Best intentions don’t always go as planned. British-Nigerian rapper and filmmaker Rapman knows this firsthand. With Blue Story, his feature film debut about two best friends-turned-rivals, his ultimate goal was anti-gang and anti-violence. But when it was released throughout the…
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Trevor Noah Pays Salaries for Furloughed Staff of ‘The Daily Show,’ Gives Free Laptops to Teachers During COVID-19 Work and School Shutdowns
Trevor Noah is making sure that some of his staff on “The Daily Show” are still receiving paychecks as their work continues to be halted because of COVID-19. Noah isn’t using some big fund that was set up by Comedy…
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In Conversation: France’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Leader Assa Traoré is Still Fighting for Her Brother, Adama
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has been used as an excuse by the French state to take a more authoritarian approach to controlling poorer areas. Across all of France right now, the population is not allowed…
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Lavar Ball claims all three sons will be Lakers: ‘They coming back’ (video)
LaVar Ball. (Photo: [email protected]) Even though he doesn’t have the ear of major sports networks anymore, Lavar Ball has a way of making headlines with outlandish claims and he is at it again. The entire sports world knows Ball is…
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Not Again: DaBaby Has An Active Arrest Warrant After Allegedly Attacking His Driver In Las Vegas Back In November
Source: Noel Vasquez / Getty DaBaby seems to have a serious affinity for physical brawls, but he could be turning over a new leaf, because the latest one to emerge actually happened last year. According to reports from TMZ, a…
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Michelle Obama Blames ‘Our Folks’ For Not Showing Up for Democrats In 2016 Election: ‘It Was Almost Like a Slap In The Face’
Former First Lady Michelle Obama strongly implied she was upset with Black voters after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016. The revelation comes about two-thirds into “Becoming,” a Netflix documentary about Obama’s tour to promote her memoir, according to a…
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Forever POTUS & FLOTUS, Lady Gaga & More Delivering Digital Commencement Speeches Via YouTube
Source: Scott Olson / Getty If you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in the news then you know that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting America’s education system hard. Numerous colleges have postponed or canceled 2020 commencement exercises altogether…
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Malia and Sasha Obama’s 1st interview in mother’s Netflix documentary (video)
Malia Obama, left, and Barack, Michelle and Sasha Obama (Photo: [email protected]) The multitude of Barack and Michelle Obama fans will get a treat when daughters Malia and Sasha Obama give their first interviews during Michelle Obama’s Netflix documentary. The super-streaming…
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Vanessa Bryant reads unopened letter from Kobe Bryant on her birthday
Vanessa and Kobe Bryant (Photo credit: Bang Media) Vanessa Bryant finally opened up the final letter from her late, legendary husband Kobe Bryant to read its contents on her birthday on May 5. “Yesterday I found an envelope labeled To:…
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