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Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia has made a name for herself in the fashion industry, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t subjected to everyday racism. Especially when people forget that she’s actually black. “I’m very light, so some people don’t really know that I’m black,” Sofia Richie, 18, said in an interview with Complex. “I’ve been…

Social media once again has backfired for a celebrity. And this time it’s Nicki Minaj. The rapper posted a video to Instagram of a “conversation” she was having with a woman. In the short clip, the rapper tells the woman, “Come here,” and laughs at her. But the woman is not to be laughed at.…

With everything going on in the world, from the crazy election to a man looking like a Cheetos winning the presidency, it’s time for a comedian to bring the pain and laughs. And Chris Rock is going to do just that with his upcoming comedy tour. Rock announced his Total Blackout comedy tour Monday evening on…

Editor’s note: This post contains a tweet that some may find offensive. Saturday Night Live knows how to push Donald Trump’s buttons, and once again, President-elect Trumpelstiltskin had nothing better to do than to tweet about his disgust for the show. But one Twitter user had her Twitter fingers ready and fired back at him.…

As if there were any question as to whether or not Luke Cage was returning for a second season, Netflix finally announced that the show was officially being renewed for a second season. The first season of Luke Cage was met with critical acclaim and was one of Netflix’s top-streamed shows. The series had an all-star…

When I first heard about a black Santa coming to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., I thought back on all the times I went to see Santa Claus as a child. Why I was being forced to sit on some old white man’s lap was beyond my comprehension. Hell, I didn’t even believe…

We don’t know exactly when the fried-chicken chunks bathed in a sweet, spicy sauce became such a hit, but there is no denying that our people love some General Tso’s chicken, and you’d be hard-pressed not to find it in any black neighborhood from East Coast to West. Sadly, many of us butcher the name (is…

About a year and a half after brash sports pundit and NBA legend Charles Barkley gave Morehouse College $1 million in support the school’s new sports and journalism program, he is doing the same for two other HBCUs. Barkley announced on Giving Tuesday that he is donating $1 million to Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Ala., and $1 million to Clark-Atlanta University…

The popularity of the musical Hamilton continues to grow daily. The show is the hottest ticket in town, and those who have been able to obtain tickets and pony up the $100-$1,000 per ticket to see it cannot stop raving about it to those who haven’t (or won’t). Now a bunch of your favorite artists…

Fresh on the heels of wrapping up the first season of his hit FX series, Atlanta, Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, is back to making music. Funky, soul-filled music, that is. On Friday, Glover dropped his new album, Awaken, My Love!, which pays homage to artists like Funkadelic and Sly & the Family Stone. From soulful guitar rifts to…