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After Billboard, tapping into a long and cherished tradition of erasing black people from country music, decided Lil Nas X’s hit song, “Old Town Road” wasn’t white country enough to make a home on its country charts, the 19-year-old musician offered a clapback for the ages.

Vitamin C isn’t just good for staving off a cold; it’s also very adept at brightening up your complexion, when it’s in serum form. And for today only, this Vitamin C serum from beloved brand Mario Badescu is half off at Ulta. Use this stuff to fight back against signs of aging and discoloration; just be sure to add a…Read more...

For today only, you can save up to 35% off Sweet Home Collection sheet sets in a number of colors thanks to Amazon’s Gold Box.

Chris Darden, O.J. Simpson’s former prosecutor, is now the defense attorney for 29-year-old Eric Holder, the man charged with murder in the death of Nipsey Hussle.Read more...

The Constitution seems to have weighed heavily on the minds of Georgia lawmakers over the past week. First, lawmakers went after the 14th Amendment by effectively outlawing abortion in the state with their “heartbeat” bill. Now, they seem focused on the First Amendment.

It what may be cold comfort as fans, friends and family continue to mourn Nipsey Hussle, sales of the independent rapper’s music have risen 2,776 percent since his untimely death.Read more...

The latest twist in the saga to hold New York City cop Daniel Pantaleo responsible in any way for Eric Garner’s death may be the ultimate example of the old saying, “Who you gonna trust? Me or your lyin’ eyes?”Read more...

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Earlier this year, Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, noted that he would most likely be stepping down at the end of the president’s first term.

No matter what ’do does it for you, Living Proof has a styler to make it look great. Now, you can save on a whole range of products from the MIT-developed brand at Sephora.

In front of a packed ballroom, Tiffany Crutcher reached into her purse and pulled out a stapled letter, folded and refolded many times over.

The premiere for Leaving Neverland has come and gone, but the saga surrounding it continues. And for those of us who have seen the documentary, so has the impact of James Safechuck’s and Wade Robson’s graphic claims.Read more...

I believe it was my mother who first taught me the value of “Let go and let God” the first time a woman stole one of my hoodies and refused to give it back.Read more...

New shoes, new you — I know that’s not the saying, but it should be. Especially because Clarks is taking 20% off a selection of warm-weather styles for men, women, and kids that are sure to put a spring in your step this season. Just use promo code APRIL to pick our your marked-down pair before this shoe deal walks…Read more...

Today is April 4, 2019. Fifty-one years ago today, on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony outside of his room, 306, at the Lorraine Motel, located at 450 Mulberry St., in Memphis, Tenn. In the time since then, the Lorraine Motel has been turned into…Read more...

It’s that time of year again. The 2019 Billboard Music Awards are coming next month, and Dick Clark Productions and NBC announced the nominees in 56 categories across all genres of music live on Today Thursday.Read more...

To say we have issues with Victoria’s Secret would be an understatement. The lingerie brand we grew up with has been repeatedly slow to do some growing up of its own in recent years, ignoring an increasingly inclusive fashion industry, justifying themselves by saying certain models—including plus and trans women—just…Read more...

Thus far, the list of Democratic candidates who could very well be our next president is lengthy. Bernie Sanders has returned from the grave to throw his name back in the hat, Cory Booker has proven himself a viable candidate—or not, and Kamala Harris has been spreading the gospel of truth, leadership and optimism…Read more...

“I think it’s important to remember that wearing a hijab is a woman’s personal choice. It doesn’t make her any better or worse than another Muslim woman. To me, it symbolizes modesty and gives me a sense of power,” supermodel Halima Aden tells Vogue Arabia. Aden, a groundbreaking Muslim model who has become a…Read more...

My wife is not black.Read more...

After authorities announced that Texas’ top gang thugs will not face prosecution for a deadly Waco shootout, the gangbangers who were charged in the melee that left nine dead and 18 injured have now filed civil rights lawsuits alleging that they were targeted simply because they were gang members shooting at a gang…Read more...

It is a biblical fact that Taraji P. Henson has never been the one, and so it is fitting for her to play activist and disruptor Ann Atwater in the new film The Best of Enemies.

Shoutout to the Dallas County district attorney’s office for having some common sense.

Former Vice President Joe Biden allegedly had forehead-to-forehead conversations with women who weren’t his wife.

While we were were buzzing about possible new music, Netflix specials and leaks of her beautiful kids, it looks like Beyoncé had another big drop on the brain. Thursday morning, it was announced that the megastar has signed with Adidas as its new creative partner.

Once upon a Grey’s Anatomy, there was a distinguished actor by the name of Isaiah Washington who got himself fired for calling one of his co-stars a “faggot”—a faux pas he foolishly attempted to rectify with “I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay” in its aftermath.Read more...

When hairstyling legend Oribe Canales died late last year, we had no idea that the luxury haircare line bearing his name had a new product offering in the works—with natural hair in mind.Read more...

Well, what do you know? The Trump-guy that Trump handpicked to run the Department of Justice—America’s top cop if you will—the guy that Trump picked to supersede Jeff “King Keebler” Sessions after he recused himself from all things Russia-related, didn’t quite convey the true essence of special counsel Robert…Read more...

You know how the extrajudicial killings of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Philando Castile moved so many of us to action—whether it was creating art, taking to the streets, or being more involved civically? Right. Well, there was another turning point in American history that spurned some to action as well, even…Read more...

Well, bowl me over with a feather, the police are actually protecting someone from the hood.

Having gay sex can get you sentenced to death in Brunei, leading to calls to boycott hotels owned by the religiously conservative Islamic nation, including two in Los Angeles popular with the Hollywood A-list.Read more...

Bless her heart; she’s trying.

Parents, stop me if you’ve heard any of this before. Of my three children, my youngest, Rome, is by far the biggest spark plug. He’s a living, breathing 100 emoji. When he’s asleep, we take pains to make sure he sleeps as long as possible, shushing any and everybody in the vicinity making noise—not because we don’t…Read more...

On Thursday, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) appeared on whatever show it is that Tucker Carlson hosts for Fox News and proceeded to make several bold claims that the Islamic State group was the real perpetrator behind the Las Vegas massacre in October that left 58 people dead.

According to President Donald Trump, his position on the border wall to separate Mexico and the United States has never changed, despite what White House chief of staff John Kelly said in recent interviews, and despite Trump’s flip-flopping on the wall since running for president.

Apparently unaware of Steve King, Stephen Scalise, Steve Bannon and other Republican Party Steves who are racist as shit, a candidate for the House of Representatives has threatened to bow out of an upcoming Republican forum if a white supremacist running for the same congressional seat is allowed to attend.Read more...

Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige opened up some about her history dealing with the sexual assault that she faced as a child, detailing how it affected her approach to the issue now, as a star.Read more...

The lead single on the highly anticipated Kendrick Lamar-produced Black Panther movie soundtrack is less “DNA” or “King Kunta” and more like a poppier “Poetic Justice.”