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On Thursday night, plus-size model Naomie Chaput went to Instagram claiming she was denied entry into a Miami nightclub because Future wouldn’t allow “fatties.” “So, just got news that this is true, that Future said no fatties in the club—and he has all the rights to do so,” Chaput told her followers without naming the […]
Empire star Jussie Smollett is in the custody of Chicago police. Smollett turned himself in early Thursday and is now under arrest on a Class 4 felony charge for falsifying a police report, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Jussie [Smollett] is under arrest and in custody of detectives,” CPD spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi announced Thursday morning, adding that a […]
Fashion insiders keep screwing up. Vogue Brazil‘s style director was forced to resign this week after photos from her 50th birthday party were criticized for being racist and romanticizing colonialism. Earlier this month, pictures of Donata Meirelles’ dinner party began circulating on the internet. The images showed the director and her guests sitting on an ornate chair […]
Gucci‘s recent blackface scandal has prompted the label to rectify its apparent lack of diversity. On Friday, Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri announced four long-term initiatives that aim to improve cultural awareness within the fashion house. These actions are: Hiring global and regional directors for diversity and inclusion; setting up a multicultural design scholarship program; launching a diversity and inclusivity awareness program; and […]
Floyd Mayweather can’t wrap his mind around the newly launched Gucci boycott. The retired boxing champ has received criticism for continuing to support the label in wake of its recent blackface scandal. On Thursday, T.I. released a blistering diss track aimed at Mayweather and his pro-Gucci stance: “Damn, it must suck to be a f**k n**a/Ol’ greedy ass n**a only thinking […]
Lil Pump has joined the growing list of celebrities who are boycotting Gucci. The 18-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Wednesday to condemn the Italian label over its blackface scandal. Gucci has received major backlash in recent days for a knitwear design that evoked racist imagery. The black balaclava sweater featured a large mouth cut-out that […]
Shortly after the Grammys wrapped up last night, 21 Savage’s co-manager, Kei Henderson, revealed that she worked hard to make sure a gesture in support of freeing the rapper from ICE detention would happen during Post Malone’s performance of “Rockstar.” Unfortuanately, she revealed that the details couldn’t be worked out in the end. “Lord knows […]
Earlier this week, Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to wearing blackface almost 40 years ago while he was undergrad. “In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow, and perform a song,” he wrote in […]
Black History Month collections from major sneaker brands like Nike and Adidas have become rather commonplace over the past few years. Along with annual drops celebrating occasions like Christmas or the NBA All-Star Game, brands can also be expected to release a series of sneakers to celebrate black culture every February. One such model slated to […]
On the same day that the Michael Jackson family released a statement calling the HBO/Channel 4 documentary Leaving Neverland a “public lynching” of the late pop icon, Frank Ocean shared a photo of himself on his recently revealed Instagram in which he’s wearing an MJ shirt. The shirt features art circa the singer’s 1991 album Dangerous. In the […]
