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For a while, T-Pain was known as the Auto-Tune king. Everything he touched was slathered in the annoying sound of Auto-Tune. His use of the device reminded me of children with fries and ketchup: They just don’t know when enough ketchup is too much. And the same could be said about the music that made…

Former hip-hop mogul Suge Knight and comedian Katt Williams were arrested Wednesday evening on charges that they robbed a female celebrity photographer, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. According to TMZ, Knight was taken into custody while he was in Las Vegas, and Williams was arrested while he was appearing in court…

Columbus Short has missed yet another court date, and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has issued yet another bench warrant for his arrest. The former Scandal star was scheduled to appear in court on Monday for felony battery charges resulting from a restaurant fight in March. In a statement to People magazine, a district…

In the age of social media, discipline has taken on a new form, and it includes going viral. Over the last couple of years, parents have posted videos of children being spanked and of themselves sitting in on their children’s classrooms after reports of them being unruly. Now one father from Louisville, Ky., is getting a lot…

The legacy Maya Angelou left when she died earlier this year is immeasurable. Not only did she leave behind abundant and award-winning poetry, but she also left the world with the gift of music. Before her untimely passing, Angelou recorded vocals for her new album, Caged Bird Songs. The album, which was produced by Shawn Rivera…

On the heels of his breakthrough performance as James Brown in Get on Up, Chadwick Boseman has been cast as Marvel Studios’ first solo lead of color (not to be confused with Blade, which was co-produced with New Line Cinema). He will take on the role of T’Challa, the head of the fictional African nation…

Have you ever wondered what in the world some of today’s rappers are talking about in their songs? Have you ever taken the time to listen to exactly what they’re saying, and you’re left with the words, “What the hell?” running through your mind? Well, if you have, you’re probably like Black-ish star Tracee Ellis…

CNN’s resident bastion of blackness is speaking out in support of recent comments by Charles Barkley about how black people tear each other down when one deems another “not black enough.” Barkley made the comments last week after a report that some Seattle Seahawks players thought Russell Wilson wasn’t black enough. “Unfortunately, as I tell…

Ray and Janay Rice’s domestic issues have emerged as this year’s go-to Halloween-costume theme for people who feel the need to mock domestic violence. Not only have several of these costumes popped up online, but a lot of them feature white people in blackface. If you had to pick the lesser of two evils, you’d…

Just a week before the start of the season marking his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James and his wife, Savannah, are the proud parents of a baby girl. Zhuri James was born Oct. 22 in Akron, Ohio, and is the couple’s third child. The couple already has two sons: 9-year-old LeBron James Jr. and…