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An Exclusive (Totally Real) Interview With Shanda (Willie's Wife) From LHH Hollywood About Getting Back On The Pole
One thing we have here at VSB is amazing connections. After last night’s airing of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’s Episode 9 (we’ll get to a full episode recap later), we we were able to reach out to Willie’s wife, Shanda, to see if we could talk to her about her decision to get back on…
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On Being Mary Jane And Making The Leap Towards Greatness
I remember when Being Mary Jane first hit the BET lineup. I didn’t love the show, but I also didn’t dislike it. I largely watched the show because of Black Twitter and the tremendous shade tossed the way of Pauletta Patterson aka Mary Jane Paul. Mary Jane was one of those women who never saw a bad…
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Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar.
Dear Netflix, I’m an ardent supporter and user of your services. I was hittin’ a Netflix and chill before it was even a thing. Of course, I was doing that by myself usually where I’d fire up Netflix and chill on my couch and watch whatever movie I or the mysterious people who have stolen…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 8 Recap
Hey…y’all notice its like the Miles and Milan storyline…then the rest of the storylines? Like their storylines never intersect with other castfolks? No? Just me? No biggie. Anyway, so last week, Amber found out that the love of her life has another life to live of his own. She lost her shit. She rolled around…
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Adele Is Coming For You Even Though You Didn't Send For Her
Unless you live under a rock, you probably heard and saw Adele’s new song and video for her first single off the upcoming November release, 25, entitled “Hello”. She’s coming for you. She’s coming for me. She’s coming for us all. Adele saw that Taylor Swift was set to gross (on average) a million dollars a…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 7 Recap
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan listen. I don’t even have a good lead in for this episode except that all I kept seeing in my mind when Miles told Amber that he was bisexual was this: That was effectively Amber’s reaction. But let’s back up for a bit. When we last left our unsuper villain, Miles, he was at the…
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The Game's "The Documentary 2" Is The Album I Wish Kendrick Lamar Would Have Released
I know that sounds absurd. But follow me. Kendrick Lamar dropped a seminal work in To Pimp A Butterfly, a work so full of Blackness and filled with so many musical styles and elements that even if you don’t love it you have to appreciate and respect his ability to articulate his worldview in his…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 6 Recap
I can’t lie to y’all, my boredom level with this season has potentially reached its zenith. I don’t know if this means I’m finally growing up or if this cast of characters has run its course in my life. How did I realize this, you (didn’t) ask? I had to watch this episode twice because…
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The Best Argument For Why Morehouse And HBCUs Matter You'll Ever Read
One of my good friends from college is a teacher in Chicago. One particular student of hers has begun the college search and in her attempts to convince him to attend Morehouse College, or at least an HBCU, she reached out to myself, and three of my best friends – all of us Morehouse College…