Very Smart Brothas
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Blue Ivy Woke Up Like 'Dis, So Please Just Stop About Her Hair
Social media was all aflutter over Karrueche’s recent comments about Blue Ivy’s hair on 106th and Park. It was apparently Pt: 1 of their routine jokey gags, so, to be fair… 106th kinda threw Kantstopwontstop under the bus as it’s really the staff writer who shaded Blue. Ol’ girl could have declined, of course, but… killing messengers and…
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Joe Budden, The Epitome Of Bitchassness
Joe Budden has apparently been keeping himself busy since Love & Hip Hop. Because we know he’s not making any music. At least not any music anyone outside of Jersey will ever actually hear. The NYPD sent out a tweet saying they were searching for him in regards to a few domestic abuse allegations, and Joey…
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10 Reasons Why You Totally Need To Be Watching The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
1. Because it contains all the elements people who say they love basketball but don’t love the NBA wish the NBA had (shorter games, a single elimination tournament, annoying non-Black guards making faces and taking charges, etc) AND the one element making the NBA the best basketball league in the world (NBA talent and skill). Basically,…
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Ferguson At Fairfax And Wilshire
You might recognize Leo Breckenridge from his role as “Andre” — the Panama character in our TV pilot. Here he is with a performance piece for Ferguson and Michael Brown, filmed in L.A. on Fairfax and Wilshire — the corner where the Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed.
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Just So You Know We're Not Making This Shit Up
From “Michael Brown Spent Last Weeks Grappling With Problems and Promise” — today’s NY Times piece about Michael Brown. Who, by the way, was buried today, two weeks after getting killed by a police officer. Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and…
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Dave Chappelle Goes Back To Hartford A Year After Heckling Fiasco
Exactly one year ago, Dave Chappelle found himself walking off stage after being harassed by an overzealous crowd in Hartford, CT, leaving dozens of thinkpieces in his wake as everyone wondered what happen and why it happen. Saturday, Chappelle returned to the site of the crime for a set where he talked about the “Fuck…
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A Minute-By-Minute Recap Of The Night The VMAs Reminded Me I'm Old As Fuck
I have never been less interested in pop music than I was this year. Part of this lack of interest is practical. I barely listen to the radio when driving, choosing instead to rock to one of the 1500 songs (and no, 1400 of them are not Kanye tracks) on my iPhone. I don’t watch…
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On Being A Little Tired Of Being The "Safe Black Friend You Talk To About Race"
I was a junior in high school when a teacher came over to a group of us at lunch looking for one of our classmates. With four grades of students capped at no more than 100 each, we were a small school of folks who knew each other by name. In the liberal granola-crusted feel-goodism…
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For Bougie Black Girls Who Appreciate 'Anaconda'
Let me just start by saying that I really enjoy Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ video. Maybe even a little too much. I ran it back six times after the first watch. I credit that to some level of much-needed escapism with all that’s been going on in the news in the past few weeks. Like manna…