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(The Root) — It looks like Chris Brown has had enough. The embattled singer tweeted today that his next album may be his last before leaving the world of music. He prefaced the announcement with “Don’t worry, mainstream America,” apparently tired of his bad-boy reputation overshadowing his musical talent. Don’t worry mainstream America.After this X…

(The Root) — Aug. 4 was to be a day of protest spearheaded by British journalist Caitlin Moran. White feminists urged everyone upset about Twitter’s lack of action against trolls who make violent threats against women via the website to log off for an entire day, standing in solidarity with those who are attacked online.…

So the White House’s Instagram account is pretty cool, but Pete Souza’s account is awesome. Souza, chief official White House photographer, opened his own Instagram account July 24. Though his pictures occasionally found their way to the White House Instagram account, Souza’s account has a different feel. The tone isn’t as political. Souza posts beautiful…

(The Root) — It’s the president’s birthday, and he’s getting well wishes from everybody from your cousin Greg to Gladys Knight. Even Tavis Smiley hit pause on his bitterness long enough to wish him a happy birthday. There was also a bit of electronic PDA from the first lady, which was just the cutest thing…

(The Root) — Jay Z’s been in the center of lots of criticism lately over his beef with Harry Belafonte over his activism (or lack thereof). But the Internet is putting their feelings on all that aside long enough to gush over his new performance-art video performance of “Picasso Baby” from his Magna Carta Holy…

(The Root) — Rumors have long swirled about actress Raven-Symoné’s sexual orientation. Today she put those rumors to rest with a single tweet supporting marriage equality. Gossip sites had whispered and speculated about whom she might be dating — a couple of years ago, she was linked to America’s Next Top Model contestant AzMarie. But…

Twenty-year-old Kayla Henriques of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing her friend, 22-year-old Kamisha Richards, to death. The two had been arguing over $20 that Richards lent Henriques. The argument spilled over into text messages and onto Facebook, and in February 2011, things got physical. Henriques said in her confession…

(The Root) — Between his YouTube and Twitter pages (@hotdamnirock on each), Kain Carter has hundreds of thousands of fans and followers. Too bad the material used to win them all was stolen from the late comic Patrice O’Neal. People on Twitter caught wind of Carter’s fraud via this YouTube video making the rounds on…

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Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.