The Slap Saga: Chris Rock’s Mom Felt Slapped By Will Smith Chris Rocks’s mother, Rose, felt like Will Smith also slapped her when he assaulted her son at the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Latest on The Root The Slap Saga: Chris Rock’s Mom Felt Slapped By Will Smith NFL Draft, Chiwetel, …

Photo: AdobeStock These days, if it seems every day is a holiday, you’re probably right—and not every random holiday is cause for recognition. But just a week before National Lingerie Day on April 25, Cora Harrington, one of intimate apparel’s most trusted experts and founder of the blog “The Lingerie …

Chris Rock arrives at the Wilbur Theater before a performance, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Boston. Photo: Michael Dwyer (AP) It appears that Chris Rock has once again addressed the infamous altercation with Will Smith that occurred last month at the Academy Awards…sort of. The comedian performed to a sold-out …

Attendees of the British Academy Television Craft Awards were in for a big surprise from Game of Thrones breakout star Nathalie Emmanuel. The actress, who portrayed the much-beloved character Missandei on HBO’s hit series, debuted a dramatic new hair transformation on Sunday’s red carpet, having shorn her signature shoulder-length natural …

The role of the first lady has long been ill-defined. Until recently, she was the most prominent and therefore scrutinized woman in the White House, yet her position comes with murky expectations. Modern first ladies tend to manage a staff and champion carefully chosen causes, but their duties aren’t formally …

In celebration of 4/20, meet Blounts & Moore, a friend group from North Carolina that joined the cannabis industry in an attempt to establish legacy wealth and awareness.   In this three-part video series, we’ll discuss the friends’ decision to join cannabis’ ever-growing commercialism, the stigma of cannabis within the Black …

Da Baby performs onstage during Hot 97 Summer Jam 2021 on August 22, 2021 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Photo: Thaddaeus McAdams (Getty Images) Rapper DaToddler/DaInfant/DaTrash DaBaby has responded on Monday after video footage went viral over the weekend allegedly showing him as the aggressor in a 2018 shooting in Wal-Mart. …

A lawsuit has been filed with the California Department of Justice this week by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. The suit implores Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate a new school closure plan from the Oakland Unified School District, one the ACLU says disproportionately impacts Black students …

Photo: Rich Fury (Getty Images) Nicki Minaj is living her best life right now. And she’s spreading the message on Twitter that since she’s been sober, she’s never been happier. On April 21, a Twitter user asked the “Anaconda” rapper if she was high. Although the Twitterverse would have been …

Keke Palmer poses for a picture at A Sip with Issa Rae and Keke Palmer during the HOORAE x Kennedy Center Weekend Takeover in Washington, D.C. March 27, 2022. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for HOORAE)Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) Over the weekend we got yet another reminder that fame …