Read more...

Feels good when you get compensated for the terrible things someone did to you, especially when it’s a cop. That’s the case of Clarence Gailyard, a Black man who was stomped on by a white South Carolina police officer. Gailyard will get a $650,000 pay out from the city of Orangeburg.Read more...

Fresh off the announcement that Queen Sugar will end with its upcoming seventh season, OWN already has its new family drama The Kings of Napa ready to hit screens Jan. 11 at 8 pm.Read more...

An associate of convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly was sentenced to 96 months in prison for witness intimidation on Wednesday.

If you have been paying attention to any parts of social media over the past few weeks then you know Kanye West—excuse me, Ye—went on Drink Champs, the talk show podcast hosted by Noreaga and DJ EFN and said all manner of shit. One of the things he said was that Beanie Sigel, the Philadelphia, Pa. rapper signed to…Read more...

It was hot; iron cast skillet hot. And God was at a cookout going crazy on the deviled eggs. Maybe because they had paprika sprinkled on the top, or maybe he was trying to prove something to the devil by eating all of the eggs named after him, but at one point, onlookers began chanting “Go! Go! Go!” as God began…Read more...

“Karen” died today. Or maybe yesterday, I can’t be sure.Read more...

Did you forget about the Julius Jones case? If you did, Jones is on death row for the July 1999 murder of Paul Howell, who was shot outside of his parents’ home in Edmond Oklahoma. Jones has many supporters who believe he is an innocent man going on death row for something he did not do.Read more...

Young Dolph, Memphis rapper best known for his feature on O.T. Genesis’ 2015 single “Cut It,” was shot and killed at the age of 36.Read more...

Who loves Kanye?Read more...

In what can only be called a judicial “my bad,” some 57 years after Malcolm X was gunned down, two men convicted as accomplices will have their sentences vacated.

Does the beloved host of “Black Jeopardy!” have a book in the works? According to Page Six, the correct answer is yes, as “publishing insiders” told the outlet Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson has inked a million-dollar deal for his first book, which is expected to be a “humorous memoir.”Read more...

The cop who killed Atatiana Jefferson while she played video games with her nephew will finally go to trial — next year.

If you, like us, couldn’t stop cringing at the idea of immortalizing the iconic Whitney Houston as a hologram (which most definitely happened), here’s some news you might find somewhat more appealing. The late songstress’ digital legacy is growing with the announcement of a debut NFT collection produced by OneOf, the…Read more...

Howard University students were tired of the poor housing conditions they were dealing with on campus.Read more...

The asshole who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 wearing a dead animal on his head was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the mayonnaise-laced insurrection—or failed coup, as history will call it.

Though the Friday film franchise has continued on without Chris Tucker and his hilarious role as Smokey in the 1995 cult classic, his absence from the subsequent sequels has arguably felt like having Kool-Aid but no sugar, peanut butter but no jelly, and ham with no burger.Read more...

Sometimes those last few months of college are the hardest, but they can also be the most important. We’ll get to see where Zoey Johnson lands when grown-ish season 4B premieres Thursday, Jan. 27 at 10 pm on Freeform.Read more...

Longtime cast member Rockmond Dunbar exited the Fox drama after request for medical and religious vaccine exemptions were rejected by the series’ production company.Read more...

The widow of basketball legend Kobe Bryant was dealt an emotional blow in her bid for damages related to her late husband’s and daughter’s deaths last year.

A crowd surge among approximately 50,000 attendees of the 2021 Astroworld festival caused a mass casualty event on November 5 which left 10 dead and hundreds injured. Now, 125 of those concertgoers have collectively filed a $750 million lawsuit against the festival’s creator and headliner, Travis Scott, along with …Read more...

It seems the powers that be have finally heard our boisterous cries and have seen fit to put LeVar Burton back on our TV screens in a game show capacity!Read more...

It’s rare to have one phenom in a family, let alone two, but the Williams sisters are now the stuff of legend, in the world of tennis and well beyond. Of course, that legend and much of the sisters’ meteoric rise began with the early training and unflagging tenacity of their father and first coach, Richard Williams.…Read more...

Remember the goofy white folks who made it a point to come out of their lavish home waving guns at Black Lives Matter protesters who weren’t even bothering them? Well, what do you know? It turns out that brandishing weapons against peaceful protesters is kind of their thing, as the vigilante couple left their home…Read more...

Rich Paul’s reputation as a tough-as-nails sports agent didn’t fool at least one person—his significant other, Adele.

It’s oft been said that there are no do-overs in life. But if Halle Berry gets her way, there just might be a do-over on her Razzie award-winning role as Catwoman.Read more...

Unlike in the trial of Kenosha vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse, the Georgia judge overseeing the trial of three white men accused in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery ain’t picking up what the defense is putting down.

Remember Henry “Enrique” Tarrio? He’s the leader of the Proud Boys, that far-right extremist group. He’s serving a five-month sentence for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was taken from a Black church in Washington, D.C.Read more...

Tapioca. Hobgoblin. Swoon.Read more...

Loyal fans of the Travis Scott brand will have to wait for his next drop with Nike; perhaps indefinitely. The athleticwear juggernaut has pumped the brakes on its collaboration with the rapper following the November 5 mass casualty event at his 2021 Astroworld festival at NRG Park in Houston, which injured hundreds of…Read more...

Mere days after Ben Simmons’ agent, Rich Paul, dragged the Philadelphia 76ers for their perceived mistreatment of his client, the team has once again punished its disgruntled point guard.Read more...

We all know it’s not a party until a Soul Train line breaks out. DJ Cassidy is taking that to the next level with his latest Pass the Mic special.Read more...

The 2021 American Music Awards (AMAs) will be airing on a small screen near us soon!Read more...

On August 25, 2020, a single mother packed her unemployed teenage son into a car and took him to a gang meeting. Like many mothers who don’t teach their sons to value education and hard work, this woman wasn’t aware that her high school dropout son had been running around with the wrong crowd. However, she knew her…Read more...

If you weren’t already aware, Lil Nas X is trolling us. In fact, he’s so good at it that he “has changed how we do what we do, and who gets to do it, forever,” according to Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris in GQ’s Men of the Year issue, who adds: “Never before has a pop artist who is so far from the ‘powers…Read more...

There’s nothing worse than getting embarrassed on national television, and that’s exactly what happened when the Los Angeles Rams (7-3) introduced their newly revamped roster on Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers (4-5).Read more...

It seems da mess surrounding rapper DaBaby seems to grow bigger, wider, faster, and stronger as the months go by.

These Black chefs find joy in their own cooking by creating beautiful meals for their families. From James Beard Award winners to farm-to-table, the following chefs have sent in some of their favorite dishes to make around the holidays. Each side, main, dessert, and drink are simple to make and easy to share with…Read more...

New York-based Wachtell Lipton firm, which is working on behalf of the NBA in order to investigate allegations of sexism and “racially insensitive behavior” that have been levied against Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, has reached out to team employees and assured them of confidentiality in exchange for their…Read more...

“Heaven gained its sweetest angel back,” read an online tribute to Chris-Tia Donaldson, founder and CEO of Thank God It’s Natural—also known as TGIN. Donaldson, a pioneer in the natural haircare industry and a self-described “Breast Cancer Thriver,” died on Saturday, November 13, as confirmed in a social media message…Read more...

Yahoo reported that last week, the embattled comedian’s alma mater quietly, uh, cancelled a scheduled event where Chappelle was supposed to appear to help the school raise money. Some students had threatened to walk out over his appearance in the wake of a running controversy about jokes in his latest Netflix stand-up…Read more...

November is half over, so you know what that means: a turkey feast is on the horizon. But if you’re like some of us, you haven’t spent much time planning for Thanksgiving Day—look, it’s a pandemic, okay? For those of us who may need a bit of a nudge in the menu planning department, we’ve gathered some of our favorite…Read more...

Vice President Kamala Harris got more media attention last week than she has in months, and not all of it was appreciated by her staff and supporters.Read more...

What a difference two years makes. When New York Times staff writer and MacArthur “Genius” Nikole Hannah-Jones published The 1619 Project in August 2019, the table-shaking collaborative special issue which challenged conventional American history “by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black…Read more...

In a day and age rife with homogenized music drenched in autotuned rambling, Spotify and I often retreat into the past in order to relish the passion and showmanship that contemporary music no longer affords. To that end, I sure as hell can’t fault Silk Sonic, comprised of Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars, for expressing…Read more...

It seems congratulations are in order for Twenties and The Chi creator Lena Waithe!Read more...