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Netflix recently surprise-dropped Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable, the comedian’s first stand-up special in two years. By the end of its 75 minutes, the intention behind the release becomes clear: the special closes with an extended, humorous history lesson on Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, and the cultural cost of speaking freely in […]
African American culture carries a wealth of memory, artistry and tradition—roots that run deep and wide. Across the vastness of the African diaspora, it holds fast to the idea of family, turning strangers into kin and neighbors into brothers and sisters bound by the shared rhythm of challenge, triumph and joy. People of African descent […]
If there’s one person who topped Santa’s naughty list this year, it’s Olivia Bellarie on Tyler Perry’s Beauty In Black. Over the past two seasons, Mother Deadliest has done unthinkable: forcing a man into his death bag, enabling a trafficking ring, tricking a woman into slapping her, and then calling it elder abuse, just to name […]
It’s time to check out for a week or so to spend time with family and friends and indulge in the magic of the holiday season. There will be food, laughs and a variety of activities that will allow you to tap into holiday cheer, but if you’re a parent, you may get exhausted constantly […]
Dr. Tenina ‘Suga-T’ Stevens is Bay Area royalty, when she entered the hip-hop history-sphere in the early 1980s but really kicked off in the mid-90s, as part of The Click with her brothers E-40, D-Shot, and her cousin, B-Legit. On “Sprinkle Me,” one of the lead singles from their pivotal album, Down and Dirty. The 1995 single became a […]
The year 2025 brought us vampires. Lots of vampires. Sinners dominated the box office and our feeds, and the film is taking a big bite out of the 2025-26 awards season, with major accolades and recognition. On other screens, we laughed and cried over a day gone sideways (because we’ve all been there), defied gravity […]
Venus Williams, who’s been known for keeping her personal life private, has let us all in on one of the biggest occasions of her life (right up there with her Grand Slams and Olympic Gold!). She and her newlywed husband, Andrea Petri, just had a second fairy-tale wedding celebration in Florida. View this post on […]
A lot has gone down in 2025. We’ve loved, we’ve lost and, arguably, most importantly, we’ve gotten fly. 2025 has been filled with many ups and downs, with the ratio shifting depending on the season. Such is life. Through it all, though, our fits have carried us and given us something to look forward to […]
From Flavor of Love to Bad Girls Club, Black reality television has always understood something America pretends to debate every few years: conflict is the point, spectacle is the currency, and everyone knows they’re watching a performance—even when it claims to be real. That’s why the backlash surrounding Zeus Network’s Baddies reads less like genuine concern and more like a […]
“My favorite is Napoleon Dynamite. That movie has my heart. I didn’t see it in theaters, but my mother got it for me on DVD. I would always watch it on my sister’s Hello Kitty television.” Okonma — also known as Tyler, The Creator — openly stanned the 2004 feature on an episode of A24 […]