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Google Maps has been vandalized, and its recent victim is the White House. The service, which relies on its users to make sure listings are accurate, is now in the spotlight after a user discovered that searching for “n—ga house” will have the map point you to the White House. The Current World We Live…

On Monday, Sean “Diddy” Combs took a break from slinging Ciroc and Cassie to the masses to comment on the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The hip-hop mogul took to his Instagram account to seemingly complain about the movement and posted rhetoric similar to that of conservative voices. “For the last couple of months we have experienced a…

Updated Tuesday, May 19, 3:22 p.m. EDT: According to an email from Cosmopolitan, the photo was sourced from a photo agency that misidentified Lupita Nyong’o. It has since removed the photo. Earlier: Someone, please get the people behind Cosmopolitan’s Twitter account a pair of eyeglasses, because apparently they can’t tell Lupita Nyong’o apart from other…

On Tuesday, Cicely Tyson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Women in Media at its 40th annual Gracies Awards, but even at the age of 90, the actress says she’s not done. “I actually feel like I have not really achieved that much,” Tyson told the Associated Press. “So I look…

It only took six years, but President Barack Obama has an official presidential Twitter account. On Monday the president sent out his first tweet, reassuring people that it is indeed him: Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account. — President Obama (@POTUS44) May 18, 2015 Within minutes…

Film producer Chaz Ebert, who is the widow of film critic Roger Ebert, is working on bringing to life a feature film about Emmett Till and his mother. According to Deadline, the film will adapt the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America, which is an autobiography…

Jay Z is somewhat like E.F. Hutton: When he raps, people listen. And during his B-Sides concert held over the weekend in New York City, the rapper had the audience’s undivided attention. The Brooklyn, N.Y., rapper addressed several issues during his concert, ranging from criticism of his music-streaming service Tidal to the slayings of Michael…

Bill O’Reilly isn’t a fan of hip-hop and thinks it’s ruining the fabric of society, more so than what he does on a daily basis. But who’s counting? Actually, Killer Mike is counting. During an appearance last Friday on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher, the Run the Jewels rapper talked about subjects ranging from…

If you waited patiently at home through three whole hours of awards being handed out and weird collaboration performances during Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, just to witness Kanye West’s closing performance, you were probably left disappointed. During the live broadcast of the award show, those in the audience were able to hear West perform…

On Friday, Bill Cosby finally spoke out about the sexual assault allegations from close to 30 women on Good Morning America. Cosby, who appeared on the show to discuss his involvement with the Black Belt Foundation, seemed to want to focus on the education program, but GMA’s Linsey Davis broached the controversy Cosby has been…