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A Georgia teen was sentenced to 40 years for an attack sparked by her friend’s online feud. Myzelle Chantal Armstrong (pictured) was sentenced to 4…

Funny gals Erika Alexander and Kim Coles are teaming up for a brand new project. The two will star in an upcoming webseries, The BFF Chronicles. According to online…

Beyoncé Explains “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” Grammy Performance   Beyoncé is finally breaking her silence (sort of) on why she and not Ledisi performed…

During the 2015 Grammys, President Obama shocked us all by appearing via satellite with a message about the #ItsOnUs organization that helps victims of sexual…

Loretta Devine took home the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her role as Hallie The Hippo in “Doc McStuffins,” a…

  Kiki had a whole attitude today about Beyonce‘s Grammy performance. Listen to the audio player to hear her go in on the “7 11″ singer! Plus,…

Black people every where were ready to go in if Iggy Azalea won Best Rap Album at the Grammys, but another white artist won. Eminem! Listen…

  Bernice Jenkins is telling the church to pray for the Pastor’s family. They’re pissed at Beyonce for stealing one of their family member’s Grammy performance. Listen to…

We learned something from Kanye West‘s Grammy performance last night. He can’t sing without auto-tune! Listen to the Front Page in the audio player to hear what…

Kanye West had a huge Grammy night and Yeezy was even the most mentioned artist on Twitter during the night’s festivities. But hundreds of people were…

Female genital mutilation is a harrowing procedure for girls and women. Parts of the genitalia are removed and the reasons for their extraction are 100…

  Despite neither winning nor being nominated for any Grammy awards at this year’s ceremony, one of 2014’s hottest producers DJ Mustard wasn’t worried a…