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While we love the singing voices of The Real co-hosts Tamar Braxton and Adrienne Bailon, we want to hear more from the roundtable's other talent, Tamera Mowry.

The world lost a legend today as Prince passed on early this morning and left the rest of us reeling with his exit from the Earthly Stage. Prince is dead. He is gone and there will never be another one like him. When I heard the news, there was a visceral blow. Something stirred in […]

Video of Prince’s last, beautiful show has popped up Twitter for all of his grieving fans to enjoy. Prince usually doesn’t play when it comes to his no phone rule at shows, but one fan decided to break it. A Twitter user with the handle Jake reuse recorded Prince singing his classic “Purple Rain” during […]

Naomi Campbell does not believe that facing racism has ever been an obstacle in her fashion career. Mostly because she doesn’t acknowledge it. Despite the ever-apparent lack of diversity on runways, and in magazines and look books, Naomi is not convinced that the fashion industry has a race problem. During a recent chat with Alan […]

source  Baltimore police came under criticism on Monday after footage surfaced of a white officer pulling an 18-year-old black teen out of his doorway on Saturday while apparently disregarding the lack of a search warrant. The officer repeatedly asks to speak to the homeowner, later identified as Jones’ mother, India Epps. But Jones tells him […]

After The New York City Board of Elections removed more than 125,000 Democratic voters from the rolls during one of the most important presidential primaries this season, officials have pledged a probe, reports The New York Times.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcomed their first-born child together last Thursday, a daughter by the name of Luna Simone Stephens.

Meek Mill's keeping himself busy while he's been confined to house arrest.

Music

In true bad gyal fashion, Rihanna chooses 4/20 to drop the next visual from her eighth studio album 'ANTI.'

Didn't think Snapchat could get any better, but with DMX now on board, it may be the greatest social media platform on earth.

Kelly Ripa isn't too happy about Michael Strahan's departure from 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael.'

Singers, songwriters + rappers from all over the world come to Atlanta to join the music community in hopes of their chance at being discovered. Uber has teamed up with multi-platinum recording artist B.o.B (hits include “Nothing on You feature Bruno Mars and “Airplanes” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore) to bring ATL’s most talented together to […]