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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Last night’s live production of The Wiz had our timelines lit! Everyone was getting their life and beaming with pride just watching all that #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackExcellence dance across the stage in real time. (Of course, there were some people who, for reasons we’ll never understand, just didn’t get it, but anywayz… *gives a thousand […]
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Recently TIME magazine released it’s annual list of “The 30 Most Influential Teens” — and this year, three of your faves made the cut: 1. Amandla Stenberg, 17 From speaking out against the Columbusing of our culture to calling out Kylie Jenner on her own cultural appropriation to co-writing a new comic book about a […]
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You know what’s never a good look? When we tear each other down. Whether we’re telling another Black girl that she “acts white” for liking certain music, that she “talks white” because she speaks correctly, that she’s too dark, or that she’s too light and therefore not Black enough, it’s all self-hate. TBH, there are […]
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Zendaya is the queen of the classy clapback. Let somebody dare to mock her fierce dreads or come for her parents on social media — she’s not having any of that. And she’ll make that clear in the most elegant way possible. To celebrate the fact that Zendaya’s not afraid to stand up for herself […]
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Zendaya was one of the the judges for last night’s Miss America pageant and, as usual, the 19-year-old starlet slayed her entire look. Just peep that dress! For real, for real, that’s straight-up #homecoming goals right there. Everything — from her gorgeous Hollywood glamour ‘do to her bomb teardrop earrings… … to her flawlessly beat […]
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Amandla Stenberg stays killin’ it when it comes to starting discussions about cultural appropriation and empowerment of Black girls. The latest on the 16-year-old fierce of nature? She’s co-writing a new comic book with Stranger Comics called NIOBE: She Is Life. NIOBE chronicles the adventures of Niobe, a half-elf/half-human orphaned warrior, on a quest to […]
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Beyoncé’s fans aren’t the only ones who go hard for the singer. For her birthday this year, Bey’s family and friends represented by choosing one song that described one of their favorite memories with her through the years. Check it out here.
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Ya girl, Zendaya. Zoey + @Zendaya = double trouble 😜 https://t.co/eAuByHOzBi — Yara shahidi (@RealYaraShahidi) August 24, 2015 According to People, which first broke the news, the K.C. Undercover star landed a guest role as Resheida, new friend of Zoey (played by our winter 2014 cover girl, Yara Shahidi). Word on the street is, Zendaya’s […]
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It’s high school, not an episode of LHHATL, but there can still be so. much. drama. In her new video, Nia shows that the best way to squash every hater’s shade is by slaying it all day, every day — just by doin’ you. The track’s beat is on fleek and the video itself is […]
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