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Creed II Trailer Introduces Son of Ivan Drago
Michael B. Jordan is back in the ring as Adonis Creed in MGM’s Creed II, and it looks as if an old-school rivalry is getting a reboot. Life has changed for Creed: He’s now a father and is still trying to live down his own father’s legacy. In the trailer, Creed is seen recovering from…
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Time to Stack Your Akoins? Akon Gets In on Cryptocurrency, Says It Could Be ‘the Savior for Africa’
Akon is no stranger to innovation. In 2014 the Senegal-born singer launched Lighting Africa, an initiative that is bringing solar power across the continent. Now Akon has up his sleeve another innovation intended to better the lives of Africans: Akoin, a brand of cryptocurrency that he says could be “the savior for Africa.” Akon announced…
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Zola’s Epic and Viral Twitter Tale of Strippers and Pimps in Florida Is Finally Headed to the Big Screen
There are certain moments in Black Twitter history that you had to be there for in order to understand their cultural significance. Among those are the infamous “Meet Me in Temecula” fight that never happened, #HasJustineLandedYet, the revelation that Mojizel allegedly had a daughter he was hiding/not taking care of, and the infamous Zola story.…
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Heard It Through the Grapevine: Dr. Dre Working on Marvin Gaye Biopic
Following the blockbuster success of Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre is at the reins of another movie project, this time a much anticipated film about legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye. According to Variety (h/t Page Six), Dre has been given permission by Gaye’s family to bring the iconic musician’s life to the big screen. The…
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Black Music Month: Soul Music; We Make It, They Take It
Did you know that R&B was renamed as “rhythm & blues” from “race music” by Billboard magazine in 1949? The name change reflected upwardly mobile Negroes working diligently to change their social and economic statuses. But, of course, with growth and downright swag comes theft. R&B caught the ears of white audiences, and the rest…
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Wakanda Stole the Show at This Year’s MTV Movie Awards
The world of Wakanda inundated this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, and we’re not mad about it at all. From Tiffany Haddish’s opening sequence, in which she challenges “T’Chadwick Boseman” for the right to rule Wakanda, to Michael B. Jordan’s sharp jab at Roseanne Barr, Black Panther and its cast served us all our…
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Jay-Z Is Now President of Puma’s Basketball Operations
If nothing else, we all know that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are about their money. Every move they make in business is calculated, and this latest one from Jigga is no exception. As global shoe and sportswear company Puma looks to get back in the basketball game, it has tapped Jay-Z to be the president of…
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Twitter Faves Desus Nice and the Kid Mero Headed to Showtime for Weekly Late-Night Talk Show
Are you ready, #BodegaHive? Showtime has never had a late-night talk show, but that is all about to change. The cable network has managed to woo our favorite Bodega Boys, Desus and Mero, away from Viceland—where, for the last two years, they have hosted Desus & Mero in the 11 p.m. slot Monday-Thursday. Showtime announced…
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XXXTentacion Pronounced Dead After South Florida Shooting: Report [Updated]
Updated: Monday, June 18, 2018, 6:50 p.m. EDT: According to WPLG-TV, XXXTentacion was shot in Deerfield Beach, Fla., not Miami. Updated: Monday, June 18, 2018, 6:01 p.m. EDT: The rapper known as XXXTentacion has reportedly been confirmed dead by Florida authorities. TMZ reports that the Broward County Fire Department confirmed that 20-year-old Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy…
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HBO Film Storm Over Brooklyn to Document Murder of Black Teen Yusuf Hawkins
As part of a new initiative to promote diversity, HBO will tell the story of Yusuf Hawkins in the film Storm Over Brooklyn. Hawkins was the black teenager who was trapped by a group of white youths in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and shot to death in 1989. Actor…