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For 2025, a word to me and you, your momma and your cousin, too

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4 fun New Year’s traditions made for the social media age

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I loved every single thing about Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’-inspired Christmas Day NFL halftime show

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Is Donald Trump building a cabinet or a gang?

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5 Christmas movies from Black America and the diaspora to watch on Christmas Day

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TheGrio’s Top 10 albums of 2024

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If not for Drake, we may have never heard Kanye West and André 3000’s ‘Life of the Party’ record

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According to Spotify, Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ racked up nearly a billion streams the old fashioned way — by being a bop

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Chloe Bailey’s rumored romance with Burna Boy may be ‘for the plot’ — regardless, let her live

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As a father, my goal is to make sure none of my kids ever have to speak of me the way Trinity Rodman speaks of Dennis Rodman

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Travis Hunter and his fiancée, Leanna Lenee, should take notes from Katt Williams — haters are gonna hate; you have to live your life

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‘Hood’ Christmas caroling and the fine line between playfully obnoxious and intentionally offensive

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Whiteness is a lethal weapon

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We’re never getting another Outkast album, and that’s OK

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Remy Ma and Papoose’s fallout shows why keeping your relationship off social media is a smart move

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I kind of wonder if Jaleel White ever watched any Black shows on television

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Why sympathy has been really hard to come by in the death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO

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LL Cool J said he’s the most important rapper that ever existed. Sure, I’ll buy that 

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Am I part of Beyoncé’s Beyhive? According to my Spotify 2024 Wrapped, it appears so

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7 people who deserve pardons more than Donald Trump

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