Kim Porter’s Best friend Speaks On Al B. Sure!’s Theories On Kim’s Death, Diddy
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Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read in Summer 2025
Kid Cudi Just Spilled the Tea About His Relationship With Cassie, And It’s Not What You Think
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#MeToo: Michaela Coel Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted While Writing Chewing Gum
Actress Michaela Coel—known for her appearances on the sci-fi series Black Mirror as well as for her own BAFTA-winning comedy series Chewing Gum—is the latest woman to come forward and speak out about being sexually assaulted while working in the entertainment industry. Coel was delivering the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV…
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In a ’90s Kind of World, I’m Glad I Had My Girls: Living Single at 25 and Me
Growing up 55 shades of gay in the ’90s, there were not a lot of places for a young whippersnapper like me to draw inspiration from what life could be like as an adult. Friends? Too unseasoned. Seinfeld? I don’t know her. Fraiser? Cute, but for a six-year-old with a serious Princess Ariel obsession, not…
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Spike Lee Unveils Previously Unreleased Prince Song, ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’ for BlacKkKlansman
It begins with piano riffs and drum. Prince’s dulcet falsetto pours out the first verse, then drops a register for verse two. It is, in a word, sublime. It is Prince at his most soulful, with the growls and runs that mark his genius. The song: “Mary Don’t You Weep,” a gospel standard, a Negro…
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Blacks Are Not a Monolith, But I'll Bet Al Sharpton Misspelling 'Respect' on Live Television Made Every Last One of Us Cringe
On the list of unsolved mysteries I have stored in my brain, one near the top is why Warren G didn’t go back and punch in a bar with the correct spelling of the word “next” in his song “What’s Next.” For whatever reason, the version that went to mastering and to the three million…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 2, 'Familiar-Like' Recap
We’re slowly rolling through season 3 of Insecure with plenty of exposé and character development. So we are keeping the debate and discussion that Insecure inspires moving right along with it as a weekly discussion between Jouelzy and Panama Jackson. Jouelzy: This season is opening with a slow roll, but I don’t know what I…
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'Wakanda and Chill' Will Soon Be a Reality
In less than two weeks, Black Panther (and Killmonger, and Shuri, and M’Baku, and Nakia, and Okoye, and Forest Whitaker’s Zuri accent) will be available on Netflix, permanently killing any hope you had of finishing your Netflix queue. The beloved Marvel movie’s arrival to the streaming platform was officially announced on the Twitter account, “Strong…
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No, Your Pretend Boyfriend of 10 Years Will Not Be the Next James Bond
It’s with the heaviest of hearts and the deepest regrets that we inform you that Idris Elba, the man with whom you’ve established a long, committed and meaningful, if completely one-sided relationship, will not be playing James Bond. Elba had teased the possibility last week on his social media accounts last week (you know how…
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When the Beat Drops Proves That Bucking Started With Black Women and Thrived in Atlanta's LGBT Community
Imagine it’s the early 1990s and you spot an audition in the newspaper to be a dancer in Michael Jackson’s iconic “Remember the Time” video. So, at a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed 17-years-old, you show up to the audition and nail it. You get the gig. There’s nowhere to go but up from there, right? Wrong! Well,…
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Aretha Franklin, With a Reported Net Worth of $80 Million, Died With No Will
In what strikes many as odd, soul singer Aretha Franklin died without a will. The “Queen of Soul” who died at age 76 on Thursday, died “intestate,” according to court documents obtained by TMZ. Franklin’s not having a will was surprising for two main reasons: she had reportedly been ill for quite some time (she…
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Netflix Announces Tiffany Haddish Comedy Special for 2019
Tiffany Haddish and Cardi B are going neck and neck for the started-from-the-bottom-now-we-heah year. Haddish on the acting side had her breakthrough role in last year’s smash hit Girls’ Trip, following that up with a starring turn opposite Tracy Morgan on TBS’ The Last O.G. Upcoming, she’ll be starring in the films Night School, The…