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After Gatorade refused to cut the check, Safaree took matters into his own hands via Instagram.

Black Panther has received nothing but positive reviews about everything from the cinematography to the all star cast — and it hasn’t even hit theaters yet. The film’s success is a direct reflection of how the Black community has been waiting for a box office hit that reflects us as powerful, royal  and complete, as […]

There’s no such thing as thinking too small when it comes to making changes in the community. A community organizer from Minnesota name Wintana Melekin apparently felt the same way after creating a petition calling for a Christopher Columbus statue to be booted in favor of a Prince monument. Melekin’s petition to to Gov. Mark […]

Steve Harvey has quickly become the pariah of the entertainment industry. Even his own generation is turning against him.

Kim Burrell isn't really America's favorite person right now, but there are some people in the world who support her.

In order to make things right again, fans of the Man of the Moon rapper have a major proposition for Drizzy.

Does “the perfect body” exist? As we previously reported, Victoria’s Secret recently kicked off a new campaign that has people up in arms, as it paints the slogan “The Perfect Body'” over 10 slim women, each wearing nothing but a bra and panty. Three British students who petitioned against the blatant body-shaming called for the […]

Victoria’s Secret is not exactly a retailer that’s championed for their diversity. Although they do often feature women of color in their ads and as wing-wearing models marching down the runway at their annual holiday show, the body types are always the same: very long and very lean. Now though, three UK students say the bra-and-panty […]

Seth Rogen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Roseanne Barr are just a few celebrities who signed the Creative Community for Peace, a pro-Israel statement against Hamas. The statement reads: “We join together in support of the democratic values we all cherish and in the hope that the healing and transformative power of the arts can be used to build bridges […]

The World Wide Web showed its ignorance again this week, when a petition for Nintendo to change Link, a main character in the upcoming Legend of Zelda game, to a young black female backfired. The petition, created by Anton Watabe from Detroit, Michigan on Change.org, has ruffled some feathers, but it hasn’t stopped Watabe from standing behind his belief […]

Oh, Soulja Boy! Earlier on in the week, pharmaceutical company Actavis made headlines after announcing its decision to try and get the popular drink, known as “lean,” off the street by cutting off their cough syrup supply. While even Lil Boosie agrees the dangerously addictive thirst-quencher has plagued the hip-hop community and many more, Soulja […]

“You see it’s broke nigga racism, that’s that ‘Don’t touch anything in the store’ and it’s rich nigga racism that’s that ‘Come in, please buy more’ ‘What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain? All you blacks want all the same things’ Used to only be niggas, now everybody playing. Spending everything on […]