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After years of Twitter beefing and shady interviews, Amber Rose is not here for the Kanye/Kardashian talk.

He might well just accept the fact that he’s going to get blasted by comedians until they get tired or find something different. We’re talking about Drake being in the lipstick business. Well, kinda, sorta. According to HipHollywood, designer Tom Ford is putting a lipstick on the market named after the Canadian rapper. The dark […]

Fox has ordered a script for a new dance series from Misty Copeland and writer/producer Tracy Oliver. The one-hour drama “follows a group of young, aspiring dancers as they fiercely compete for places” in a top ballet company, a spokesperson for Fox wrote in an email, initially reported by Deadline. Though originally reported that the […]

Roland Martin talks to Attorney Daryl Parks about the shooting death of Corey Jones, the Florida man who was killed by a plain clothes police after approaching him in an unmarked 15 seat passenger van. Parks is part of the legal team along with Attorney Benjamin Crump. “It’s three o’clock in the morning. The cop never […]

Another school shooting on the campus of a Historically Black College/University has been reported this month, this time at North Carolina Central University. NBC News.com reports: The campus of North Carolina Central University was briefly on lockdown late Sunday as police sought an “active shooter,” the college said. The college issued an emergency alert saying there […]

The top five white landowners in America together own more rural land than all of Black America combined. According to Business Insider, this small group’s total land holdings are about 9 million acres. As reported by the USDA all of Black America (which is inclusive of over forty million people) only owns about 8 million […]

Julie Dash, the first Black woman to have a film receive a full theatrical release in the United States, helped set the stage for several Black creatives of the present day. Her 1992 film Daughters of the Dust was a landmark film that examined themes close to Dash’s family roots. Born on October 22, 1952 […]

Andre McGee resigned as assistant coach at University of Missouri-Kansas City on Friday, after he was accused of facilitating sex parties for basketball recruits and players while coaching at Louisville. McGee is a former Louisville player who served as a graduate assistant and director of men’s basketball operations at the school before coming to UMKC […]

Rumors of Jay Z cheating on Beyonce with Rihanna have been around ever since he first discovered the Bajan beauty. Now, nearly ten years later, that rumor is being laid to rest.

  This is the best thing we’ve seen since Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” That was only a few days ago, but you know how our generation has…

TMZ reports that Lil Wayne and P. Diddy’s crews came thisclose to brawling in Miami over the weekend after Weezy allegedly felt disrespected by Diddy’s crew. The drama popped off at LIV Nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Sunday night. Sources in the club say Wayne walked over to say hello to Diddy, who was […]