BBC’s hit sci-fi show Doctor Who is known for having more than a few tricks up its sleeve, but this past Sunday night, the TV series had a history-making surprise for its viewers: its first black Doctor.

Nicki Minaj’s brother’s legal case has reached a conclusion.

Best advice I’ve heard, as of late? “You should’ve just sat there and flexed your pecs” (h/t Thickey Smiley, via Twitter). Hopefully, Terry Crews heard it too, because the perpetual pec-flexer might’ve been better off sticking to his guns regularly programmed shtick than continuing to weigh in on the self-created…

You know how folks will typically amp themselves up for a night out at the club by exclaiming, “This about to be a movie” and it is never an actual cinematic experience? Well, that is certainly not the case for one of the best Black Twitter threads in the history of the social media platform. That shit was most…

A tragic pall was cast over the 62nd annual Grammy Awards Sunday night as news broke earlier in the day of Kobe Bryant’s untimely death. The fact that the awards were held in the Staples Center, the arena Kobe called home for the majority of his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, only added to the mournful…

Just two days before being scheduled to perform at the much-anticipated Grammys tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle, YG was arrested on robbery charges.

Three-time Grammy Award winner Chance the Rapper has been tapped to host a reboot of Punk’d — the hidden-camera, celebrity-driven prank show that was wildly popular in the early aughts.

Remember late 2017, when, as the #MeToo movement exploded, Terry Crews made sexual assault allegations against agent Adam Venit, subsequently filing suit and testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2018? As Crews weathered derision from several other high-profile black men, Gabrielle Union was one of many…

“Music’s Biggest Night” has some major mess to clean up backstage.

It’s a brand new decade, but we have a familiar festival season!

The biggest night in music is coming up and, of course, a special tribute to Nipsey Hussle is scheduled to take place.

Movies that are “so bad, they’re good” are one of life’s unsung treasures. And like anything, adding blackness to that principle is like adding proper seasoning. Thus, I introduce you to our new series reviewing/recapping bad black movies, Negro Noir. As our queen-in-chief Danielle Belton pointed out, it’s so black,…

One thing that I learned in this business is to never write people off.

To the chagrin of the many detractors who continue to write her off, Mo’Nique has rebounded in a big way.

The low, rolling rumble you hear on the horizon? Those are the grunts of legions of men, women, and horny teens doing deep stretches so they can shoot their shot.

Hey, fam! Remember that time we all rejoiced because Aaliyah’s full discography was coming to streaming services? Sike!

A network and a show creator walk into “Abar”... and decide to end their popular and acclaimed show on a high note.

It’s time for another hall of fame induction class! This time, we’re highlighting the iconic folks with the best lyrics of all time, the Songwriters Hall of Fame!

Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do, what ya gonna do when old age comes for you?

Kanye has some explaining to do.