Ever wondered what Queen Bey would look like as African royalty or how fiercely Nicki Minaj could rock a headwrap and Kente-printed gown? Well, wonder no more — oh, and the answers to those questions? Bomb and bomb! Dennis Owusu-Ansah — the 26-year-old native Ghanaian who now lives in NYC — decided to reimagine celebs […]
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A little more than a year ago, a group of high school seniors in Sullivan, Missouri thought it would be fun to wear blackface at their powder puff game. Three days ago, another senior crew decided spelling out a racial slur would make the perfect photo op. According to HuffPo, a group representing the senior […]
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With 1 in 500 African Americans living with sickle cell, chances are you probably know someone who has been affected by it.
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From Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number to One in a Million to her self-titled (and sadly, final) album and all the other singles in between, ‘Liyah always brought the hits. Here are just 13 of our favorites: Back & Forth Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number Got to Give it Up The One I […]
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“Rock Wit Me” — the latest music video from Trevor Jackson’s In My Feelings EP — is here and it is everything you ever imagined meeting and dating Trevor to be like in your dreams. You know, you end up going to the same college, he peeps you in one of his classes in the […]
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Our Twitter timeline was LIT — and we know yours was, too — with tweets going in on an article called “Here’s My Problem With #BlackGirlMagic” published by Elle magazine this week. Yeah, we’re not gonna link it here, but peep these lines and you’ll see why people are so not here for it. At. […]
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Evolution of Smooth? Apparently, not so much — at least for some people, anyway. Social media has been going IN on EOS (the trendy, egg-shaped lip balm that promises you’ll “get noticed with visibly softer lips”), alleging that the brand can cause bad skin reactions. According to TMZ, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against […]
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It’s official. As of today, January 12, 2016, ABC Family will be known as FreeForm to better match its shows, which are really more for teens and YA than families. With the name change comes a few other changes as well, like new faves to look out for — one of which will be all […]
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Trevor Jackson is about to make your Wednesday nights way better — because who wouldn’t love tuning in to see him every week? Beginning on January 6, you’ll get to see Trevor starring as Kevin LaCroix in season 2 of American Crime. Premiering at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, this 10-episode season packs a whole […]
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Back in the 90’s, our melanin was poppin’ severely on the charts. There was no shortage of Black girls of all hues killin’ it on the music scene. We had Brandy, Monica, SWV, Lauryn Hill, TLC, Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child, Mya, Changing Faces, 702, Toni Braxton, MoKenStef … we could do this all day. In the […]
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