Comedian/rapper Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino hit Twitter today to spill some thoughts on being accused of ripping off Kendrick Lamar and "not liking black people," people's comments on his upbringing, and to defend his tasteless Travyon Martin line in "Eat Your Vegatables." “Dear t ...
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"I know I sound ridiculous saying this, but Smith is totally hot. Rape is supposed to be traumatizing, but I don't see how screwing someone who looks like a hot US Marine, wait, IS a hot US marine can be so bad." Celebrity blogger Wendy Cheng, better known as Xiaxue, is described as the Pari ...
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Korean fashion designer, Lie Sang Bond brought some controversy to Paris Fashion Week when he painted the faces of White models with black paint during a presentation of his Fall 2012 Collection. Due to the sensitivity of the matter, a few people are very offended while some question why the ...
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This is Part 1 of a series of ranting concerning some of the most ridiculous things I've heard since the launch of Kong 2012. As millions of "little people" now feel the power of promoting what they think is a good cause, reasonably, others are skeptical of the random surge in popularity o ...
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It took a matter of seconds for me to spot that something is horribly off with the March 2012 cover of Essence Magazine featuring actress Kerry Washington. After some squinting and head-tilting, I shared the image on Facebook — just to make sure I wasn't losing it — and friends con ...
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And by "too sexy" we mean Amazon has the audacity to use an attractive woman wearing a moderate-length dress to advertise the Kindle Fire in a new commercial, Placing the Things You Love at Your Fingertips. According to BusinessInsider's Jim Edwards, the beauty of Spanish model Karme Boi ...
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Book author Claude Bouchard recently ran into some pissed tweeters who made him second guess his "too social" approach to Twitter. The backlash was prompted by Claude sending a bunch of greetings to several people, about 23 tweets within just a few minutes that read "May your Sunday ROCK!" ...
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Viewers have spoken and not exactly in favor of Nicki Minaj's new video for "Stupid Hoe," directed by Hype Williams. The song's title was enough to make me choose to ignore the video premiere by Young Money's sole female rapper on Friday afternoon and I partially wish I would have continu ...
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As soon as 25-year-old singer/songwriter Lana Del Ray's "Video Games" spread like herpes across the internet as "real music," I was determined to pace my judgement. Although I was bored to death and memorably unimpressed by her, I've been guilty of ignoring the hype surrounding an artist ...
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What, when, why? While it is appreciated that people take time to share their thoughtful insights and provide deeper meanings, some take it a little too far... Example: GlobalGrind's Cacy F. reaches for the heavens with an article entitled 'Race, Identity & The Black Experience In The Drak ...
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It only took 4 days into 2012 for me to find something to rant about... Don't you just love when you see an interesting headline online and you click with certain expectations... then the song you were happily listening to is painfully remixed by someone talking or a random music video? If ...
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At first, I could not decide which bothered me more — the fashion collaboration or the FilmDrunk/UpRoxx article title "Dress Like A Rape Victim: H&M Releases Lisbeth Salander Collection." But after reading, both the article and its title have won my disgust. H&M has collaborate ...
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In response to some concerned readers, we admit that we haven't covered much from Ethiopian-Canadian singer The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) whose echoing crooning has been dominating everyone's playlists lately. Being taken under Drake's wing this year has skyrocketed people's fascination with ...
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Some websites, even well-established, will do anything to get pageviews including the use of sensationalized, misleading and offensive headlines. This is exactly the case with an article published on BlackAmericaWeb.com entitled "Black Girls Rock, and They Kill Too" written by TV journa ...
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Where to begin? Well, let's start with how exciting it is that despite knowing we'll never hear another new Aventura album, the critically-acclaimed Bachata band's lead vocalist (and heartthrob) Romeo 'Anthony' Santos has released his new solo effort Formula Vol. 1 (Amazon / iTunes). ...
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If you live in a U.S. metro city that uses underground transportation, you're familiar with appreciating something as simple as a train car with some air conditioning. Particularly in New York City, it's a relief to walk into a station without your face being engulfed in hot piss. The heat is ...
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Just a few months ago, Rihanna was attacked by the Parents Television Council for having the audacity to bring attention to rape. Ironically, she's now the target of the Rape Crisis Center whose spokeswoman Ellen Kelly feels the singer's new video for "We Found Love" promotes objectivity ...
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If you are a Facebook Page owner, you may be noticing these new alerts about security requirements for apps. Starting November 7th, if an app on your page does not support secure browsing (https), visitors to the Page won't be able to use the app. The requirement was initially announced to devel ...
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Canadian actor and hip-hop star Drake has announced that the release date for Take Care has been be moved to November 15th — pre-order on Amazon. He states that while 19 songs are complete for the album, there have been some roadblocks in clearing 3 samples, forcing the album delay. Also ...
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Recently in an interview with E! News, beloved Old Spice commercial guy Isaiah Mustafa made comments about wanting a woman with "good hair," a topic that's been long-debated within communities of color. The statement landed him in controversy that he probably wishes would just blow over ...
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