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The Queen of Basketball dies, Georgia has the first Black-owned contactless market in the world, and more news you might have missed.

Amazon Prime's Phat Tuesdays docuseries celebrates the Black comedians who got their start at the legendary Comedy Store in the '90s. See the trailer here.

Aria B Cassadine, an Atlanta native who has lived in Chicago for three years, is singing against some of the best drag queens from around the world on Queen of the Universe, the international drag-singing competition directed by the producers of RuPaul’s Drag Race and available on

The 2018 Miss Continental Plus champion is back under the national spotlight.Chyenne Valentino, who lives in southwest suburban Willowbrook, now appears on Queen of the Universe, the international drag-singing competition directed by the producers of RuPauls Drag Race and available on the streamin

It all begs the question, what is the goal here? Sure, we can call out rapists and racists, but what is the prize to be won? 

Dave Chappelle has found an ally in the Laugh Factory's founder, who's rallying the comedy community to support the embattled comedian.

“Comedians are put on earth, and the safest place for us on the planet is us on the stage with a willing audience that’s willing to listen,” she said.

These discussions, thank you so much. >> of course, thank you, don. >> i want to bring in flame monroe. hey, flame, how are you doing? >> hey, don lemon, how are you? >> doing well. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> ive watched your netflix specials and a lot of you on the internet. i havent gone to your show in person but i really do want to. listen, your stand up can be seen on netflix. what do you think? do the jokes cross a line for you? >> well, see, i have three dogs...

People think, gender and sex are things but they arent the exact same thing. and so the way that you are assigned at birth may be based on genitalia or whatever, its not the same thing -- [ audio difficulty ] so on and so forth. so were really saying that these things are more complex and its actually not just trans people having a gender experience. everybody is having a more complicated gender experience. >> yeah. thank you so much, raquel. i appreciate you joining us. and getting your side ou...

Editors note: This interview has been trimmed for length. Everyone knows Eddie Murphy is back with his new, long-awaited comedy film “Coming 2 America.” But not as many folks know Murphy created a TV show in 1989 based on the original 1988 hit film. That obscure show is something comedy legend Tommy Davidson is very familiar with. After all, he was tapped to star in the CBS pilot, which never took off. Thirty years later, Davidson is pleased more people are discovering the show, now stream...