I was five or six years old the first time I was introduced to Black Eric, the kid who lived down the street from me in my Philadelphia neighborhood. When kids on my street said his nickname we uttered it as if it were a curse or a joke drawing laughter and finger pointing, disgust […]
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgEmoUhV9B/ Usher‘s herpes scandal has taken a dramatic turn over the past couple of days. Quantasia Sharpton, 21, held a press conference on Monday, accusing the singer of sleeping with her and not informing her that he had an STD. But judging by her old social media posts, Sharpton might just be a scammer. According […]
If you thought John Singleton was done trashing the new 2Pac biopic, think again. After insinuating on The Breakfast Club that he wasn’t going to watch All Eyez on Me, it seems like Singleton had to see for himself just how bad the filmmakers messed up. In an interview with Big Tigger, he said, “That debacle. […]
The Mindy Project star Xosha Roquemore and her Atlanta bae Lakeith Stanfield are officially a part of #TeamNoSleep.
The world has come to know Blue Ivy as the beloved first child of Queen Bey. However, the name is at the center of a battle between mama Beyoncé and another company that calls the name their own. As reported earlier, Beyoncé filed a trademark application in February so she could use Blue Ivy’s name for […]
It’s been a tough week for hip hop fans since news broke of rapper Prodigy‘s death — but no one took it as hard as his Mobb Deep partner Havoc. The Queens rapper told TMZ that he thought it was a “weird rumor” when he got the call that his close friend had died. Havoc […]
This has been a phenomenal year for movies so far. We’ve already seen Split, Get Out, Logan, Wonder Woman, John Wick 2, and one of my personal favorites, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Even with all these amazing flicks, there’s still many more highly anticipated movies. How will Caesar and his […]
Katy Perry is supposedly working through her cultural appropriation issues with the help of activist DeRay McKesson.
Twitter just greenlit a movie. Seriously. As if we needed another example of the epic power of social media, a movie idea hatched on Twitter — involving Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o robbing rich white dudes blind — is now officially coming to a theater near you. The idea came about when this photo of the two […]
It's amazing how many factors play into a person's rise to fame. Take Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Haitian and Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn, who died 29 years ago.
Many trans individuals passed away in 2016, most with very little media attention. Here, we remember those who lost their lives.