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Talib Kweli is no stranger to the politics of the world. Kweli, who made his presence known last year in Ferguson, Mo., doesn’t just use his music as a vessel to speak out against systemic racism; during any point of the day, you can find him schooling people on Twitter. On Friday the rapper appeared…

James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers doesn’t want anything to come easy for his sons, including participation trophies. Harrison’s two sons recently were given “participation trophies” for athletes, and Harrison took to Instagram to explain why he returned them. “While I am very proud of my boys for everything they do and will encourage them till the…

Simone Biles may be only 4 feet 9 inches tall, but over the weekend she proved to be a force to be reckoned with at the 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Texas native pulled a three-peat as she won the U.S. women’s gymnastics championship. Biles recorded her best-ever scores at a…

Janelle Monáe proved to be an artist who isn’t just about talk on the heels of releasing her new song, “Hell You Talmbout,” dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. Monáe and her Wondaland labelmates pulled off a free concert advertised only through various social media posts in Washington, D.C., Saturday, as well as a…

WNBA player Brittney Griner’s request to have her marriage to Glory Johnson annulled was denied by an Arizona judge. Griner filed for an annulment in June, just 28 days after her marriage to Johnson, and one day after Johnson announced she was pregnant. According to TMZ, Griner alleges that Johnson cheated on her by texting…

Janelle Monáe released the song “Hell You Talmbout” Thursday as an ode to the Black Lives Matter movement.  She posted a message on Instagram explaining how the song is a “vessel” to express the grief experienced by those communities that are subjected to excessive police force and vigilante violence. “This song is a vessel. It…

Will Smith and his production company, OverBrook Entertainment, are reportedly up to things. Good things.  Word on the street, courtesy of TVLine, is that he and his cohorts are in the early stages of developing a sitcom that will be a reboot of the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show catapulted Smith’s acting…

This video, if nothing else, shows how difficult it is for chocolate-complexioned women to walk into a cosmetics store and trust any ol’ body to beat their face. However well-intentioned and highly trained makeup artists may be, some of them don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to dark-brown complexions. Fashion model Nykhor Paul…

Remember the classic scene from 2001’s Training Day, when Denzel Washington, in his award-winning performance as Detective Alonzo Harris, said, “SHU program, n—ga”? Well, Hollywood has decided to give us more Training Day, but this time a television version of the gritty cop drama. CBS is currently developing a series that will take place in present-day…

The Wiz Live! is wrapping up its casting announcements, and Common and Ne-Yo will join Hairspray star Elijah Kelley as part of the ensemble, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Common, who recently won an Oscar for his song that is featured in Selma, will play the Bouncer, the gatekeeper to Emerald City and the nemesis of Dorothy and her fellow travelers. …