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You all heard about Kanye West dissing Justin Timberlake a couple of weeks ago in one of the rapper’s latest rants, right? While performing at London’s Hammerstein Apollo, he not so politely told the crowd:

“I got love for Hov but I ain’t f**king with that Suit & Tie.”

It was a facepalm moment for everyone listening, especially JT fans, but the “Suit and Tie” singer himself isn’t too worried about it. This weekend, he hit the set of Saturday Night Live and performed his latest hit and even took the time to remix it a little bit and get back at Kanye to the. Instead of the regular line in verse 2 of his hit song, “And aww, sh** so sick, got a hit and picked up a habit” he replaced it with:

“My hits so sick got rappers acting dramatic”

POW

Dramatic is probably the best word to describe Kanye’s behavior, although immature, childish, and insecure would work too — if only they rhymed. I can only imagine how Ye felt when after that verse, Yeezy’s BFF Jay-Z came out to drop his “Suit and Tie” rap and seemed to be having quite a bit of fun doing so. Countdown to the next rant in 5,4,3,2,1…

Check out the performance, which was awesome even without the Kanye reference, below. What do you think?

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From Black Voices

Victoria Jackson, former “Saturday Night Live” comedian turned ultra-conservative gadfly, delivered a rant on Thursday in which she targeted “Black History Month” and suggested that whites ought to create their own annual celebration.

“Now, that the white race is becoming a minority in America, perhaps we need to make … say, January, White History month,” she wrote on her website, according to the political blog Wonkette.

Read at BlackVoices.com.

Remember the shows All That and Kenan and Kel, starring friends Kenan Thompson and Kel Williams? Well, don’t expect to see them do any other work together anytime soon because according to Kel, Kenan wants nothing to do with him.

TMZ caught up with Kel when they found out his former partner in comedy is working on a new pilot with NBC.  Since they worked together in the past, TMZ asked Kel if he would be making an appearance on the show.  Kel reportedly told the crew, “The truth is, Kenan does not want to be seen with me in any form of media or even have my name mentioned around him.”  Further, he told TMZ that the guys, who at one point were the epitome of best friends, were supposed to reunite for a magazine interview. However, Kenan pulled out at the last minute.

Kel insists he isn’t upset about it and understands that Kenan is probably trying to distance himself from Kel so he can make a name for himself.  It seems he’s been fairly successful because he’s been part of theSaturday Night Live cast for quite some time.  Kel, on the other hand, has remained very lowkey in Hollywood.

Finally, Kel says he’s not opposed to a reunion of some sort because he knows that many fans are always asking when that will happen.  But he says he doesn’t see it ever happening because of how Kenan really feels.

Interesting.  Usually when there’s bad blood on one or both sides, both parties know why there’s such tension. Kel seems to be a little oblivious as to the true reason Kenan doesn’t want to be bothered. It’s possible that something else happened and Kel doesn’t want to say and Kenan has just moved on.

Someone once told me that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery. That was a long time ago, back when I was still wearing overalls and those clear sandals with the glitter on them, but it still rings true. Prime examples are when other cultures tan their skin, lock their hair, wear baggy garb and more. Over the past few decades, some of our favorite white celebrities and public figures have decided to do everything from rap, do black hair, wear grills and array of other very interesting things. A lot of these moments had us laughing more than we thought we would, and because of that, they deserve some recognition. Here’s a few white celebrities having some very “black” moments. And before you get your panties in a knot, these folks were having good, positive fun. Nothing offensive.

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Natalie Portman

Before showcasing ballet skills as the black swan in Black Swan, SNL featured Natalie Portman, Harvard graduate and acclaimed actress, as a fiery and explicit rapper who took turned an innocent interview into a three minute opportunity to endorse drug and alcohol usage, threaten about a dozen people with bodily harm (and to go number two on their face), send love to Eazy-E and reject her fans. Done in good fun, the petite actress’ attempt at gangster (or “gangsta”?) was generally well-received.

It’s funny how people stand so strong in their racist and homophobic convictions but refuse to accept those labels when they’re put on them. Anytime someone prefaces a statement with, “I believe everyone should have equal rights, but” you pretty much know bigotry will follow and that’s exactly were we are with former SNL comedian Colin Quinn. Hopefully this man is comfortable being an unemployed stand-up comic because he’s pretty much angered the entire black and gay community over the course of a three-day Twitter rant on equality when it comes to race and sexual preference. Don’t worry, he’s not racist or homophobic though. Let’s look at the long line of inappropriate comments he made late last week:

Now if you don’t support same-sex marriage, you’re well within your rights to express that however somewhere in between protesting this effort, Colin attempts to out a bunch of stars like former SNL castmate Will Ferrell by saying he was one of the closet celebs on set but he doesn’t want to blow his cover because his wife is his “anchor” but he has an “elf” like quality that made him wonder. And that’s his business how? He also suggests John Travolta is homosexual among other male actors and points out all sorts of questionable behavior, playing into the whole feminine versus manly man gay argument.

Switching from an anti-homosexual stance to one of white power, a day or two after going in on gay celebrities, Colin expressed his terror at stats showing minority births are growing in the U.S.:

This foolishness on top of John Derbyshire’s comments last week about White Europeans running better society’s really has me baffled. I thought deep down white people knew their racism was pretty baseless but I’m realizing some people really believe they are superior—and that they own America. It’s easy to see how this country was founded like it was. When fear kicks in about other races overpowering them, white people tend to lash out. Luckily followers have been letting Colin have it all weekend for proudly proclaiming such ridiculous ideas—unfortunately, he thinks this is good news since TMZ reached out to him for more info about his statements. He tweeted “Finally a little publicity for standing up for what’s right! #backontop”

No, finally a little publicity for being viciously inappropriate. Good luck with that in “your” country.

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Hey loves!  If you celebrate it, I’m sure you all are enjoying your Mother’s Day with friends and family! The celebs got into quite a few things over the course of the last week and these are just a couple you might have missed. They never cease to leave us hanging for idle chitchat!

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I know. It made me cringe too. The idea of spoofing anything so serious never seems like a good idea and considering we’re talking about a case where we’re just barely starting to make steps in the direction of justice, most people are thinking this spoof is way too soon or shouldn’t have happened at all.

Of course that never stops comedians, and this weekend “Saturday Night Live” used the Trayvon Martin case as the basis of one of their skits. While the jokes were really on Piers Morgan, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West, and definitely roused some laughs, the teenager’s tragic death as the backdrop just seemed a tad off.

Check out the skit and tell us what you think, fair play or too insensitive?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Let’s be honest, black women have been brushed aside in the comedy world forever. We just don’t seem to get the same respect as our male counterparts. However, it’s nice to see that there are ladies out there, on television, in web-series’, or doing stand-up comedy where they can prove that black women are indeed funny.

While everyone’s waiting for the next Chappelle’s Show to come around (by Dave or anyone else that could be his replacement), wouldn’t it be great if it was by a woman?

Here’s my list of funny black women doing their thing right now, low and high on everyone’s radar:

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Maya Rudolph

Just off the wheels of her successful turn hosting Saturday Night Live this past weekend, Maya Rudolph proved that she is a very funny woman.

Though she is technically bi-racial and doesn’t always portray a black woman, she still does play a lot of black characters. But that’s to her advantage because she is able to impersonate multiple characters of all different backgrounds (anyone else seeing her do Christina Aguilera?) and kill while doing so. Just this past weekend alone she played First Lady Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, and Maya Angelou just to name a few. She also stars on the show Up All Night on NBC, where she plays an Oprah-esque talk show host.

If you’re on Twitter, you might have heard of “First World Problems” and maybe you’ve also heard about the popular blog turned book, “Stuff White People Like.” Well, the writers at SNL blended those two worlds to create “White People Problems.”

See how Barkley narrated the skit, featuring SNL regulars like Keenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig, at Black Voices.

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“They were s***** to me on ‘Saturday Night Live’ a couple of times after I’d left the show. They said some s***** things.”

A s***** thing in his opinion included a joke done during a “Weekend Update” segment in the early ’90s, where cast member David Spade showed Murphy’s picture from the movie A Vampire in Brooklyn and said, “Look, children, a falling star.” Ouch. But hey, the movie was on the wack side.

But on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this morning, the legendary comedian revealed that his beef with the show, which has kept him from appearing on the show for 25 long years, is over on his end.

“It was couple….Over the years…they did little S*@#*& stuff where I was like, hey, F*&#$ y’all. I’m not trippin. It was years ago. I don’t have any bad blood with that show. And that show is such a big part of my past. I love being part of it. Yeah, I wanna go back.”

Yikes! I think we get what you’re saying Eddie. If Murphy does return to the show for hosting duties or just simply to pop up as a special guest in a skit, he better be funny! The guy is behind some of the most iconic and crazy characters the show has seen, so the pressure would be on. But we’d love to see him back!

Until then, here’s a quick summary of our top three characters played by Murphy during his successful Saturday Night Live days:

Mr. Robinson:

If you were ever wondering what Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood would have been like if the star were black, Murphy answered that question for you. From his hilarious take on the “Wont You Be My Neighbor” song (“I hope I get to move in your neighborhood someday, problem is when I move in, ya’ll move away!”), to the oh-so-polite way he answers the door (“WHO IS IT!?”), Mr. Robinson had problems, and he was a classic character.

James Brown:

OMG. The “Celebrity Hot Tub” party is one of the funniest things ever! His impression of Brown’s voice is so awesome it’s not even funny, and topping it off in his golden skivvies and that wig, it’s a mess that must be seen. And can we talk about his foot shuffling? I know James Brown saw this and had to have a laugh, himself! Classic. “Rub-a-dub in the hot tub!”

Buckwheat:

But of course. Murphy killed as the grown-up version of the lone-black “Little Rascals” character, homeboy still touting his speech problems, big hair, and charisma. From singing “Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places” like “Lookapunubinawdawongpaces,” Murphy didn’t have to do much to make this character all too funny. The comedian would later get hellas of tired of playing the role and staged the death of the character during an episode of SNL. And as “sad” as it was, it was still funny.

What is your favorite SNL character played by Eddie Murphy?

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