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Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 Years In Russian Prison For Drug Charges

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Beyoncé Is Back — What A Time To Be Hive

As a Black girl from Houston, liking Beyoncé has always been part of my culture. After all, she is one of us, born and bred in the same streets that we gr

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The Nope Ending Discourse Is A Spectacle — Exactly As Jord...

Jordan Peele’s Nope is finally here, and after months of fan theories guessing the details of its mysterious plot, as it turns out, we were all wrong. Th

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No, Rap Sh!t Isn’t Insecure — And That’s A Good Thing

When the very last episode of HBO’s Insecure aired in 2021, it filled us with joy while simultaneously breaking our hearts. Issa Rae’s fan-favorite ori

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All Hail The King: Tessa Thompson Deserves Her Own MCU Show

This story includes spoilers for Thor: Love & Thunder. Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in full swing, and fans of the superhero franchis

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The Woman King Looks Great, But What About Those Accents?

One of the most fascinating yet unexplored epics in world history can be found in the ancient kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Benin), where the land was ru

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Lil Nas X’s Beef With BET Runs Deeper Than A Snub

Since he first burst onto the music scene, Lil Nas X has been known to make a statement; from his viral debut “Old Town Road” to its scandalous followu

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The Womack Sisters May Come From Black Music Royalty, But They...

Every June, the world comes together to honor the endless contributions that Black musicians past, present, and future make to the culture. However, for th

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Xmiramira’s Melanin Pack Revolutionized The Sims 4 — But...

“I wanted to be a damn lawyer,” laughs Amira Virgil during a recent Zoom interview. “I never thought this was a thing.” By “this,” she means a

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Wake Up!!! The New Beyoncé Album Is Coming

If you thought your Thursday morning was off to a productive start, think again. Nine years after the Beyoncé album drop that literally broke the internet

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New Netflix Series Savage Beauty Tackles The Global Colori...

This story includes spoilers for Netflix series Savage Beauty. In the wake of the overwhelming success of popular series Blood & Water, Netflix’s cat

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Kendrick Lamar Made His New Album For Himself — Not Us

After the 2017 release of his Grammy-winning album DAMN, Kendrick Lamar seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving fans begrudgingly stuck in a loop of list

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You Loved Blood & Water — Here’s What Else African T...

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I’m Kicking Off My Thirties With A Ride On The Wild Side

“You’re doing what??” My mom asks, brow furrowed, when I tell her that I’m flying from New York to Laguna Beach, California to speed down the Pacif

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BBMAs Honoree Lil Miss Flint Is Still Fighting For Clean Water

The Billboard Music Awards are a celebration of top-charting artists and their contributions to music and pop culture, but in recent years, the award show

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Your Favorite (Fictional) Teacher Quinta Brunson Is Giving Back T...

If you were to ask a teacher what they love the most about their job, it’s a safe bet that many would say working with students is their highlight. Unfor

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Marry Me Or Else: A Relationship Expert Weighs In On Reality TV’s...

There comes a time in every romantic relationship when a serious decision needs to be made about the direction the couple is going in. Are we exclusively d

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Selling Sunset Newbie Chelsea Lazkani Is Just As Glamorous...

A lot has gone down behind the scenes at the Oppenheim Group since the last time we checked in with the Los Angeles real estate brokerage in season 4 of Se

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We Rewatched A Classic Black Rom-Com With Romance Queen Jasmine G...

Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hindsig

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Megan Thee Stallion’s Bombshell New Interview Reveals Devastating...

In July 2020, Megan thee Stallion was involved in an intense police stop after attending a celebrity pool party in Los Angeles, leading to the shocking rev

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Colorism Almost Prevented Viola Davis From Starring In How To...

Viola Davis is widely considered one of the greatest actors in Hollywood, and stellar performances in titles like Doubt, The Help (despite its problematic

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Slow Burn Or Burned Out? A Double Hot Take On Bridgerton S...
This post contains spoilers for Bridgerton Season 2 and is based on the Netflix series alone, not the books. Almost two years after setting hearts (a
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Bow Down, Bridgertons: Queen Charlotte Is Getting Her Own Show
It’s been only a week since the highly anticipated second season of Bridgerton has hit Netflix, but fans of the popular Julia Quinn novels-turned-steamy-
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Was Will Smith’s Oscar Slap In Solidarity With Black Women Or An ...
Just when we thought that the Oscars couldn’t get wilder than the infamous 2017 Best Picture snafu (justice for Barry Jenkins and Moonlight, still), th
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Young, Famous & African: TV’s Obsession With Globa...
The reality television space has expanded from the pioneering series of the early 2000s like The Real World and Road Rules to evolving (or devolving, depen
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Black-Owned KweliTV Is Bringing Authenticity & Access To Streaming
In the age of the streaming service, TV and film lovers are spoiled for choice. There are more than 200 different streamers currently available on the mark
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What Should We Do About Kanye West? Maybe…Nothing
In the decades since his debut as a plucky young rapper from the southside of Chicago, Kanye West changed the way we thought about music, fashion, and how
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