Editor’s Soapbox
The music icon is becoming a social pariah.
Kanye West used to be our front-runner for president in 2020. But now that we know the full extent of Yeezy’s friendship with president-elect Donald Trump, we have to accept that it’s time to start looking for new candidates. But who could give The Donald a run for his money in 2020? Or even better, […]
Cam Newton got in trouble for failing to follow his team’s dress code last week. Cam didn’t wear a tie with his suit and the Carolina Panthers penalized the reigning MVP by sitting him out for the first drive of their next game. But let’s compare Cam’s minor failure to conform to a Euro-centric dress […]
You can’t say, be more like Tomi — oh, wait, her infrastructure — and then not expect us to use our voices to call bullshit.
https://twitter.com/NathanGawd/status/804574441917317125 Damn, Jermaine. Jay Z’s shooter turned out to be J. Cole. And Kanye West was right to be scared. Cole ethered Kanye over the weekend with, “False Prophets,” a poignant reflection on the trappings of fame that blatantly describes West’s recent fall from grace. Cole also sent some painfully obvious subliminal lines at another […]
Victoria’s Secret made a choice to commodify culture under the guise of celebration perhaps hoping that we, the culture, wouldn’t know the difference.
People are mad at Charlamagne The God and Trevor Noah for fraternizing with Tomi Lahren over the weekend. Both men appeared to be strongly opposed to the 25-year-old conservative pundits’ trollish views when they invited her onto their shows last week. Noah even drew wide acclaim from around the Internet after successfully cornering Lahren on […]
The Internet is currently applauding actor Shia Lebauf for “going in” on Lil Yachty, Drake and Hot 97 personality Peter Rosenberg in a new freestyle. For the most part, the “Transformers” star is getting rave reviews online after Charlemagne played his track for the world on The Breakfast Club Friday morning. https://twitter.com/KarenCivil/status/804719211746643968 TMZ and other truth benders […]
Casey Affleck, Ben Affleck‘s younger bro, is currently making an Oscar run for his performance in Manchester By the Sea. Early recognition tells us he’s a frontrunner for this year’s Best Actor prize. But as the rave reviews pour in and he works on his acceptance speech, we have to ask ourselves why his career […]
The LA Times and other critics are predicting a dramatic reversal of the #OscarsSoWhite trend that’s plagued the Academy the past few years. The next trend in mainstream media appears to be American Blackness, with Black TV shows (“Atlanta,” “Insecure,” “Queen Sugar”), comedies (“Ride Along 2,” “Central Intelligence”), and dramas (“Fences,” “Moonlight,”) receiving some […]
NaS and Colin Kaepernick are both catching heat from fans for honoring controversial Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who passed at 90 over the weekend. NaS called the fallen leader King Fidel Castro and tagged him as a revolutionary: “RIP KING FIDEL CASTRO #revolutionary only 5% understand. Im not Cuban, I don’t fully know how he […]
I’m 25. My President-elect is Orange. And the rappers who made the soundtrack to my teenage misdemeanors are proudly washed squares. This definitely isn’t how I imagined things turning out when I was 20. Five years ago, I was trying to flip freelance checks like I was a young Gucci flipping pies. Today, I’m way […]