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The Life

  Car shopping can be scary when you’re starting a new phase in your life, and while you might be trading in your old car for something a little more mature and reliable, that doesn’t mean you have to shop like a senior citizen. On the bright side, you’re probably also finally in a position […]

The Life

We’ve all got dreams, but not many of us have dream jobs. Usually it’s because there’s something holding us back, but too often it’s because we’re holding ourselves back. On the bright side, inspiration can come in unexpected packages, and there’s nothing that’ll see you free like a new car. Check out our list of […]

The Screen

  Twenty-five years into his career, Rickey Smiley seems like he’s just getting started. This week Smiley kicks off his second TV series, a follow-up to first rodeo in 2012 and 2013 with The Rickey Smiley Show. This time though the famously syndicated radio personality and comedian is binning the script and offering fans a close-up view of […]

The Life

When we’re young, most of us don’t care or even think about saving money as much as we do finding fun new ways of spending it. Whether it’s barhopping on the weekend or constantly ordering takeout, we all have our financial vices. And while cutting down on your spending can seem like a daunting prospect, […]

The Sound

Thanks to a handful of high-stakes tours and corporate moves, it’s been a big few years for the hip-hop and R&B cash cows. Dr. Dre almost cleared a billion upon Apple acquiring his Beats Music brand and Diddy is storming off with Revolt and a new alkaline water company. And while Jay Z‘s TIDAL acquisition seems like a flop, the guy has […]

If you’re paying hundreds of dollars to attend a two-day festival, you’re probably in it for the big guns. This year’s Made In America festival was full of them—Beyonce, The Weeknd, Big Sean, J. Cole, Future—and thousands of attendees were basically waiting around for their sets (or arriving just in time for the big show). But the appeal of dozens of […]

Now in its fourth year, Budweiser’s just-passed Philadelphia Made in America festival felt bigger than ever. The city has been abuzz—freaking out even—over preparations surrounding the Pope’s planned visit later this month, but Jay Z’s annual blowout has officially hit its stride. Some 70,000 people descended on Philly’s Ben Franklin Parkway on both days of […]

The Screen

At the top of this year, Empire came out of nowhere. News surrounding the rollout of the Lee Daniels-led series piqued plenty of interest, but it was the consecutive ratings records that confirmed the obvious: the show is a hit. Now, we’re less than a month away from the premiere of the second season, and if you […]

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HBO’s new football comedy Ballers follows in the footsteps of the network’s other series like Entourage and even How to Make It In America, and it strikes the same notes in the best ways possible. The biggest reason for the similarity is an all-star team behind the camera including Stephen Levinson and Rob Weiss, guys behind the very same shows. But Ballers is also all its own […]

The Sound

For reasons not confined to the music, Dirty Sprite 2 seems like the biggest moment of Future’s career. Honest, his last album, settled into a groove he seemed to be struggling to carve out, and he quite literally found his heavily-modified voice in its depths. A few months after the album was released, Future and […]

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Now that the 2015 Emmy nominations have been announced, we’ve got a bone to pick. It happens every year, and there’s no stopping it, but we can’t help but get a little flustered over some of the obvious snubs in this year’s list. Sure, Taraji P. Henson got a serious nod in the Lead Actress in a […]

The Screen

  The 67th Emmy Awards are just a couple months away and now we have a full list of this year’s nominees. The nominations were announced earlier today by Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba and Cat Deeley of So You Think You Can Dance. Not so surprisingly, the wildly popular HBO series Game of Thrones garnered the most nominations of any […]