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This undated photo provided by Frederick Reed shows Dejah Reed, an Ypsilanti, Mich., teen who was hospitalized for a collapsed lung after trying the cinnamon challenge. (AP Photo/Frederick Reed)

Doctors warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge

Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos...
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Baauer performs onstage at the VICE Kills TX Music Showcase during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Viceland on March 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Hutton Supancic/Getty Images for SXSW)

Author spoofs Baauer: 'Harlem Shake' spin offs were an 'accident'

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT- In a letter addressed 'Dear Harlem,' Complex published a snarky 'apology' satire in Baauer’s voice...
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Members of the Crazy Boyz and Harlem Shakers show MHP viewers the real 'Harlem Shake' dance. (Video still via MSNBC)

WATCH: The real 'Harlem Shake'

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VIDEO - Perry, host of the Melissa Harris-Perry show, said the 'mislabled' dance Perry said she's not "hating," but took issue simply with the videos claiming to be 'Harlem Shake'...
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Franchesca Ramsey (courtesy of Four Square)

theGrio's 100: Franchesca Ramsey, 'Girls Say' she is a sensation

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theGRIO's 100 - Franchesca Ramsey has established herself as a comedic force to reckoned with in the increasingly ambitious world of viral videos...
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A black man dancing

'Harlem Shake' meme shows how the Internet overrides race

China Okasi
OPINION - Harlem residents have voiced their disdain for the Harlem Shake meme, declaring that the silly dance is not the true Harlem Shake, that the makers of the Harlem meme aren't from Harlem, and that they are, in fact, making a mockery of those who are...
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Shit White Girls Say... To Black Girls

Catching up 'Sh*t White Girls Say… to Black Girls' viral video star

MadameNoire.com
We recently caught up with Franchesca to chat about the success of the “Sh!t White Girls Say…to Black Girls”video (which is still averaging about 200,000 views per month), how she built her online audience and what’s next for the rising Internet star.
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Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal attends the 33rd annual Sports Emmy awards at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 30, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

TruTV gives Shaq his own show

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Former NBA star and current NBA analyst, Shaquille O'Neal, will be showcasing funny online videos in a new series on truTV...
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