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From Shmurda to Janet Jackson to Zendaya making that mac and cheese.

Our favorite artists’ music can feel like a glimpse into their lives, a way to connect even more deeply with the disembodied voices that sound so good to the ears. But the music is really only one side of the person, and often, fans aren’t given the opportunity to learn about the true ins and […]

In creating Nostalgia, Ultra, songwriter and producer Christopher Breaux became Frank Ocean and started on the path to icon status

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1997 Cinderella was a cornerstone for Black girlhood.

This week rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, were accused of sex trafficking and forcing women to take drugs. These accusations stemmed from a social media post from Tiny’s former friend, Sabrina Paterson. Paterson alleged that T.I. pulled out a gun and put it to her head. Soon after Paterson’s claims made their […]

The popularity of the Sanders meme shows that many Americans are frustrated and exhausted, and not ready to be convinced by unsubstantiated platitudes about unity and healing.

The answer is…kinda.

8chan founder Fredrick Brennan believes his former business partner, Jim Watkins, is behind the dangerous conspiracy theory.