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Books by Black LGBTQ+ Authors To Explore This Pride Month
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His Royal Purpleness Will Release 2 New Albums in September
Prince has been busy making music and mending fences with his record label Warner Bros. On Monday the purple one announced that he’s releasing two albums back to back. Prince’s 33rd studio album will be called Art Official Age and is described as “a contemporary concoction of soul, R&B and funk.” The second album, Plectrumelectrum, which is…
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New York Times Calls ‘No Angel’ an Ill-Chosen Phrase
On Monday, as the world watched Michael Brown’s funeral in St. Louis and mourned with his family, the New York Times published an article about Brown’s life that didn’t sit well with too many people. The article, penned by John Eligon, covering the killing of Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, received tons of negative…
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New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of…
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Man Dumps Bucket of Water on Grandchild for ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
When you think you’ve seen it all when it comes to the “Ice Bucket Challenges,” someone finds another asinine way to raise awareness for ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. I’m sure we’ve all laughed at a few of them. There was the one that showed a woman’s wig flying off her head, then…
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Blue Ivy ‘Flawlessly’ Wins at the VMAs
Not that Blue Ivy was nominated for an award, but her mere presence at the MTV Video Music Awards should be considered a present. Yes, I stole that from Kanye. Blue Ivy was in attendance Sunday with her parents, some big-time rapper and a singer named Jay Z and Beyoncé. I think this Beyoncé person…
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Violence Erupts as Suge Knight Is Shot at Chris Brown’s Pre-VMA Party
Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was shot Saturday night at the popular 1OAK club in West Hollywood, Calif., while attending a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party hosted by Chris Brown. The incident, which was caught on video and posted on Instagram, shows the crowd, as well as Brown, scrambling to…
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Journalist’s Illustrations Document the Last Words of Unarmed Black Men
Over the last several weeks, we’ve witnessed the killings of young, black and unarmed men by police officers. It seems as though just being black and breathing is a good-enough reason to send a barrage of bullets through a man’s body. If we look back at these recent deaths, it’s clear that hunting season is…
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Talib Kweli to Don Lemon: ‘You Have No Respect for Who I Am’
Don Lemon isn’t the most popular kid on the block when it comes to his CNN coverage of Ferguson, Mo. The veteran news reporter has already been the butt of jokes and memes, and a recent run-in with rapper Talib Kweli has added fuel to the disdain some people hold for him. https://twitter.com/stereowilliams/status/500687345566613504 Kweli, who…
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Columbus Short Arrested; Another Warrant Issued
Well can’t say that we didn’t see this coming. Columbus Short was arrested and taken into custody Thursday afternoon in Van Nuys, Calif. Short had been on the lam since last month, and was living it up in Barbados as he continued to neglect his court appearances. Earlier this week, a Los Angeles judge upped…
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Lauryn Hill Dedicates ‘Black Rage (Sketch)’ to Ferguson
Lauryn Hill is speaking out against the death of Michael Brown, who was killed last week by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. Hill rereleased her song “Black Rage (Sketch)” last night on her social network profiles. This recent version of the song was performed in her living room and is just as raw as…