About Zack Linly

Zack Linly is a writer, journalist, poet and artist. Formerly a freelance writer for The Root, The Washington Post, HuffPost and other publications, he joined the iOne team in 2021 as a staff writer for NewsOne, Bossip, Hip Hop Wired, Cassius Life and MadameNoire, where he covers topics including politics, social justice and Black culture.

Celebrity

Ye, aka Kanye West, has managed to get himself banned from Australia, all because the Donda rapper just can’t seem to stop obsessing over his weird pro-Adof Hitler Nazi fetish. According to Newsweek, Ye’s visa has been canceled and he has been barred from entering Australia following the release of a song widely considered to […]

Crime

Atlanta rapper Silentó has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the aggravated manslaughter of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III, and other charges related to the 2021 shooting. DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced in a news release on Wednesday that Silentó, born Ricky Lamar Hawk, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges […]

News

Apparently, one of the wealthiest men on the planet is promising to donate the overwhelming majority of his massive fortune over the next two decades, and most of the funds will go to Africa. According to BBC, last month, Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced during an address at the African Union (AU) headquarters that most […]

Crime

For some weird, exhausting, yet completely unsurprising reason, Brandy’s brother continues to insist on dying on Diddy Hill. This time, Ray J took his foolhardy “free Diddy” campaign to  Piers Morgan Uncensored, where, on Tuesday,” the “One Wish” singer proceeded to word salad his way through a declaration that Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently […]

Politics

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, one of the few Democratic leaders who is consistently willing to call out the absurdity of President Donald Trump without pulling punches and mincing words, is asking when someone is going to get the president the mental help he truly needs after he delivered a comically ridiculous commencement speech at the U.S. […]

Politics

On the last day of March, Sen. Cory Booker made history by delivering the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate, beating out Sen. Strom Thurmond’s filibuster intended to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It was a great moment for Booker, who received widespread praise for using his […]

Politics

More than 100 attorneys with the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division have resigned en masse, essentially, because they’d rather get new jobs than continue to serve a White House administration that is dedicated to perverting what civil rights protections are all about. From Newsweek: “No one has been fired by me … but what we […]

Actors

In today’s episode of Water Is Wet, The Sky Is Blue, And White People Are Exhaustingly Fragile, a Black man has been cast to portray Hogwarts Professor Severus Snape in HBO‘s forthcoming Harry Potter series, and the Caucasian nerd-o-sphere is predictably salty about it. Recently, it was announced that I May Destroy You actor Paapa Essiedu was […]

Recording Artists

New York rapper Ja Rule had some words for his longtime industry rival, 50 Cent, for the way the G-Unit founder mocked the death of Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti, who passed away in February. Ja had reflected on his career and relationship with Gotti during a Hip Hop Wired exclusive discussion between the “Always […]

Public Figures

In today’s episode of We Really Shouldn’t Even Bother With A 2025 Bingo Card, legendary sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith (Yes, that Stephen A. Smith) appears to be considering a run for president in 2028. After appearing at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, during which the ESPN commentator spoke pretty extensively […]

Celebrity

In today’s episode of Nah, Seriously, It Might Be Time To Give Up On Yeezus, Kim Kardashian reportedly cut short a meeting between her daughter North West and North’s father, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, because she learned that two accused sex traffickers would be attending that meeting.

On Monday (March 17), President Donald Trump paid his first visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since he ousted leadership and essentially appointed himself chairman of the D.C. arts institution. (Technically, there was a vote, but it was like if Scar from The Lion King was elected to chair of […]