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Black Panther is about to hit theaters on February 16, 2018. The highly anticipated movie stars Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B. Jordan. Twitter has been on fire about the film for months but there has allegedly been some side-eyes about Jordan and his dating history. Back in 2015, Jordan, who plays Erik Killmonger in […]

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B.J. Murphy discusses the latest developments on the ground in Charlotte following a night of unrest.

Once again, Azealia found herself in an epic Twitter battle with not one, but three different celebrities.

While some demanded that Chris Rock step down from hosting the Oscars amidst criticism that they were far too white-washed this year, we were sure he’d…

Jeff Johnson explains what we should be doing instead of complaining about the Oscars being white washed in essentially every category, every year. Click in the audio player…

Jada Pinkett Smith is incredibly upset with how the Oscars have snubbed Black artists this year, and she’s questioning how they should respond. Jada is not feeling the whole 50-Shades-of-Beige vibe going on with the Academy Awards this year. Among the field of nominees, there are no artists of color up for any of the […]

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now took one last look back at the year that was with the NewsOne Now Memorable Moments Special. Check out a few of those moments below. Controversial Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Talks Black Lives Matter, Racist Cops, & More In a highly contested and confrontational interview, Roland Martin, host of TV One’s […]

Every holiday season amongst the cheery black Friday commercials, talk floats around about boycott black Friday altogether. But Jeff Johnson has a very good explanation for why…

African-American students at the University of Missouri are on high alert tonight as the campus allegedly continues to be terrorized by groups of racists, believed…

According to the NY Post “I’m not going to Mexico. And I don’t think anybody from this country [should],” Trump said on the Rita Cosby WABC radio show. “I think we should boycott Mexico, frankly.” What do you think of his latest comments? Facebook: Jazze Radio-Chica Instagram: Jazzeradiochica Twitter: twitter.com/jazzeradiochica