Julia Roberts was named People magazine’s “most beautiful woman in the world” and the Internet simply wasn’t here for it. No shade to Ms. Roberts but it seems that the legendary mag would rather recycle stars like her and Jennifer Aniston before they let a new woman, especially a woman of color, grace the cover. Check […]

From Kerry Washington to Taraji, these women killed the red carpet.

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BET delivered on their promise to rightly honor the Purple One.

BET held back not a single ounce of shade following Billboard Music Awards’ Prince tribute. Playing off what seemed to be mass disappointment, the TV network shared a teaser for their upcoming award show with the message, “Yeah, we saw that. Don’t worry. We got you.” In case you missed it: And it seems they came through on […]

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Jeezy dropped the video for his Church in These Streets track “Sweet Life” and it’s simple, but effective. In the black and white visual, Janelle Monáe harmonizes with the rapper as he reflects on all of the trouble he faced while growing up. Of course, it all culminated in Jeezy becoming a huge rap star, but […]

The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement

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https://instagram.com/p/6VNc3hn_m1/ Jidenna‘s shimmying is finally taking a short break in favor of some protesting. Janelle Monae and the Wondaland label teamed up for “Hell You Talmbout” before dropping The Eephus EP tomorrow. The new song is as clear of an anti-police brutality/anti-racism protest song as the label has ever released. “Hell You Talmbout” traces its roots through hallmarks of black […]

   WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE In the final clip in the ninth episode of #NoFilter, the cast attempts to make sense of Tyrese’s #WCW love for Janelle Monae. While we couldn’t tell if it was thirst or just genuine affection, we were certain about the level of ridiculousness in the other four segments of the […]

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Following the colossal success of Furious 7, it’s perfectly understandable that Tyrese wants to flex his flirting muscles. After celebrating Stevie Wonder’s 65th birthday on Wednesday night (May 13) with Janelle Monáe, Tyrese took to Instagram to profess his love for the Kansas City singer-songwriter. Here’s what he said: #WCW I’m in my grown man feelings […]

WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE “I’m a classic man. You can be mean when you look this clean…” When Jidenna sings those lines to his bubbling hit “Classic Man,” they’re more than just words. For this citizen of the world (he has roots in Nigeria, Boston, and California), a man’s presentation really is everything. “I believe the outer […]