We at Hip-Hop Wired are staunch believers in and even advocates of Black Twitter (see: HHW’s annual Black Twitter 100). The Los Angeles Times has taken things a step further by actually hiring a writer to cover the Black Twitter beat.
It’s 4th of July weekend, which means cookouts. For Black folk and other people of color, this also includes the politics of who made the potato salad and whether or not you deserve to have a plate fixed for you, amongst other nuanced behaviors.
Well, you can’t say Raven-Symone isn’t self-aware. The new The View host and impeccable troll admits that Black Twitter isn’t too fond of her divisive opinions and that Oprah called it.
Maybe Keri Hilson was genuinely feeling sorry for Rachel Dolezal when she put her neck on the line and saw the bizarre situation as a “glass half-full.” Or maybe she just felt like it had been a while since her name had been trending. Whatever the case, the R&B singer decided to put the target […]
Yesterday, Black Twitter went bonkers upon learning that Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave’s new album, Major Without A Deal, sold a meager 30 physical copies its first week. However, the sales numbers were skewed and Troy Ave himself took to Twitter to maintain that he’s still getting paid.
All eyes are on McKinney, Texas resident Sean Toon, a white man who called the police on a gathering of school children at a community pool for a school year-ending party. Toon, who defended his actions, and those of suspended roughhousing officer Eric Casebolt, has been getting roasted on Twitter by way of the clever #SeanToon911 […]
Baron Davis dared to appear on ESPN First Take rocking what looked like a juicy jheri curl. Being that it is 2015, such audacity was swiftly followed by all type of slander on these Internets.
“We will not vanish in the baited breath of our brothers. show me show me a man willing to fight beside me, my hand in his, the color of courage,” recites poet Aja Monet in a chilling piece giving voice to an overlooked issue.
The New York Knicks can’t win for losing. After a historically awful season, the Knicks went into the NBA lottery hoping for the no. 1 pick but instead had to settle for no. 4.
Summertime cookouts can reveal a lot about Black people but there is an even deeper culture beyond the proper way to make potato salad or hot the grill should be.
Today, How-Old.net became all of the rage on the Internets, because age is much more than a number.
