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https://instagram.com/p/3nQvVGOhgW/ Quentin Miller is having a week. Meek Mill said the OVO rapper ghostwrites Drake’s rhymes, but Miller clarified on his Tumblr page today (July 24) that it isn’t the case. Miller has co-written several tracks on Drake’s latest mixtape, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Even though Meek accused him of writing Drake’s verse on “R.I.C.O” on the […]

Our favorite childhood staples have been crushing our spirits for awhile, and quite frankly, we’re sick of it. Bill Cosby ruined The Cosby Show for us with each bit of news that surfaces about his alleged rape incidents. Most recently, WWE wrestling great Hulk Hogan was caught making racist remarks in leaked footage, and used the N-word […]

Michael Jackson really wanted to be in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and the film’s director, George Lucas really considered him for the role. Ahmed Best (who played Jar Jar Binks) revealed the fun fact in an interview with Vice. It seems Jackson thought the role was his, until Lucas took his family and Best to one […]

Prince just released a video this week for his song, “Baltimore” honoring Freddie Gray, and he wants to keep the momentum going. His Royal Badness just announced that he’ll drop another album with his band, 3rdEyeGirl later this year. In an interview with BBC 6, the Purple One said it would be called The Hit & Run Album. This […]

We’ve literally looked at every single Wednesday on our calendar from when Empire wrapped their premiere season with such sadness. But with each bit of news that comes out about the show’s return, we get so excited! Fox just released the season two teaser for Empire, and it looks like we’re in for a bit of a ride. […]

Prince has been pretty active in our fight for civil rights and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and he continues to participate in his own way. The legendary artist just dropped a video for “Baltimore,” the song he wrote after Freddie Gray was killed while in police custody back in April. The song features Chicago singer Eryn Allen […]

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have finally decided to sign the divorce papers, according to People. The couple has been married for six years but separated since 2013 when Kardashian filed for divorce from the NBA champ. After months and months of back and forth with Odom, which has been documented extensively on E!’s Keeping Up with the […]

A$AP Rocky might have strong opinions about the state of the Black community today, but one thing he knows for sure is that he thinks a Black man should play the next James Bond. And he believes that the role should go directly to him. There was speculation for a while that Idris Elba would […]

Ava DuVernay confirmed earlier this month that she would not be directing Marvel’s Black Panther film adaptation, despite reports. She detailed why she wouldn’t be even further at the BlogHer conference in New York City this past Saturday (July 18). The Selma director, who originally accepted the offer to direct, said that she and the other execs just didn’t share […]

Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who masqueraded as a Black woman for years and was exposed last month, recently stated in an interview with Vanity Fair that she still believes she is a Black woman. Dolezal was fired from her job as Spokane’s NAACP president soon after the scandal broke, and was dropped by a […]