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From icy to fiery hot, we just can’t get enough of Saweetie. Source link
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HBCU Student-Athletes Class Action Lawsuit Vs. NCAA Allowed To Go Forward
A U.S. District Court Judge has handed HBCU student-athletes a small victory denying the NCAA’s motion to dismiss, in part ruling the claims by two former student-athletes can move forward. The case, filed last year, claims the NCAA’s Academic Performance Program (APP), designed to improve student-athlete performance, is racially discriminatory …
Read More »Michigan Father Files $1M Lawsuit Over Biracial Child's Unsanctioned Haircut by School Employee
Photo: Roman Samborskyi (Shutterstock) An unapproved haircut might become an extremely expensive one; a Michigan father seeks one million dollars in financial restitution after an unapproved haircut by an employee at his daughter’s school garnered only a “reprimand” from district officials. As The Root first reported in April, Jimmy Hoffmeyer …
Read More »Lil Nas X Isn’t a Fad. He’s the Future of Pop.
Charlotte Rutherford / Sony One of the great mysteries of our lifetime is how the banjo loop and fake drawl of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” blew up into one of the biggest hits ever. The common explanations for its popularity just don’t suffice. Yes, Montero Lamar Hill is …
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Lil Nas X has a message, and we’re all ears! Source link
Read More »R. Kelly’s Former Executive Assistant Breaks Her Silence In First Tell-All Interview
Diana Copeland worked alongside R. Kelly for 15 years as his executive assistant. Now as the disgraced singer is forced to relive accounts of his decades-long abuse allegations in a sex trafficking trial, Copeland is breaking her silence. Copeland testified against R. Kelly earlier this week and opened up in …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Finally Said Something, and I Wish He’d STFU
Photo: ERIN SCHAFF (Getty Images) When Clarence Thomas wasn’t working as a mute-ass puppet for former Justice Antonin Scalia, he literally was a real-life mute who was apparently attempting to break the Guinness record for being the Black man on the highest court who had absolutely nothing to say about …
Read More »<em>The Morning Show</em> Has Become a Camp Masterpiece
About four episodes into the new season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, I stopped expecting it to have the qualities of a prestige television series—narrative complexity, emotional resonance, logic—and began simply appreciating it for what it is: one of the most batshit-expensive soap operas ever made. And that’s perfect. …
Read More »Rih won't play a singer in a movie.
Rih won’t play a singer in a movie. Source link
Read More »Senate Passes Resolution to Honor First Black National Spelling Bee Finalist Who Was Cheated Out of Possible Victory
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution to honor the nation’s first Black National Spelling Bee finalist. On Thursday, the Senate passed the resolution that would honor MacNolia Cox. In 1936, Cox, just 13-years old, was considered a spelling prodigy with an IQ that was off the charts. Cox was from …
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