Before I saw Tamra Davis’s 2010 documentary “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child,” the most I knew about Basquiat was that he was a painter, Black, and popular in New York City. Only after recently watching the film did I realize how deep and passionate an individual Jean-Michel Basquiat was both as a person and an… Read More The Lasting Radiance of Jean-Michel Basquiat
It’s no secret that women in entertainment industries are constrained by what society deems beautiful. For black women, that’s having light skin, smaller noses, non-kinky hair, and other Eurocentric facial features. From Lil Kim to Nicki Minaj, it’s clear that black women in music often have to—or rightfully choose to—show more skin and adjust to… Read More Today’s Rap Scene Needs Kamaiyah
مسؤولين أمريكيين: نسبة استخدام مؤيدي #داعش لـ #تويتر تقلصت بشكل كبير#داعش_تهزم pic.twitter.com/eaNvbz6msB — مركز صواب (@sawabcenter) July 11, 2016 As countries around the planet try to agree on the best way to defeat the Islamic State, the terrorist organization’s social media influence is slowly diminishing, as the Associated Press reports. Read the full post here.
An Upstate New York woman is boycotting a Mexican restaurant after the co-owner allegedly kicked her out for wearing clothing that supports a guy who called all Latinos “rapists,” the New York Post reports. Read the full post here. Featured image via Trump’s web store and Flickr user Jeremy Keith
After watching the first, second, and third seasons of Orange is the New Black, I didn’t think there was anyone, or anything, on the show that I could loathe more than Piper Chapman. Season four proved that I was incredibly wrong. Read the full post here. Featured image via Wikimedia Commons.
After a series of fatal accidents from an unstable IKEA dresser and chest model, the company is finally giving the furniture series the boot. Read full post here. Featured image via Flickr user Anders Carlsson.
A man in Virginia went to serious heights to help his son get rid of a loose tooth by apparently pulling it out using his helicopter. Read full post here.
Before we can relinquish complete control of our ability to drive to computers, some scientists are working to get self-driving cars programmed with a moral compass to ensure it can navigate moral dilemmas like who to save and who to run over in the event of an accident. Read full post here. Featured image via Flickr user… Read More Self-Driving Cars Will Soon Be Programmed to Decide if They Should Kill You
Today marks what would be legendary West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur’s 45th birthday, and to commemorate the rapper’s life, the folks at Morgan Creek Production studios have released a sneak peek from their long-awaited biopic, All Eyez on Me. Read full post here.
Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele may have wrapped up their five-season run of Key & Peele on Comedy Central last September, but they haven’t completely abandoned fans of the sketch show just yet. Read full post here. Featured image via The Peabody Awards.
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