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Someone in the offices of Groupon should already have their pink slip after an advertisement on the site featured a racist slur. An ad for “n*gger-brown” boots was featured on the deals site, prompting users on Twitter to call for a boycott.

Howard University is front and center in a scandal where officials and students at the school allegedly stole around $1 million in financial aid from the vaunted HBCU. Tyrone Hankerson Jr. found his name trending on Twitter Wednesday (Mar. 28) after he was named in a Medium blog post alleging his connection to the crime.

Well it’s about damn time. This week, Nike has unveiled its plans to launch an in-store boutique for women. “Unlaced” is strictly digital right now, but this summer it debuts in Nike stores worldwide.

A new documentary examines allegations that R. Kelly has been operating a so-called sex cult with a bevy of young girls groomed to do the R&B singer’s bidding. Director and former fan Ben Zand spoke extensively with Kelly’s ex-girlfriend Kitti Jones, who claimed that Kelly was grooming girls as young as 14 to become his […]

As the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is nearly upon us, HBO will air a new documentary that examines the final three years of the famed civil rights leader’s life. King In The Wilderness, directed by Peter Kunhardt, will debut on April 2, two days before the date King […]

When it comes to traveling we value convenience as well as safety and security. No one likes to wait on long TSA lines, crowded waiting areas or “invasive scanning” so Monday, Delta announced they will be rolling out biometric scanners at their lounges across the country.

As one of the hottest shoe brands today Vans announced an upcoming collaboration for the culture. The brand, along with Sony Music’s merchandising company Thread Shop, will be releasing an A Tribe Called Quest themed capsule collection.

Ever since Tiffany Haddish spilled the tea that an actress had the audacity to bite Beyoncé in the face at a party, investigators (read: Twitter) have been trying to find out who it was. It’s looking more and more like it was Sanaa Lathan, allegedly.

Lupe Fiasco caused an uproar at the top of the year when he said that Kendrick Lamar wasn’t a “top tier lyricist” in his view. The Chicago rapper is now walking back that initial jab, saying he’ll refrain from speaking on another rapper’s career in the future.

Linda Brown, who as a little girl was central in the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education case, has died. The matter made it all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, effectively ending racial segregation in schools nationwide.

XXXTentacion is currently free to tour in support of his new album ?,  but he might have to answer for an older video that showed him hitting a young woman in the head. Facing a number of charges related to a domestic violence case and witness tampering, prosecutors are examining the footage while his legal team […]

For years now, El-P has been one of the most vocal rappers of his generation when it comes to railing against the system ever since his Company Flow days. Now a bonafide star with Run The Jewels, the producer and lyricist issued a pair of tweets with a statement supporting his rapping partner Killer Mike […]