Very Smart Brothas
Very Smart Brothas
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India.Arie Reads Blue Ivy's Critics
India (dot) Arie claps back at Blue Ivy’s hair haters via a shea-buttered statement. Reader Tip: You get the full experience of the letter if you read it with incense burning in the background. Roll Call is a daily collection of interesting news stories, articles, blogs, and thinkpieces, curated by Tonja Stidhum and Natalie Degraffinried.…
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Welcome To The New VSB
“What the hell are we doing?” This is an accurate synopsis of each of the dozens of conversations Panama and I have had in the past three years about the future and direction of VerySmartBrothas. We’ve both often joked that it has managed to stay afloat in spite of ourselves. But, after a couple years…
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Robin Thicke's Reverse Thirst Trap
Robin Thicke is taking unrequited guilt-induced simping to the next level. After he dedicated a bunch of songs to Paula Patton during his tour, he decided to take his reverse thirst trap to the next level and dedicate a whole album to her… by naming it Paula. Because if there’s anything that will help a rocky…
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Eve Marries Rich White Man With Most Appropriate Name Ever
Eve put them paws on her man and nabbed her a Gotdamn British billionaire. Maximillion (Aside: I feel like you are destined to be rich with that name. You can’t work at Waffle House with Maximillion on your name tag) Cooper and Eve walk down the aisle in Ibiza in front of friends, family, and…
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A Story About My Dad
It was a Monday. I was 11 years old, a guard on the St. Barts Bruins JV basketball team. We were a week away from our first game of the season, and our hot-to-death new uniforms — reversible tanks with our last names on the back and long cotton shorts with the school’s logo on…