Wendy Williams By Ta-ning Connai The clapback of the week comes from a community highly encouraged to turn the other cheek. But it was Wendy Williams’ cheek that turned when church folk went psycho after hearing she dissed beloved gospel legends, The Clark Sisters. Continue Wendy was congratulating Snoop Dogg on the tremendous success of his new gospel album, Bible…
Cardi B via IG (left) & Oprah listening to Cardi B’s album via instagram (right) By Ta-ning Connai When I first saw the Instagram post of Oprah showing some love for Cardi B’s album ‘Invasion of Privacy,’ my first thought was, “Dang, Oprah done officially went hood!” Then my second thought was, “Dang, Oprah is ALWAYS shining light, even in…
Mary J. Blige in April’s Ebony magazine By Ta-ning Connai No one masters the art of the comeback quite like Mary J. Blige. The woman who inspired the phrase Ghetto Fabulous has yet again risen from the ashes to live her best life ever in spite of the many burdens she’s had to bear. Her most recent achievement is a…
Denzel Washington By Ta-ning Connai Summer is almost here, which means the movie Equalizer II is in our near future! This is where we get to see Denzel Washington play a good guy who does bad things to bad people for good reasons. Oooh now that’s gonna be good! Greatness seems to come easy for this 63-year-old actor; everything he…
Dorothy Steel Courtesy of Cindy Butler, left photo courtesy of Matt Kennedy By Ta-ning Connai Dorothy Steel is a scene stealer and she’s got a growing fan base to prove it. The 92-year-old actress had all eyes on her during her appearance as the merchant tribal elder in Black Panther, and she can hardly step outdoors without requests for selfies…
Will Smith via IG By Ta-ning Connai Will Smith is an O.G. when it comes to success, but his stratospheric rise on Instagram is brand spankin’ new. His mix of life lessons and family fun have us all loving the newly revealed side of a man we only get to know via interviews and the silver screen. And the video…
Via Black Chyna’s IG By Ta-ning Connai Blac Chyna had a mini meltdown on Instagram last week and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out why. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, we all know about the Kardashian catastrophe that was doomed right from the start. The relationship with Rob was a no-no. To put…
Kenan Thompson as LeVar Ball on SNL By Ta-ning Connai Egotist. Sexist. Obnoxious. Who knew that LaVar Ball and Trump had so much in common?! There’s a Twitter War going on between them and they’ve both achieved buffoonery status being portrayed on Saturday Night Live. Kenan Thompson brought the house down yet again recently taking his parodied version of the Ball family…
20th anniversary of Lenny Kravitz’s hit ‘Fly Away’ By Ta-ning Connai This year marks the 20th Anniversary of a song that broke down barriers between Rock and R&B simply by coining a popular lyric we’ve all sang at least once or twice in our lives. Lenny Kravitz is the King of Cool and when he brazenly strung his guitar while…
Idris Elba & fiance Sabrina Dahowre By Ta-Ning Connai Last week the black community was delivered some devastating news… Idris Elba…Gone Too Soon NO HE’S NOT DEAD, he’s off the market, but you’d think he kicked the bucket based on the sudden hysteria connected to his name. How can one man’s public proposal make one woman so happy while simultaneously…