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Brooklyn, N.Y., rapper and actor Yasiin Bey, commonly known as Mos Def, was arrested at the Cape Town International Airport in South Africa for producing an “unrecognized world passport” as he was trying to leave the country, ABC News reports. A South African official said that Bey came to South Africa in 2013 with a…

Actress Tichina Arnold reportedly sent a mass text message to friends and family announcing that her husband, Rico Hines, had been having unprotected sex with several women, TMZ reports. TMZ reports Arnold even sent along a sex tape to prove as much. “I can’t for the life of me understand why Rico would video himself…

It’s been almost two years since HBO’s True Blood aired its series finale, but Rutina Wesley is still a familiar face to many people. Now Wesley has been tapped to star in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming OWN series, Queen Sugar. Adapted from the novel written by Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar tells the story of Nova Bordelon…

During Thursday’s Oscar nomination announcement, Straight Outta Compton received one nod, and that was for best screenwriting. Unbeknownst to a lot of people, the screenwriters of the movie are white.  During an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show, Ice Cube spoke about the snub, and like a lot of people, he wasn’t shocked. “I’m not…

Kendrick Lamar never forgets where he came from and is always giving props to Compton, Calif. Whether it’s through his community-service endeavors or always recognizing Compton in his songs, Lamar will remind you he’s Compton-proud every chance he gets. And now the city is showing how proud it is of him. Compton Mayor Aja Brown…

“That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.” It seems truer words were never spoken when it comes to the influence that pop icon Rihanna has over the mainstream. According to a report released by the NPD Group—a company that tracks consumer spending worldwide—Rihanna is the most marketable celebrity, beating out other high-profile A-list influencers like…

Another year, another year of the Oscar nominees being white as hell. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio was mauled by a bear in The Revenant. But Idris Elba was pretty amazing in Beasts of No Nation. And hell, do I even have to mention how Ryan Coogler directed the s—t out of Creed? Only for the movie…

If black Twitter is its own monolith by driving traffic on Twitter, being a force behind what trends and what doesn’t, and churning out hilarious and thought-provoking memes about the news of the day, then its counterpart in Snapchat is arguably one man and one man only: hip-hop’s very own DJ Khaled. Posting more than…

It seems that Adele is not this ballad-singing, refined, goody-two-shoes Brit that her accent or music catalog might have you think she is. The “Hello” singer recited the verse during a segment of The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday. Corden rode around with Adele in a car (as Corden typically does with his…

Calvin Klein’s newest watch campaign has two familiar faces as its cover girls. Lisa Bonet and her daughter, actress Zoë Kravitz, prove that although there’s a 20-plus-year age difference, they definitely could pass for sisters.  Zoë Kravitz, 27, is Bonet’s eldest child, and her father is Lenny Kravitz. In the gene lottery, you could say she hit the…