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A simple question about spring plans generates 174 million views as social media users share anticipation, creating a viral countdown to the seasonal change.
It’s 2025, but somehow, the sight of a white man and a Black woman holding hands in public can still send parts of the ...
The 62-year-old actor and guitarist casually strolled onstage with a guitar in hand, linking up with Cooper for the second half of the song. Together, they tore through the Sabbath classic with all ...
(The Root) — Buzzfeed has been bringing quite a bit of color into its ranks lately, with folks such as Saeed Jones and Shani O. Hilton writing pieces like this one on the power of black Twitter ...
During the promotional tour for his memoir “Growing Up Urkel,” “Family Matters” star Jaleel White has had a lot to say about his time on the 90s comedy. His comments about the show not ...
In the new book, “That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor,” edited by Damon Young, it might get the last laugh.
When Michael Jordan has to find a new job, you know it’s getting real out here! Well, that’s according to Black Twitter. The NBA legend will officially join NBC as a special contributor to the ...
There is nothing like Negro humor. It is loud, profane, juicy, wondrous, scabrous, willful, tricky and sometimes delivered in coded language. It is steeped, as well, in American history, in ...
Pittsburgh-based author Damon Young digs even deeper into humor — his and others’ — as editor of “That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor” ...
Luenell thinks that comedy also has the power to heal the comedian. Comedians like Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx also headlined shows in Las Vegas in the 1960s and 1970s, helping to pave the way for ...