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Jack Harlow has offered another critique of whiteness in hip-hop. The Kentucky-born rapper revisited the topic in “Common Ground,” the opening track of his newly released third studio album, Jackman. Harlow addresses the ways in which some white rap fans have become cultural tourists who embrace and appropriate the hip-hop lifestyle while cloaked in privilege. “The suburbs […]
Marlon Wayans aired out his frustrations with so-called cancel culture after being asked in an interview with BuzzFeed if comedies like 2004’s White Chicks can “thrive” in 2022. “I think they’re needed. I don’t know what planet we’re on, where you think people don’t need laughter, and that people need to be censored and canceled,” Wayans said. “If a joke is gonna get me […]
Selah Marley is making no apologies. The 23-year-old is facing backlash over her involvement in Kanye West’s YZY SZN 9 presentation in Paris. Marley, who is a daughter of Lauryn Hill and granddaughter of Bob Marley, walked in the show while wearing Ye’s controversial “White Lives Matter” tee—a design being loudly blasted by activists, entertainers, fashion figures, fans, and more. Critics have […]
A video of a young white boy cracking a whip against a Black family’s front door has been making the rounds on social media. The incident happened in Forney, Texas, with the Ring alarm footage showing the child repeatedly cracking a whip until Carissa Nash pried open the door and told the kid to get lost. […]
From Eminem to Mac Miller to Post Malone, every white rapper has been forced to acknowledge the benefits of white privilege. The latest, of course, is Jack Harlow, who’s fresh off scoring his second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with his latest single, “First Class.” In the wake of Jack Harlow’s chart dominance, David […]
A group of men claiming to be neo-Nazis have been apprehended after they attacked a Jewish man in Florida on Jan. 29. ABC News reports that the incident happened outside a shopping plaza last weekend when they received a report of around 20 people demonstrating while dressed in Nazi insignia. Police arrested 45-year-old Burt Colucci, […]
Peter Dinklage has some specific views on why fans didn’t like how Game of Thrones ended. “They wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together,” he told The New York Times in a recent interview. Dinklage then cited GoT’s fantastical elements as a reason to not really get caught up in the show. “By […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A jury in North Carolina awarded $10 million to a white man who claimed he was fired by his former […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Jack Harlow’s star continues to rise. Just last week, his collaboration with Lil Nas X, “Industry Baby” peaked at […]
The woman known as “Central Park Karen” is back to playing the victim. In Tuesday’s episode of Bari Weiss’ Honestly podcast, Amy Cooper relived her infamous encounter with Christian Cooper—a Black bird-watcher whom she accused of threatening her and her dog while they were out for a walk in Central Park. “I don’t know that as a […]
