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Myles Garrett has doubled down on his claims against Steelers QB Mason Rudolph. A day after he was reinstated by the NFL, the Browns defensive end appeared on Outside the Lines to discuss the Nov. 14 on-field brawl that resulted in his suspension. The altercation went down toward the end of the fourth quarter in Cleveland’s 21-7 victory over […]
Don’t ask Daniel Kaluuya about race. The Get Out star recently told the UK’s Radio Times that it is “boring” to be asked the same questions about the topic over and over again, according to The Guardian. That might be difficult considering he’s reportedly set to play the Black Panther Fred Hampton in a forthcoming film, […]
As we all know, battle rap is supposed to be offensive. But can lines be crossed? Boosie Badazz seems to think so. The Louisiana native spoke about the viral footage of a rap battle featuring a white rapper being punched in the mouth by his black opponent for calling him a “n**ga.” “It’s probably just […]
Fresh off the news that his latest $175 million budget film Doolittle is projected to lose $100 million at the box office, Robert Downey Jr. is enveloped in a wave of bad press as his remarks in a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast about donning blackface in Tropic Thunder have started to circulate. In the 2008 Ben Stiller-directed comedy, Downey Jr. plays an Australian-born actor named Kirk […]
J. Cole explained that he decided to focus his attention on addressing social issues in his music after he grew tired of talking about himself following the release of his third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. In a panel for MLK Now, the fifth annual event celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was hosted by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and featured […]
Before Daniel Kaluuya became a household name for his award-winning performance in the 2017 film Get Out, he was like many other people who have pursued a career in acting. But that road to success was initially stalled by his home country’s racism, according to him. “I was going for a lot of stuff [in England],” Kaluuya told the Sunday Times. […]
A California woman has filed a lawsuit against the Marriott hotel chain, claiming she was asked to sign a “no party” pledge because she was black. According to the Oregonian, the case stems from January 2019, when 51-year-old Felicia Gonzales was checking into the Residence Inn by Marriott Portland Downtown/Convention Center. Gonzales said that upon arrival, a front-desk employee […]
A troll has sparked one of Twitter’s first major firestorms of the decade after he said Ari Lennox and Teyana Taylor have “dangerously high sex appeal” but look like dogs. “Ari Lennox and Teyana Taylor’s ability to have dangerously high sex appeal while simultaneously looking like Rottweilers will always amaze me,” the Twitter user wrote on […]
A white nationalist and featured speaker at the fatal Unite the Right rally was arrested earlier this week on multiple charges including kidnapping. 36-year-old Augustus Sol Invictus was arrested Monday at a mall in Florida by Brevard County Sheriff’s deputies acting on a warrant from South Carolina, The Miami Herald reported. He’s being held without bond and […]
On Sunday, the NBA handed down a two-game suspension to Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas for going into the stands of the Wells Fargo Center to confront two fans who were screaming obscenities at him. In an Instagram post that since been deleted, Gilbert Arenas said he wanted players in the league today to “stop this […]
