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Today, we get to celebrate Janet Jackson’s birthday, one of the baddest women on the planet. Janet was first widely known as the Jackson 5’s “little…

An internal investigation has found that more than a dozen Miami Beach officers have sent hundreds of racist and pornographic emails. In all, 16 cops…

Giving Raven the benefit of the doubt has become exhausting. No one wants to have to read Raven-Symone, but every time she pops up in…

tea consent from Blue Seat Studios on Vimeo. There’s a new campaign that’s explaining all the nuances of consent in less than three minutes…using stick…

When the HBO biopic based on Bessie Smith’s life airs Saturday, viewers may very well choose to focus on the dynamic of the relationship between…

Ava DuVernay is onto the next challenge in her illustrious career, and Marvel Studios is hoping that it can wrangle her talent. Full disclosure: I’m…

HBO continues to honor the legacy of the late great blues singer Bessie Smith. With the premiere of their forthcoming Bessie biopic starring Queen Latifah…

Have you ever heard a grown man cry over a show? If not, you’re about to. Listen to the audio player to hear this man…

A Georgia principal was fired for making racist remarks at graduation. She then backpedaled and said, “the devil made her do it.” Well, for the first…

  The star-studded Billboard Music Awards are right around the corner (Sunday, May 15th), already packed to the brim with stars set to perform, including Nicki…

Maybe this is the reason Bow Wow and Erica Mena didn’t get married yet. He wants to still live with his mom after they tie…

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