Earlier this week, rumors started popping up around the internet that the entire cast of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta were getting the boot as a result of the show’s producers growing tired of the endless, and unwanted, drama among the various stars. Now, cast member Mimi Faust has broken her silence about the dramatic news. In […]
Danielle Brooks is known around the world as a celebrated Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress, but at a First Class check-in counter at an undisclosed airport, she was treated like a woman out of place. The Orange Is the New Black star tweeted about some prejudiced, albeit unintentionally so, treatment she received while dealing with gate agents […]
We knew this was coming. After Jesse Williams raised the roof on the BET Awards with a stirring speech about civil justice, Black pride and appropriation, Stacey Dash felt the need to flex her pen to retaliate against it, even going so far as to call him a “plantation slave” for his words. And that’s […]
The Drake vs Joe Budden saga just got a lot more interesting. Months ago, after Drake released Views, Joe Budden took to his I’ll Name This Podcast Later podcast to reveal that while he liked the album, Drake sounds uninspired. https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_Lob1u7Nk/?taken-by=joebudden “I think that that kid on that album that I heard sounds real f-ckin’ […]
For all those who laughed about TIDAL, looks like Jay Z might finally have the last one. According to new reports, the music mogul’s streaming service, which had a struggling start when it launched last year, is in talks for a buy out by Apple. That’s right, if the deal goes through, Jay could pocket Dr. […]
Rape allegations have plagued Ian Connor ever since Emory University student Malika Anderson posted a lengthy blog post about being sexually abused by the stylist and creative director, who worked closely with Kanye West until, it seems, he was recently fired. Earlier today, Amber Rose came forward and said that the allegations against Connor are far deeper […]
Thursday's decision follows two other major milestones for LGBTQ with regards to the military – in 2011, the "don't ask don't tell" policy was expelled, and in 2015, the Pentagon expanded the Defense Department's equal opportunity program.
Work it! The diva put on a real show when she pulled the "Ordinary People" singer onstage during a recent performance.
As Black people, we are expected to consume these personal, violent attacks like we digest cake. We are told that we cannot act if someone decides to be ruthless, violent and trifling. As violence begets violence against us, we are continually told and showed that it is not fine to simply be.
The Academy has learned its lesson, so the film organization is doing something about its glaring diversity problem. About 46 percent of new members of its voting body are people of colors, but that still might not be enough to make a huge difference just yet. Society as a whole made the good people behind […]
Paulette Leaphart had a double mastectomy in 2014 after being diagnosed with breast cancer. That moment sparked her journey as not only a breast cancer survivor, but an activist. Leaphart decided that her diagnosis would not define her. So she put on her running shoes in an attempt to bring awareness to the fight against cancer. Paulette walked […]
The actress, best known as Aunt Dee from the '90s hit show Moesha, is more 4/20 friendly than we thought.
