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DaBaby’s marathon of non-apologies continues. On Wednesday afternoon, the 29-year-old rapper released the official music video for his latest track, “Giving What It’s Supposed to Give.” The visual concludes with a brief message addressing the controversy around his homophobic rant over the weekend at Rolling Loud Miami, where he propagated misinformation about HIV and AIDS. “If you […]

DaBaby’s marathon of non-apologies continues. On Wednesday afternoon, the 29-year-old rapper released the official music video for his latest track, “Giving What It’s Supposed to Give.” The visual concludes with a brief message addressing the controversy around his homophobic rant over the weekend at Rolling Loud Miami, where he propagated misinformation about HIV and AIDS. “If you […]

The fallout continues in the wake of DaBaby’s recent homophobic comments, which have already been publicly condemned by previous collaborators Dua Lipa and Lil Nas X. Demi Lovato and Elton John are the latest artists to speak out, with the latter taking the opportunity to direct the public toward actual facts via his nonprofit. As previously […]

Fresh off the release of her new single “Don’t Go Yet,” Camila Cabello stopped by Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show on Friday to grace the NBC stage with the debut performance of the track.  Shortly after her performance, Cabello began trending on social media as some viewers accused one of her backup dancers of wearing blackface. The 24-year-old singer took to […]

Former Nickelodeon and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide star Lindsey Shaw stepped away from social media after she experienced backlash from a TikTok that saw her mocking Black creators. Shaw took to Instagram teary-eyed after receiving major hate in her inbox for the above TikTok of her  mimicking a popular new TikTok trend. “I just have to say right now […]

A 20-year-old TikTok star is facing backlash this week over his lewd comments about Millie Bobby Brown—the Stranger Things star he allegedly began dating when she was 16. The controversy seemingly began Monday, when Hunter Echo—legal name Hunter Ecimovic—took to Instagram Live to address his rumored relationship with 17-year-old Brown. Hunter claimed he was romantically involved with the […]

The controversial statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia was removed Saturday, roughly four years after the 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally that ended in the death of a counter-protester and brought national attention to the statue.  The removal of the statue took about a day, as a crew prepared its […]

A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]

Saweetie has addressed the continued controversy surrounding Dr. Luke, with whom she’s collaborated on multiple songs, in a new interview. Deep into a new profile of the Pretty Bitch Music artist by Hunter Harris, the topic of the songwriter/producer—who’s been accused of sexual assault and battery by Kesha—was broached. Notably, the Vulture-housed discussion was conducted in multiple parts, […]

Gordon Ramsay is catching heat from his Puerto Rican fans and fellow culinary experts. The controversy began last week, when the celebrity chef posted an episode of his YouTube series “Scrambled: On the Road.” The video in question featured Ramsay putting his own spin on “pegao,” which he referred to as a “beautiful” Puerto Rican rice dish. “How […]