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Maybe 2016 being a beacon of quality, diverse entertainment wasn’t a fluke, folks. The year that had amazing black content coming from every direction may actually been the step towards the future we all want. 

Harriet Tubman won Women on 20s unofficial contest to become the next face of the $20 bill. Over at Fusion, Jay Smooth breaks down why putting Harriet on the $20 is a problem.

For Pitchfork, Safy Hallan Farah writes on ‘new blackness’, black status anxiety, Pharrell, Kanye and Jay Z.

BYP100’s Malcolm London and Luvvie Ajayi are among The Root’s “30 Viral Voices Under 30.” The list celebrates “cool kids” of the Internet, such as journalists, humorists and activists under 30 who shape our daily conversations. 

  Audio of an Arizona State University professor being arrested by campus police was recently released. Dr. Ersula Ore was crossing the street when police officers stopped her for jaywalking. 

JayAre of the rap group Cali Swag District has passed away due to complications from sickle cell anemia. He was 25. 

  A video showing an altercation between at least four members of the Berkeley Police and a group of black men and women is making its way around the internet. The 7 minute video shows police detaining a man for what appears to be jaywalking. Tensions escalate, and and another young lady who the recorder […]

BYP 100 member is just one of the positions in society held by Luvvie Ajayi. She’s an award-winning blogger, digital strategist, activist and motivational speaker to name a few. Ajayi is also the latest social media maven to grace the pages of Black Enterprise. 

Following a week-long media frenzy surrounding the rift between icons Jay-Z and Harry Belafonte, Bakari Kitwana of Rap Sessions and Mark Anthony Neal of Left of Black sat down to unpack the shortcomings of the recent Jay-Z/ Belafonte debate.   Rather than perpetuating the beef between the Civil Rights Generation and the Hip-Hop Generation, they […]

Jay Smooth’s latest video blog absolutely shreds Don Lemon’s horrifically out-of-touch, black youth-shaming, “pull up your pants” rant, and gives an epic shout-out to the Black Youth Project 100 and the Dream Defenders.

Jay-Z recently sounded off on the George Zimmerman verdict, calling Zimmerman a “f—ing mall cop,” and expressing outrage at the blatant racism surrounding the trial and verdict: “You know, I was really angry about it, you know, that the thing that we all knew that there was still a bit of racism in America, but for it to be so blatant, it was like, if you just ask the question — ask yourself the question — didn’t Trayvon have the right to stand his ground?”

At just 16-years-old, Toronto’s own Ebony Oshunrinde – aka Wondagurl – produced a beat that made its way onto Jay-Z’s new album!