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Here’s our list of the very graphic, some timid, some mind-blowing and disgusting lyrics of all-time.

There were a number of Black-owned and operated hospitals in Detroit’s urban center throughout the 20th Century. This was a necessity inspired by the segregation and racist mistreatment of Black patients and doctors. One of the most well-known of these facilities was Trinity Hospital, which is now defunct but not without establishing a strong legacy. […]

Janet Jackson and her team are cracking down on fans who shoot video at her shows and then post it on Instagram – doing so may result in your account being deleted, as many fans have discovered. Page Six reports that on Tuesday, numerous fans have claimed that after posting footage of Janet live in […]

No one outside of the couple knows what Alabama sports reporter Natalie Pierre Williams and her husband Chasten Leigh Williams were arguing about but whatever it was may have led Natalie, 26, to drive off the road. When her husband realized no one was hurt in the minor car accident, he says he walked away, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have decided to stay married as the former NBA star continues his recovery a week after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Kardashian’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, filed a petition Wednesday to dismiss the reality star’s divorce filing from December 2013. A clerk granted the […]

Remember the North Carolina woman who won millions in the Powerball in February ? Her fiance has been arrested for the third time in 11 months, and yes, she was there to bail him out — again. WNCN reports: Lamarr Andre McDow, also known as “Hot Sauce,” was arrested Monday morning under a charge of possession […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z and Beyonce were joined by a slew of artists including Nicki Minaj and Usher at Barclays Center in Brooklyn Tuesday night for a charity concert put on by the streaming service Tidal that covered rap, R&B, reggae and even a little country. The concert, “TIDAL X: 1020 Amplified by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer died after being shot in the head in a gun battle while pursuing a suspect following a report of shots fired, police said. “He is the fourth New York City police officer murdered in this city in the last 11 months,” Police Commissioner William Bratton […]

Hillary Clinton has secured a major endorsement from a wide-ranging group of prominent politicians that could help her solidify the all-important Black vote in the 2016 presidential election: Fifty current and former African American mayors have rallied to offer Clinton their enthusiastic support. Representing states from California to Florida, more than 50 current and former […]

Dr. Herbert Smitherman Sr. was an innovative chemist who worked for the major consumer goods company, Procter & Gamble. While some thought Smitherman was the inventor of Crest Toothpaste, Folgers Coffee and other products, he actually helped to improve these already established products. Smitherman was born and raised in Birmingham, Ala. on March 23, 1937, […]

Lawd a mercy. That’s what women across the web were saying today (while also enjoying Drake’s dance steps in the Hotline Bling video) because sheer beauty has been all up and through cyberspace this week. First, let’s take a look at the father/son combination of Baltimore’s Correll Stanfield, 20, a barber in the correctly named […]

Katina Powell, a 42-year-old self-described former escort in Kentucky, has come forward with details of nearly two-dozen stripping and sex parties held from 2010 to 2014 for recruits of the University of Louisville’s basketball team. Five former University of Louisville basketball players and recruits told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that they attended such parties at […]