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With all the scrutiny Stacey Dash received for saying the Image Awards promotes segregation and should be canceled, I was more inclined to watch the award ceremony this year. Hosted by comedian Anthony Anderson the ceremony was expected to be entertaining and it was. I think Anderson did a great job speaking, and addressing important topics from a comedic stand point. I enjoy the humor of Anderson who also stars in ABC sitcom Blackish alongside Tracie Ellis Ross, who won an award last night for the show, so cudos to Anthony Anderson because he's a major reason for the success of Blackish.  The ceremony honorees came to no surprise and all but one winner were expected to take home the image award. The most shocking win to me was Michael B. Jordan for best motion picture in Creed over Will Smith in Concussion . Honestly I believe both Michael and The Smiths were all shocked by this win. You could feel the disappointment in the Smiths, but their faces never showed any salt to...

It's crazy how everyone (including myself) we're so quick to judge and write off Spike Lee for him depicting the current state of the world, in his new movie Chiraq . Chicago natives instantly criticize Spike Lee for creating a movie about the gang violence in Chicago, because he's not from Chicag smh. Chance The Rapper says the movie was made to exploit not to "save lives." I too participate in this ignorance, mainly because Nick Cannon is one of the stars in the movie. He plays the character Chiraq , the lead gang member and local rapper of Chicago. Although the movie turned out to be phenomenal, I'll never be able to take Nick Cannon seriously especially as a gang member, with his drum line face lol. Sorry Nick your acting wasn't too bad actually, but I cannot. Anyways back to the topic at hand, Chiraq is a term describing the city of Chicago and Iraq as a war zone hence "Iraq." WAKE UP!!! Spike is weighing in on the ignorance of gang violenc...