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The legendary Frankie Knuckles, the “godfather of house music,” passed away last month at the age of 59. It was confirmed by Knuckles’ longtime business partner, Frederick Dunson, that he died unexpectedly of complications related to diabetes. The Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ was a house-music pioneer, and his death touched everyone in the music…

One way to ruin a relationship with someone you formerly did business with is to extort that person. But that isn’t stopping a producer who once worked for Jay Z.  Allegedly, Chauncey Mahan has been sitting on a gold mine of master recordings that Jay Z did back in 2002. The masters include more than…

Last night, after a four-year hiatus, The Boondocks returned to Adult Swim. Aaron McGruder, the creator of the cartoon series, announced weeks ago that he wasn’t involved in what will be the final season. Add to the fact that his name, including his “created by” and “executive producer” credits, were missing from the episode, and…

Gladiators, rejoice! Shonda Rhimes is heading back to her alma mater this summer, but not as a student. Rhimes will deliver the main 2014 commencement speech at Dartmouth College, according to Dartmouth’s official blog, Dartmouth Now. The Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee graduated from the prestigious university in 1991. As an English literature…

Mike Woodson is out of a job. As his first big move as the new team president of the New York Knicks, Phil Jackson fired the Knicks’ two-season coach Monday morning. According to New York’s Daily News, Jackson said in a statement, “The time has come for change throughout the franchise.” Woodson, a former Knick himself,…

If there was ever a time for someone to run onto the playground and scream “girl fight,” last night’s Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion would have been one of those times. But there wasn’t a playground or “girls”—just a bunch of grown women going at it. Although the infamous fight between Kendra Moore and Porsha…

Typically when a company is responding to an irate customer, the proper thing to do is to tweet a link to an online complaint form or offer assistance offline. Unfortunately, someone behind the US Airways Twitter account tweeted one doozy of a photo to a young woman. User @ThatKATZkat was complaining to the airline about delayed flights…

Yet another Monday is upon us, and while some are already counting down to Friday, many of us are relishing the weekly trending topic #ManCrushMonday. Here at The Root, #ManCrushMonday is more than buff bods and handsome faces; it’s a chance to look at a few crush-worthy men who have made headlines. 1. President Barack Obama…

Marie Claire got a lesson in hair today via #blacktwitter. Earlier this afternoon, the fashion magazine tweeted a photo of Kendall Jenner sporting a few cornrows on the side of her head. You’d think the person behind Marie Claire’s Twitter account had never seen cornrows until the young member of the Kardashian clan sported them.…

The legendary Frankie Knuckles, the “godfather of house music,” passed away at the age of 59 on Monday. Knuckles’ longtime business partner, Frederick Dunson, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that Knuckles died unexpectedly of complications related to diabetes. The Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ, who was born Francis Nicholls in the Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 18,…