The Root

While Kendrick Lamar’s hit songs “Not Like Us” and “luther” may be climbing the charts following his epic 2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance, there’s one bar that many are still puzzled by. Tha...

Things are only starting to get more complicated between the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ family and his widow Allison Holker. Nearly a week after his brother, Dre Rose, and mother, Connie Boss Alexand...

A Detroit mother of two is distraught after having to make arrangements to bury her children after they died from something that was preventable in America. In fact, the mother claims she sought city ...

We know Marcus Garvey as a powerful figure in Black history who dedicated much of his life to promoting self-love among Black people and encouraging an eventual return to their ancestral homeland of A...

R. Kelly’s latest appeal to overturn his New York sex trafficking and racketeering conviction has been denied. According to recent reports, the disgraced musician’s convictions and 30-year prison sent...

Though Wendy Williams may have been fighting to get out from under her court-appointed guardianship, it looks like she just got one step closer thanks to this major move. And if it works, she could go...

Over the last several months, there has been an uptick in white supremacists spreading hate in Ohio. In November, a Nazi march took place in Columbus. Just one month later, disturbing racist signs wer...

Though “Hitch” may be one of Will Smith’s best-performing films at the box office, the hilarious rom-com almost didn’t see the light of day without the help of a very surprising person. Or at least, t...