Sep 28
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Whew chile. So I’ve been watching Power Book II: Ghost. I have to be honest, I am mostly hate-watching it because it…
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Panama Jackson is the Senior Editor of Very Smart Brothas. He's pretty fly for a light guy. You can find him at your mama's mama's house drinking all her brown liquors.
Sep 25
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Even if you are not a fan of Beyoncé—I don’t understand how this is a real thing, but do yo’ thang—you have to admit…
Sep 25
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Today, The Root launches its new weekly podcast, “It’s Lit,” that centers Black literature and will feature some of…
Sep 24
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I love Above The Rim. Its soundtrack is always in the convo for the best Black movie soundtrack of all time, and…
Sep 22
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One of my favorite stores in Washington, D.C., is Nubian Hueman, located in the Anacostia Arts Center, a multi-use…
Sep 18
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Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Sometimes you have to remind people that if they had just…
Sep 17
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1. Rick Fox considers Kanye West to be his friend.
Sep 15
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I grew up as a ‘90s hip-hop head, which means that I have an ironically romantic view of New York City. Though my…
Sep 11
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This Sunday, the good folks at Verzuz are bringing a “battle” most of us didn’t even know we needed: Gladys Knight…
Sep 10
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My wife made a comment to me the other day that implied that maybe she thinks I’m addicted, or perhaps overly…
Sep 9
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Hey, you. Are you in the market for noise-cancelling earbuds? If you are, have I got a product review for you.
Sep 8
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Over the weekend, TMZ waded into messy-boots territory—who am I kidding? They own beachfront property there—and…
Sep 4
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Monday evening, we were treated to the Verzuz folks have been talking about since the idea came to be: Monica versus…
Sep 4
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Dear Taco Bell, you a rude motherfucker, yo.
Sep 2
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All I could say after “it” concluded—and after I picked my face and bowels up off the floor of the car—was, “it is…
Sep 1
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If you are Black in America, there’s a better than 50 percent chance (this is non-scientific, by the way) that you…
Aug 28
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It’s been a week in America. After another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police—7 times in the back, no…
Aug 28
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I live in Washington, D.C., and much like most of the parents in the area—the whole country, really—my wife and I…
Aug 26
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The Five Heartbeats, the 1991 movie written and directed by—and also starring—Robert Townsend (Keenan Ivory Wayans…
Aug 20
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In October 1999, singer/songwriter/producer Donnell Jones released his second album, platinum-selling Where I Wanna…