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Did a Taylor Swift Script Dead Donald Glover’s Deadpool?
If Tyler Perry was able to get his Boondock’s episode scrubbed from every crack of the interwebs, it is entirely plausible that the whitest of all white womanhood, Taylor Swift, would be just the girl to dead Donald Glover’s Deadpool. Stephen Glover, Donald’s brother and creative partner, all but confirmed it. Earlier this week, after…
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This Easter, We Get a Black Jesus and His Name Is John Legend
What are you doing this Easter Sunday? I’ve got a suggestion: Check out one of the most iconic musicals ever, Jesus Christ Superstar, live on your TV screens on NBC. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s powerful rock opera, which chronicles the final week of Jesus’ life, is being resurrected as Jesus Christ Superstar Live! with John Legend…
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Ava DuVernay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Janelle Monáe and More Join Call for Justice for Slain Afro-Brazilian Activist
More than two weeks after the assassination of Marielle Franco, an Afro-Brazilian politician who had staunchly advocated against police violence, grim details have emerged around her death. As Kiratiana Freelon reported for The Root, the 38-year-old Franco was gunned down in her car by armed men in Rio de Janeiro. She was shot a total…
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Rihanna’s ‘BBHMM’ Officially Becomes the Protest Song We Always Knew It Was
What do you do when your university’s financial aid office has been accused of finessing $1 million worth of aid money? You tap your inner Rihanna and let the school administration know that bitches those fools better. have. your. money. Which is actually what Howard University students did Thursday night, rallying at the school’s financial…
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Fabolous Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges: Report
On Wednesday, Brooklyn, N.Y.-born rapper Fabolous was arrested on charges of domestic violence. Fabolous (real name John David Jackson) allegedly assaulted his girlfriend of over a decade, and former star of VH1’s reality-television show Love & Hip-Hop, Emily B (real name Emily Bustamante) in their Englewood, N.J., home. According to TMZ, Emily B contacted the…
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DMX Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for Tax Evasion
DMX has been sentenced to a year in prison, despite his attorney’s best efforts to change the heart and mind of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff by playing his client’s music—yes—in court. You read that correctly. The plan was reported by the Associated Press on Monday, and The Root’s Michael Harriot subsequently explained why it’s…
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Black Twitter Goes In on Howard University Student at Center of Financial Scandal
Shortly after a (now deleted) report leaked that officials at Howard University allegedly stole nearly $1 million from the university’s financial aid office, one former student-employee was dragged by Black Twitter into the spotlight and became the face of the controversy. According to NBC4 Washington, six employees were fired from Howard University last year after…
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New Craig Mack Interview Reveals the Moment That Prompted Him to Join a South Carolina ‘Cult’: Report
A new documentary featuring Craig Mack promises to shed light on the trailblazing rapper’s final years. In interviews filmed just weeks before his death March 12, Mack talks about the pivotal moment when he came across the controversial preacher with whom he would spend his final years. As the New York Daily News reports, Mack…
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The Definitive List of People Who May Have Bitten Beyoncé
Earlier this week, after reading Tiffany Haddish’s story about someone biting Beyoncé at an after-party, The Root gathered its NCIS (Niggas [Who] Can Investigate Shit) team together to determine who was the vampire who bit Queen Bey’s face. After a lengthy discussion, two fistfights and hours staring at one of those huge maps with thumbtacks,…
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What’s Going on Between Kanye West and Former Marvel CEO David Maisel? Hmmm
Something’s in the water (good and bad?) between Marvel folks and rapper-moguls. A little over a week ago, FX released a statement confirming that Marvel, Donald Glover and his brother Stephen pulled the plug on an animated Deadpool show. This morning, Glover tweeted that he wasn’t too busy to complete the show—as previously assumed—and shared…