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Despite the fact that Kanye West is being sued for upwards of $50 million by his former Sunday Service employees and executives at MyChannel Inc. who claimed that they helped the rapper maximize the revenue made from his Sunday Service, he recently got his church approved for a tax exempt …

Over the weekend, Bill Maher became the latest to attack the idea of white privilege during his “New Rule” segment on his HBO show Real Time. Part of Maher’s rant specifically targeted Kevin Hart, who, during an interview with the New York Times, said in regards to police brutality, “You’re …

I’M SO FREAKING READY, Y’ALLImage: Nintendo This year’s E3 conferences have been thoroughly mid. Given that the pandemic has greatly affected the production pipeline, my expectations were very tempered going into this E3. So, you can imagine my surprise when Nintendo woke up this morning, looked at its wrist, and …

Not only did Kodak Black celebrate another journey around the sun and a new EP, he now has his own day of recognition.  Broward County Commissioner Dale Holeness awarded the 24-year-old, whose real name is Bill Kapri, with the proclamation of his birthday, last Friday (June 11) being recognized as Kodak …

Above, clockwise from bottom-right: Kodak founder George Eastman takes a picture, circa 1925. High Falls in Rochester, New York, Kodak’s hometown. Postcard of the Kodak Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, 1964. FIGHT, a group seeking to change Kodak’s hiring practices, protests at a shareholders’ meeting, 1967. This article …

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who has received criticism over the lack of representation in the movie adaptation of “In The Heights,” apologized on Monday for the lack of African Latino representation. “In The Heights,” written by Miranda, initially opened on Broadway in 2008. The highly anticipated film adaptation was released in theaters …

The pop music industry is notorious for impossibly high standards of beauty and pressuring stars to lose weight, but it turns out this was not true for CeeLo Green. The “Crazy” singer was, in fact, told the opposite when he was looking to trim down. Green, 46, wrote on Instagram, …

Father’s Day is on June 20 and Oprah is honoring Black dads. Tonight (June 15), OWN is airing Honoring Our Kings, Celebrating Black Fatherhood, which is hosted by Winfrey and Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown, at 9 p.m. ET. Winfrey told PEOPLE that the show was inspired by her relationship …

The successful team of legendary hip-hop music producer Andre Young, also known as Dr. Dre, and former Interscope Records’ honcho Jimmy Iovine, are on the next episode of doing big things and recently  launched an innovative arts and technology school. The “Beats By Dre” duo, who have successfully launched an …

Screenshot: Twitter (Other) Pride is supposed to be a time of celebration for the LGBTQ community. In a world that disparages, neglects, and generally doesn’t protect queer and trans people, Pride celebrations are supposed to be one of the few out and out safe spaces for the community. Unfortunately, a …